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by temp8830 53 days ago
Why does a fast food delivery service need a research arm in the first place? It's not exactly rocket surgery.
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In most large tech companies the senior leaders want to run some vanity projects so having a research arm makes that possible. They can screw around without impacting product teams.
R&D is literally what built uber and uber eats. Research to determine the product and _development_ to build it.