Your engineering team is (probably) too big

David Adams
Nov 5 · 5 min read
Black and white image of a large crowd
Black and white image of a large crowd
Source: Rob Curran via Unsplash

Of all the places you can spend money in a tech company, the engineering team is often by far the largest cost-centre. Similar to digital ads, it’s also a place where, if you aren’t careful, you can waste a lot of money.

If less is more, think how much more more would be

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Product person, software engineer and sometime designer. I love building startups and simplifying complex problems. @davidmjadams on twitter.

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