Skype CEO Outlines Platform Ambitions, Hiring Plans
November 21st, 2009 admin
With the spin-out from eBay complete , its legal troubles with founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis settled , Skype is looking to the future where it wants to become a ubiquitous real-time communications platform. And that means thinking about the next generation Skype architecture and also hiring a lot of smart people, said CEO Josh Silverman in a conversation earlier today. “We are looking to hire engineers,” he said. “Especially those who want to live in Estonia.” In addition, the company is planning to ramp up its Stockholm (Sweden) office. “We are going to be ramping our presence in the Bay …
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