AppLovin handles overloaded staff by automating work, not hiring more people
avlok · x · 2026-11-14
AppLovin founding team member Rafael Vivas shared the company's staffing philosophy: when an employee is overloaded, instead of hiring, they ask what work can be automated and what should stop entirely. This works because the company has no pure managers — the CTO still writes code while running a 100-person engineering org, with few approval layers. Commentators note most headcount requests get approved on complaints rather than inspection of the work, and leaders who still do the work can see which parts a tool could take.
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