Ask HN: Product vs. Platform, which has better job security?

1 meter 0 9/11/2025, 6:26:21 PM

In terms of job security, would you rather work on a product oriented team (focused directly on customers) or a platform team (building things for other engineers within the company)?

If a company were to do a layoff, for example, I’m not quite sure how they would prioritize.

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Ask HN: Product vs. Platform, which has better job security?

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Ask HN: Product vs. Platform, which has better job security?

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