> I doubt that all of their staff is doing DevOps or maintaining servers
Please don't assume this.
Just because you don't use the app and have no interest in the app or company does not mean you need to have a reductionist outlook on other people's work.
Bumble has a great and in depth engineering blog [0] here that doesn't make it 'an app with some basic functionality.'
Please don’t assume this. Parent comment’s question seems genuine.
Why are you assuming genuineness when the parent mentioned this:
'an app with some basic functionality'
'I doubt that all of their staff is doing DevOps or maintaining servers'
'Is software dev in such a sad state that you can't deliver'
'what the heck are they overworking on?'
This is enough to know that the parent is dismissing the effort and work of others to the point that they are expressing a reductionist viewpoint of the entire app and company, which is not ok.
I’m just assuming the question was asked in good faith :) I’ve seen this topic discussed on HN about many companies and sometimes there are interesting and unexpected reasons for the high headcount.
1. I clicked the we're hiring link. Most roles are in EU (particularly UK and Spain). Is that for cost reasons? I know hiring engineers is cheaper in those two locations in particular. Or is it for EU/Badoo reasons?
2. Despite frequently playing up its female-led workplace, all but one of the blog posts are authored by men (based on photos and names). Is this reflective of their staff? The Badoo staff? The pool of people who like to write blog posts?