Stack Overflow, the coding help forum, has announced a layoff of 28% of its staff as it grapples with achieving profitability. CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar stated that the company is "significantly reducing the size of our go-to-market organization." After doubling its employee count last year, Chandrasekar revealed in an interview with The Verge that about 45% of those hires were for its go-to-market sales team. This layoff news comes a year after the company made a significant hiring push, expanding its size to over 500 individuals. Stack Overflow did not provide specific reasons for the layoffs, but the hiring surge began around the onset of a generative AI boom that has integrated chatbots into every facet of the tech industry.
스택오버플로우는 지난 해 직원 수를 두 배로 늘린 후 직원의 28%를 감원한다고 발표했다. 프라샨트 찬드라세카르 CEO는 "'go-to-market sales' 팀을 크게 줄이고 있다"고 밝혔다. 프라샨트 CEO는 지난해 더버지와의 인터뷰에서 신규채용의 약 45%가 'go-to-market sales' 팀을 위한 것이었다고 전했다. 스택오버플로우는 감원의 이유에 대해 구체적으로 밝히지 않았지만, 이러한 채용 확대는 생성 AI 코딩 붐이 시작되는 가운데 이뤄졌다.