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kiuyf
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Why does youtube think it needs more developers when it will die in the next 10 years?
like does youtube really think he can win and influence friends using this method, by the way they are losing customer when they do that because it should be simple but not at the same time
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Keith Langenberg
IT DevOps
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Keith’s Answer
To be quite honest & truthful and having been in the IT software industry for over 30 years, I have seen my share of companies come and go. The companies that endure are the companies that create customer relationships and provide service, quality, and keep the price reasonable to the market. Having expert and experienced software developers helps a company in their software and product lines, but it is not a guarantee that the company will never fold or go under. External factors like contractors, open source software, consolidation of companies, and employee turn over can make or break a company. I also co-majored in communications & marketing and am convinced the CEO of a company is paid a high salary for that one or two decisions they make guiding a company to success. Bottom line, don't believe everything you hear about a company, but when working for a company, keep developing your skills and don't worry so much about what is going on above you. Keep your resume updated, keep learning new skills that will help you advance in company promotions, but be prepared to at several times in your career to switch companies due to poor management decisions, economy swings, and possibly co-worker situations. Let your resume, work experience, and personal growth drive your career.
Brian Weissman
Test Data and QA
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Brian’s Answer
Hey Kiuyf,
The question is something of a leading one and may not yield the best answers. You may want to try to phrase your questions in a more open-ended way, like, "The market seems to be shifting away from YouTube's style of business model but they are hiring more developers. Am I missing something?" It reflects your premise that you think they are making a mistake while leaving room for information to be presented.
That said, there are two major factors in what happens in an established industry. Examples of these are retail, media, and banking. Disruption is the first. Any time something disruptive comes along, the rest of the industry has to decide whether or not to adapt to the disruption. If the disruption is successful and remakes the industry and they make the wrong choice, they fall by the wayside. If the disruption fails and they ignored it, they are fine.
The second is adaptation. How well do they change in the face of shifting market factors like disruption, economic downturn, regulatory changes, etc. Some larger, older companies are too slow to respond quickly to these forces and die out. Some learn and either reinvent themselves or have enough market capitalization that they can throw money at the problem and spin up an agile division to at least compete in the new space while still appeasing their more conservative base.
For example, in spite of all the disruption in eCommerce and Finance, the public face of banking remains largely unchanged. That's because people are nervous and conservative about their money. For sure, BitCoin and other cryptos are gaining traction, but it is still slow to be adopted. And behind the scenes there have been many advances in electronic usage of currency, but most people still prefer the comfort of going into a brick and mortar building and interacting with a person for their banking needs.
The same is not true for retail transactions and the giants of my youth, KMart, Sears, Woolworth, and more did not adapt and are footnotes now. They have the occasional store, but are mostly gone. Bookstores went the same route. Only Barnes & Noble partially kept up with Amazon to survive and they had to reinvent themselves a lot. It required R&D investment and capital expenditures.
All of this is a longwinded way of saying you shouldn't count YouTube out just yet. They are on the ropes and have made some decisions on monetization that angered their community. They also made some good decisions about streaming that will help them keep up with new technologies. They are not out of the woods, but aren't dead either. Investing in developers to improve product offerings could allow them to keep up with or even help define the next wave. It depends on leadership and innovation. That also means that people with cutting edge ideas could do really well there in helping them right the ship. Every problem is an opportunity in the right hands.
Hope this helps!
The question is something of a leading one and may not yield the best answers. You may want to try to phrase your questions in a more open-ended way, like, "The market seems to be shifting away from YouTube's style of business model but they are hiring more developers. Am I missing something?" It reflects your premise that you think they are making a mistake while leaving room for information to be presented.
That said, there are two major factors in what happens in an established industry. Examples of these are retail, media, and banking. Disruption is the first. Any time something disruptive comes along, the rest of the industry has to decide whether or not to adapt to the disruption. If the disruption is successful and remakes the industry and they make the wrong choice, they fall by the wayside. If the disruption fails and they ignored it, they are fine.
The second is adaptation. How well do they change in the face of shifting market factors like disruption, economic downturn, regulatory changes, etc. Some larger, older companies are too slow to respond quickly to these forces and die out. Some learn and either reinvent themselves or have enough market capitalization that they can throw money at the problem and spin up an agile division to at least compete in the new space while still appeasing their more conservative base.
For example, in spite of all the disruption in eCommerce and Finance, the public face of banking remains largely unchanged. That's because people are nervous and conservative about their money. For sure, BitCoin and other cryptos are gaining traction, but it is still slow to be adopted. And behind the scenes there have been many advances in electronic usage of currency, but most people still prefer the comfort of going into a brick and mortar building and interacting with a person for their banking needs.
The same is not true for retail transactions and the giants of my youth, KMart, Sears, Woolworth, and more did not adapt and are footnotes now. They have the occasional store, but are mostly gone. Bookstores went the same route. Only Barnes & Noble partially kept up with Amazon to survive and they had to reinvent themselves a lot. It required R&D investment and capital expenditures.
All of this is a longwinded way of saying you shouldn't count YouTube out just yet. They are on the ropes and have made some decisions on monetization that angered their community. They also made some good decisions about streaming that will help them keep up with new technologies. They are not out of the woods, but aren't dead either. Investing in developers to improve product offerings could allow them to keep up with or even help define the next wave. It depends on leadership and innovation. That also means that people with cutting edge ideas could do really well there in helping them right the ship. Every problem is an opportunity in the right hands.
Hope this helps!
Bill Wang
tech engineer
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Bill’s Answer
when cloud computing, AI, Smart Data, virtualisation become a trend in ID industry and more and more company become interested in Devops, agile etc... This mean they not only need more developer but also they require more people have a better understanding of coding. So even you don't really like coding, it is better to learn at least one programming language to get an idea about coding.
Brennan Weems
Program Manager, Finance Transformation - Leadership Development Program - AT&T
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Brennan’s Answer
I think any platform, service, company, idea, product, or otherwise that has the threat of disruption needs to continue challenging themselves and evolving with time. If YouTube doesn't hire more developers, your assumption that it will die in 10 years is virtually cemented in stone. If they continue to hire new people and develop new talent that helps them stay relevant, then they can turn "Blockbuster into Netflix" instead of becoming a dinosaur.