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ushakov on Feb 9, 2023 [flagged] | parent | context | favorite | on: GitHub to lay off 10% and close all offices

There is no reason to have this. Imagine how many lives they could've improved if they just donated a chunk of the money that allowed them to have offices like this to charity

roflyear on Feb 9, 2023 [–]

You're right, absolutely. It's cool but the money they spent here is pretty ridiculous

scottbruin on Feb 9, 2023 | [–]

Or you can view it as marketing spend. Getting lots of attention online from SWEs circa 2016 is far from a bad thing for a dev tools company.

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