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hawkxp71 t1_jdph2vm wrote

Reply to comment by segelnhoch3 in ELI5 How does a “website” have so many employees? by [deleted]

You downplayed sales. My bet it's one of indeeds biggest groups,

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hurricane14 t1_jdpk08w wrote

My first thought also. And no one in this thread mentioned product and engineering yet. OP might be right that you could launch an initial app with 10 people. But when your site gets big it takes a lot of work to maintain, let alone improve it. A lot of work goes into building the features of the application over time

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Xannin t1_jdptv6z wrote

The comment at the top of this chain mentions engineering.

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