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I found this part snarky and humorous, though I imagine truthful: > Questioner: Do you recall that a year or so before Mr. Levandowski left, he announced that

I found this part snarky and humorous, though I imagine truthful: > Questioner: Do you recall that a year or so before Mr. Levandowski left, he announced that he was going to leave? > Page: I mean, I wish I had a penny for every time employees do that and don't go. It happens pretty often.

schoen 9y ago
It's entertaining to see Larry Page wishing he had a penny for every time something happened!
- jaggederest 9y ago
  "Mr Page, you do, in fact, have several pennies for each time that could possibly have happened."
  - jtmarmon 9y ago
    In multiple universes
- SilasX 9y ago
  "Man, if only I had a penny every time someone placed a web ad that got seen by 1000 people!" 'But you ... do ...?'
jboggan 9y ago
Quite truthful. When I left Google at the end of March to start my own thing a lot of folks came out of the woodwork telling me about their plans, how they've saved up $xxx,xxx to start their app and leave the company, etc. I visit friends back there for lunch every month or so and I still see the same faces at the same desks. When I ask them about pulling the trigger it's always "you know . . ." It's really a testament to the HR and REWS departments that they've constructed a workspace and a compensation package that keeps so many people there despite their own intentions! Masterful really.
- dsfyu404ed 9y ago
  Or maybe they just don't hire people they can't trap there...
  - deleted 9y ago
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  - RickS 9y ago
    You can't possible believe this, right? Many of them have "fuck you" money that would permit them to never work a day again in their lives were that to be their choice. Please refrain from insulting every employee of a company as an idiot sheep simply because you don't like the company.
    - pgrote 9y ago
      I've always wondered what percentage of employees at Google or Facebook are like this? Do you know?
      - packetslave 9y ago
        One of my coworkers on a previous team has been at Google for 17.5 years, has employee ID #7X, almost certainly has enough money to never work again, and is still an SRE carrying a pager with a 3-minute hands-on-keyboard response SLA. Some people just love what they do.
        wfunction 9y ago
        Wow. How can you even have that kind of an SLA? Like what if you happen to be in the shower or in the middle of traffic or if your Internet drops out or something? How do these SLAs work?
        mining 9y ago
        You're usually on-call for a fairly humane shift, not 24h a day.
notatoad 9y ago
"i wish i had a penny for every time" really takes on a different meaning when it's in the same deposition as "i can't be expected to keep track of every hundred million dollar payout"
- taneq 9y ago
  Interesting comparison given that the hundred-million-dollar payout came from 10 billion pennies' worth of ad clicks.

schoen 9y ago

It's entertaining to see Larry Page wishing he had a penny for every time something happened!

jaggederest 9y ago
"Mr Page, you do, in fact, have several pennies for each time that could possibly have happened."
- jtmarmon 9y ago
  In multiple universes
SilasX 9y ago
"Man, if only I had a penny every time someone placed a web ad that got seen by 1000 people!" 'But you ... do ...?'

jboggan 9y ago

Quite truthful. When I left Google at the end of March to start my own thing a lot of folks came out of the woodwork telling me about their plans, how they've saved up $xxx,xxx to start their app and leave the company, etc. I visit friends back there for lunch every month or so and I still see the same faces at the same desks. When I ask them about pulling the trigger it's always "you know . . ." It's really a testament to the HR and REWS departments that they've constructed a workspace and a compensation package that keeps so many people there despite their own intentions! Masterful really.

dsfyu404ed 9y ago
Or maybe they just don't hire people they can't trap there...
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
- RickS 9y ago
  You can't possible believe this, right? Many of them have "fuck you" money that would permit them to never work a day again in their lives were that to be their choice. Please refrain from insulting every employee of a company as an idiot sheep simply because you don't like the company.
  - pgrote 9y ago
    I've always wondered what percentage of employees at Google or Facebook are like this? Do you know?
    - packetslave 9y ago
      One of my coworkers on a previous team has been at Google for 17.5 years, has employee ID #7X, almost certainly has enough money to never work again, and is still an SRE carrying a pager with a 3-minute hands-on-keyboard response SLA. Some people just love what they do.
      - wfunction 9y ago
        Wow. How can you even have that kind of an SLA? Like what if you happen to be in the shower or in the middle of traffic or if your Internet drops out or something? How do these SLAs work?
        mining 9y ago
        You're usually on-call for a fairly humane shift, not 24h a day.

notatoad 9y ago

"i wish i had a penny for every time" really takes on a different meaning when it's in the same deposition as "i can't be expected to keep track of every hundred million dollar payout"

taneq 9y ago
Interesting comparison given that the hundred-million-dollar payout came from 10 billion pennies' worth of ad clicks.