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		throwaway5959 on April 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google lays off its Python team All SWEs at Google are well compensated. Not all of them would be a good fit for maintaining Python.

CydeWeys on April 28, 2024 [–]

Then I don't understand the point you were making in your first post.

throwaway5959 on April 29, 2024 | [–]

A waste of talent not of cash.

CydeWeys on April 30, 2024 | | [–]

That's the thing, it's not clear that the Python core engineers are more talented than other Google SWEs on average. You have all sorts of talented engineers working on all sorts of random projects within Google.

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