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Generally the largest technology companies not only have the largest technical staffs, but also more skillfully extract value from them.

On a technical level, the organizations try to use every trick for repurposing and repackaging advanced technologies for mutiple purposes and products. ReuseThey ofoften reuse advanced manufacturing processes, expensive safety certifications, specialized embedded software, computer-aided design software, electronic designs and mechanical subsystems is commonplace.

As for human resources, real tricks in every-day use include: Recruitment of the smartest people in the least expensive parts of the world, extensive use of female supervisors to motivate male technical experts, recruitment of the youngest possible technical experts to maximize potential overtime, manipulation of laws permitting unpaid overtime for "exempt" workers, and cultivation of cultures that call for "more challenge," and dismiss discussions of pay, overwork and genuine personal needs.