| ▲ | mpweiher 3 days ago | |
> People from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple, etc...it's all the same. Hmm...it's been a while, but when I was at Apple one of the reasons given internally for why products were so much better than the competition (and they were) was that Apple typically had 1/10th the number of people working on a particular product or feature. I wonder if that's still the case. | ||
| ▲ | pembrook 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
It was less true when I was there more recently. But Apple is still amazingly efficient compared to others like Meta/Microsoft/etc if you just look at raw headcount vs. product/service/distribution surface area. | ||
| ▲ | achierius 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Maybe not 1/10, but definitely on-the-order-of 1/4th or 1/6th as many. | ||