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Not even close to 200K



Not 200k SWE, but 200k FTE (it's 181k+ today. Even more with TVCs. You are the best kind of correct, congratulations.


It's really far off, I'm not being pedantic. We do know the 181K Q2 2023 number is public, from there, we might consider factors starting with not every Alphabet-er is a SWE (and it's not close). That alone is worth an incredible number.

This is a valuable comment and I didn't mean to nerdsnipe you.




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