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debt | karma 904 | avg karma 0.78 · 2013-09-12 21:41:38+00:00

They have a lot of really sharp talent over there. I'm confident they can make a killer ad platform. Sign me up.

jchonphoenix | karma 1346 | avg karma 3.34 · 2013-09-12 17:13:29

Not to be mean, but in the dev circles in the valley, I tend to hear the exact opposite. Just what I've gathered from the rumor mill.

debt | karma 904 | avg karma 0.78 · 2013-09-12 22:19:22+00:00

I'm a software engineer. I work down the street from Twitter. I hear nothing but great things about their devs.

nomedeplume | karma 10 | avg karma 0.24 · 2013-09-12 18:00:43

of course because you don't want to piss off your neighbors...

hurrycane | karma 1686 | avg karma 18.73 · 2013-09-12 21:53:15

I always keep an eye on: http://github.com/twitter lots of awesome stuff ranging from frontend stuff to distributed services. Having 100 open source projects and judging by the rate they are putting things out they do have a good engineering team.

mynameishere | karma 6317 | avg karma 1.61 · 2013-09-13 01:25:49+00:00

What exactly are those devs doing? I mean, aside from scaling to million and millions of users...which happened a while ago...it's pretty much the same thing as it's always been.

andyhmltn | karma 849 | avg karma 1.4 · 2013-09-13 13:51:48+00:00

If you look at their Github, they are always coming out with great stuff. They also have their name on the biggest frontend framework out there :)

seiji | karma 8711 | avg karma 3.7 · 2013-09-13 03:18:24+00:00

Well, twitter has "devs" then they have "Devs." They're known for their Kevin Weil-type employees and not their mumble mc. staresatfeet (because for "culture fit" they hire attractive outgoing people, not mumbles mc. staresatfeet).

kmfrk | karma 16713 | avg karma 4.49 · 2013-09-12 17:42:36

I think it's already very well-done: https://ads.twitter.com.