Big Orgs: WTF does everyone do?

Boeing / Eng
RallosZek

Go to company page Boeing Eng

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RallosZek
Aug 30, 2017 7 Comments

Just read that Amazon Alexa alone has 3500 people in it. That just blows my mind. I know how much I can accomplish just myself coding my own apps. Why the hell does it take 3500 people? What does everyone do? I've never been in a big dev company before so legitimately baffled.

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  • Intel
    HeadCount

    Go to company page Intel

    HeadCount
    Hold my beer.
    Aug 30, 2017 0
  • If you think Alexa is big, you should checkout the service teams and supporting staff at AWS and Azure.
    Aug 30, 2017 0
  • Amazon / Mgmt
    wh0_dat

    Go to company page Amazon Mgmt

    PRE
    Expedia, Accenture, startups
    BIO
    Senior Manager
    wh0_dat
    Many many many different initiatives, offerings, R&D efforts, integrations, etc.
    Aug 30, 2017 0
  • Capital One / Eng
    Stuartlit

    Go to company page Capital One Eng

    Stuartlit
    I expected max 200. Wow. Engineers, scrum masters, qas, sales, marketing, product owners, project managers, architects, call center support, compliance, security blah blah blah..will add upto 3500 I guess.
    Aug 30, 2017 1
  • WRKSHP / Eng
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    WRKSHP Eng

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    I found out the same thing when I found out my friend who works at Facebook is on the team that works on JUST the search bar on JUST the android app.

    My mind was blown - that's so tiny! How is there enough work there for an entire team, full time?
    At my company, everyone works on every part of their version on the product. Every Android dev can and should work on any Android part, etc.
    Aug 31, 2017 0