What are some good examples of orgs that have optimized to stay small in terms of headcount relative to impact? How do you incentivize/reward that?

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Snapchat. Less than 50 engineers like 4 years ago. Everyone I know who worked at snapchat is rich

Cto of namestone. Does side stuff sometimes.

My fiancé worked at Snapchat in 2018 and they were over 1000 engineers at that time. They have a reputation for the opposite of this question, have a huge team to work on a relatively small product surface area.

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Right. I meant more like 9 years ago. I’ve lost track of time since the pandemic 😅

https://www.forbes.com/sites/liyanchen/2015/08/11/the-most-valuable-employees-snapchat-doubles-facebook/amp/