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>>mikece+(OP)
I'm seeing all the comments about the $6m Twilio expense, but nothing commenting on how their cost per employee is $380,000 totaling $19m. I think they could optimize this easier if the will was there. I know HN is very SV/tech centric, and that number makes sense there given the run up of VC money, etc. but I'm willing to bet they could source talent from cheaper places and slash this in half; if they wanted to. Just an observation, not my place to tell anyone how to run their business, but for a nonprofit that is trying to drum up donations to fund their operations, I'd think they would want to be leaner.

>>conduc+5Q
It grinds my gears when people on a hacker forum lobby for hackers to make less.

When it’s people who are running a worldwide communications network on the cheap without getting hacked all the time? Absolute pros.

I don’t downvote, let alone flag, but I hate this comment.

>>benree+WT
Silicon Valley is not the only place to find engineers who know what they're doing. Some of us want to stay in our home country and/or don't want to jump through the hoops that American tech companies demand.