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serioussecurity • today at 6:57 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

It's a quarter million people (including temps/vendors/contractors) over almost 28 years. There's no "just" here.

It's extremely inconsistent internally as well.

Look up the slime mold analogy for Google.


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boelboel • today at 7:11 PM

Makes me wonder if more growth/innovation could've happened (outside of google) if they didn't employ this many people. Some sort of dutch disease within the higher echelons of the tech sector.

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