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My understanding is that there are few dozens of quality programmer like him at Google, where he doesn't stand out the same way he would stand out if he worked
by pavs 16y ago
My understanding is that there are few dozens of quality programmer like him at Google, where he doesn't stand out the same way he would stand out if he worked in a group with fewer high profile programmer. I don't think on Google scale there are too many programmers who are indispensable.
Just guessing, of course.
- spot 16y agoMatt is (was?) an engineering director -- that's mid level management. He's not writing code, he's running a team.
- pavs 16y agoThen he is even more easily replaceable? I have no idea how extensive the role of an engineering director is.
- mkramlich 16y agoExactly. Am I the only one that doesn't see the attraction in becoming employee #20,000 and having to conform to The Google Way of Doing Things? Smart people: yes that's nice. Look good on resume later: sure. Zillions of employees and a big inherited culture/system and heirarchy with skads of established products and infrastructure that you parachute into: no thanks!
- Psyonic 16y agoFacebook's not Google-sized... sure, but Facebook's not exactly tiny, either. I bet his team at Facebook will be at least as big as his Chrome team was at Google... and I'm sure he'll have to conform to "The Facebook Way of Doing Things." Honestly, I'm not seeing the difference, other than the pre-IPO potential.