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How do you know that HTC has been losing their good engineers? Otherwise, I had long thought that this move by Google would be to bolster their manufacturing c
by asafira 9y ago
How do you know that HTC has been losing their good engineers?
Otherwise, I had long thought that this move by Google would be to bolster their manufacturing capabilities, less so a move to acqui-hire amazing engineers.
- AdmiralAsshat 9y agoWell, first their lead of VP of Design, Scott Croyle quit in 2014: https://www.engadget.com/2014/04/25/htc-design-head-leaving/ https://www.engadget.com/2014/04/25/htc-design-head-leaving/ Then his successor, Jonah Becker, left about ten months after: https://www.engadget.com/2015/03/26/htc-jonah-becker-resigns/ https://www.engadget.com/2015/03/26/htc-jonah-becker-resigns... And finally, Google poached one of the lead engineers behind the Vive: https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/26/14395134/google-daydream-claude-zellweger-htc-vive-designer https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/26/14395134/google-daydream-... I have no clue if Daniel Hundt, seen here talking about the One M7 design, is still with HTC or not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V95163BU-sY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V95163BU-sY
- ndesaulniers 9y ago> most of its famous engineers and personnel have long since jumped ship so 2 VPs, and a third that jumped ship...to Google...ok Admiral...salutes
- vvanders 9y agoPretty much all the good engineers I knew on the US and Taiwan side left years ago. Once Samsung started dropping $B on marketing it was unfortunately only a matter of time. Your average consumer doesn't do deep research and tends to just buy what's advertised heavily. Source: Ex-HTC from '10 era.
- asafira 9y agoI mean, it's likely because it is really hard to differentiate in the smartphone market. The things that change y/y are kind of minute details in the scheme of things. (It's not like a competitive smartphone today would release without a GPS chip, for example)