Ask HN: How engineering teams look like when super IT companies start failing

阿新 • • 發佈：2019-01-04

There have been many super IT companies which used to be the top of the entire industry and shine, but now being either nowhere or struggling. E.g. Xerox PARC, Bell Labs, DEC, HP, Apple in 90s, IBM, Sun, SGI, Nokia, etc. People could possibly list 100 reasons they fell off the throne. But I am curious how the internal engineering teams/culture look like when these superstars started falling from the acme. I guess the culture would change and focus on short-terms with pressures from competitors, etc. It would be interesting to know if people are willing to share their experiences. Or maybe recommend some books/articles to read about that.

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