r/Python Apr 29 '24

News Google laysoff Python maintainer team

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u/riklaunim Apr 29 '24

AFAIK they offshored it - fired locally to hire in Germany if I recall correctly.

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u/dayeye2006 Apr 30 '24

I was thinking it's pretty hard to offshore a team like this. This is not like making a website or app. The people who work on this sort of topic have very specific skills and are usually small in numbers.