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		draw_down on March 15, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Genius laid off a bunch of its engineers There are other reasons for letting people go than poor performance. Sadly.

madamelic on March 15, 2017 [–]

I guess they decided against being a tech company and decided to go full media company where tech is a cost center and engineers are replaceable.

I think the article hinted at that.

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