Is Netflix still doing cutting edge stuff? Back in the day I was in awe of what they have accomplished over the years but now competitors seem to be rolling out basically equivalent services. That makes it seems like the core tech to do what they do has been commoditized and all the "magical" stuff has been figured out.
I made a big miscalculation with Disney+ because when I heard stories of many good engineers leaving BAMTech in the initial rollout I thought these guys are clowns run by non-tech savvy executives. But I was proven wrong when they didn't crash and burn. Since then other companies that seem like legacy firms that don't know anything about tech are also rolling out services and they are more or less working.
From what I hear most of the innovation is around content creation and studio tools down in LA. The innovation in Los Gatos is more around developer tools and efficiency and deployment and failover efficiency. They are however still doing a lot of work on product innovation but itβs all in the algorithms and less user facing stuff.
Is this going to attract the cream of the crop or will they have to raise salaries even further to compensate?
Just a theory: Maybe enough top tier people won't want to do this work at any price as they will be wasting valuable time not innovating on the cutting edge.
I read a year or so ago they were looking at some new video compression tricks.
I can't remember the detail but I remember being impressed.
I'm sure there is plenty research going to to make the picture quality better.
I made a big miscalculation with Disney+ because when I heard stories of many good engineers leaving BAMTech in the initial rollout I thought these guys are clowns run by non-tech savvy executives. But I was proven wrong when they didn't crash and burn. Since then other companies that seem like legacy firms that don't know anything about tech are also rolling out services and they are more or less working.