Comment by jibe
1 day ago
He explains the rationale, smaller teams work faster.
we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly.
He’s been building tech companies for 20 years, he sure knew smaller teams move faster when he was hiring thousands of more people during covid
This is just rephrasing the same concept.
Claiming than a small group with AI can accomplish more than a large group with AI doesn’t make sense.
More likely the company doesn’t have enough work for the large group.
Have you worked at a big company? It makes sense to me that a small group would be much more productive than a large group, even without AI. Throw in some AI help, and it could be much better.
> It makes sense to me that a small group would be much more productive than a large group
That's not the scenario. The scenario is a large group vs a large group cut into a small group.
The chaos and disruption of slicing 1/2 the company would more than offset any gains. We got people. Not machines. Not everyone adapts so fast. Team work and efficiencies take time.
I do see fewer Square terminals these days, more Toast (and other options too I think).