Anyone here lose their job that worked at LinkedIn? At least they got a good package, but I guess they will find new jobs very quickly.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/21/linkedin-cuts-960-jobs-as-pandemic-puts-the-brakes-on-corporate-hiring.html
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LinkedIn cuts 960 jobs as pandemic puts the brakes on corporate hiring
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I see more companies outsource engineering than any other group because it is so easy to do nowadays.
Businesses do not go out of their way to purchase products anymore. Most have to be convinced as there are many competitive solutions.
Look at Azure vs AWS competes. You think business leaders are going to just select it on merit alone? No, they need business problems and scenarios solved in a strategic sense.
Sales is no longer transactional. It’s consultative and competitive in strategy.
We need to stop comparing tech to sales and who is more essential.
They both are. One sells business outcomes & solutions and pushes the product. The other makes the product.
What brings in the real money is their paid recruiting platform & employer offerings.
Sadly, employers will go to cheaper options or not use it at all with the current economy. It’s how it was when I was at Indeed.com for example.
Any company needs really smart and dedicated sales people to succeed. You can build the best of the product, but without sales, there will be no money.
And a shout out to recruiters too. They do a lot of hard and thankless work to grow a team. I would agree that there are many recruiters who have no idea what they are doing, but the same applies to a majority of engineers here who are just lucky to be in a favorable demand-supply circumstance.