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dothrowaway

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dothrowaway··on DigitalOcean is laying off staff
Agreed fully. I always have an escape strategy in mind if things go south, but I'm pretty bullish on DO right now. That could always change, certainly.
dothrowaway··on DigitalOcean is laying off staff
FWIW, this is basically my take as a DO employee. They could be lying to us and saying it's primarily reorganization so that we don't worry, but that's not my read on it.
dothrowaway··on DigitalOcean is laying off staff
(Throwaway, obviously)

I'm a DO employee on the tech side of the house. According to the CTO, the primary reason for this was actually reorg, not financial though that obviously played a part. Mostly managers got cut, with the goal of flattening the org. I'm keeping my ear to the ground but it doesn't seem like there's going to be more cuts any time soon at least. Apparently we're still hiring a ton this year, so that jives.