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What is in it for google?

• idlewords 10y ago
  Employee satisfaction.
  • theDoug 10y ago
    And a healthier internet
• CydeWeys 10y ago
  Disclaimer: I work for Google and Justine (this blog post's author) was an immediate coworker at the time of Operation Rosehub. I think you're asking the wrong question. This wasn't some top-down directive from some VP trying to come up with ways to make Google look good in the open source community. This was a bottom-up effort, that happened simply because Justine wanted to do it, and the easiest way to get it done was to recruit other like-minded engineers to help her rather than having to do it all by herself. She would have done it at any other company that allowed her (though, knowing her, she would've done it regardless). As engineers we have agency. The decisions that I make in my day-to-day work are mine, not my employer's. I can directly impact and affect lots of things, and the only motive you need inquire about to explain it is mine.