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I also believe that many tech companies are bloated - just as many websites and many codebases are bloated.

But you can't reduce the bloat by just waltzing in and tearing out pieces. Bloated processes, companies and software are often tightly coupled in annoying ways and you first have to spend time removing all this coupling before you can maybe decide to cut some of it out.

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That is the general consensus yes. But what if this guy comes in and proves us all wrong? What will the consequence be? A lot of people are watching.

I've been saying this for almost 2 years now. A reckoning is coming in the tech industry not unlike 2000. Wayyyy to many bootcamp coders getting uppity when they aren't collecting a $200k paycheck. When a 'professional linkedin recruiter' reaches out to me, all I can think of are the $100k HTML developers who were let go in 2001. History doesn't repeat, but it sure does rhyme.

Can Twitter run on 200 devs? Probably. Maybe even 20. Can Twitter run on the 200 devs they have and thrive? Don't know, but it won't be easy. Can Twitter run without manual content management? Not long term. Can Twitter run on subscription alone? No. Will Elon Musk ruin his mystique? Already has. Are these questions related? Yes.

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