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Interesting. Obama could be a good bet if he would take the job. (Perhaps the departure was predicated on Obama agreeing in advance)

maxpupmax 9y ago
Honest question: Why would Obama be a good bet? Or is this comment a joke?
- georgeglue1 9y ago
  Obama could personally call any world leader and talk about taxes, privacy, regulation, etc. with authority. He would also be generally pragmatic, likable, and qualified.
  - andrew_ 9y ago
    Objectively speaking, he would generally be considered likable by about 47.9 [1] of the voting public. It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that the vast majority of employees of either Alphabet or Google would agree with your assessment, and indeed likely most in the tech sector. But I'm not sure any polarizing figure would be a good fit outside of those niches. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_approval_rating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_app...
    - r00fus 9y ago
      47.9% (on average) approval rating by Americans for his job as President (and consequently positions his cabinet, Congress and his party took). It's a barometer of how Americans feel about the USG, too. If you polled him right now across worldwide audience about his stature, it would probably be north of 70%.
- notatoad 9y ago
  I think it's highly unlikely. They need to find somebody whose stature would be increased by becoming the chairman of alphabet in about the same proportion as the prestige Alphabet would gain by having that person as their chair. Obama as their chairman would be a huge win for Google, but I feel like he probably has better things to do. As a former president, being tied to Google would only hinder him in lobbying goverments for whatever he chooses to lobby for.
memracom 9y ago
If that happened I would get rid of all my Android devices and buy Apple ones to replace them. I would uninstall Chrome and use Firefox instead. Etc., etc., etc. Obama is a nincompoop that has no place in the high tech industry. Google needs a new leader not a sleazebag. At least Schmidt had a history in technology business.
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notyourday 9y ago
If Google offers job to Obama you may as well short Google.

maxpupmax 9y ago

Honest question: Why would Obama be a good bet? Or is this comment a joke?

georgeglue1 9y ago
Obama could personally call any world leader and talk about taxes, privacy, regulation, etc. with authority. He would also be generally pragmatic, likable, and qualified.
- andrew_ 9y ago
  Objectively speaking, he would generally be considered likable by about 47.9 [1] of the voting public. It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that the vast majority of employees of either Alphabet or Google would agree with your assessment, and indeed likely most in the tech sector. But I'm not sure any polarizing figure would be a good fit outside of those niches. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_approval_rating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_app...
  - r00fus 9y ago
    47.9% (on average) approval rating by Americans for his job as President (and consequently positions his cabinet, Congress and his party took). It's a barometer of how Americans feel about the USG, too. If you polled him right now across worldwide audience about his stature, it would probably be north of 70%.
notatoad 9y ago
I think it's highly unlikely. They need to find somebody whose stature would be increased by becoming the chairman of alphabet in about the same proportion as the prestige Alphabet would gain by having that person as their chair. Obama as their chairman would be a huge win for Google, but I feel like he probably has better things to do. As a former president, being tied to Google would only hinder him in lobbying goverments for whatever he chooses to lobby for.

memracom 9y ago

If that happened I would get rid of all my Android devices and buy Apple ones to replace them. I would uninstall Chrome and use Firefox instead. Etc., etc., etc. Obama is a nincompoop that has no place in the high tech industry. Google needs a new leader not a sleazebag. At least Schmidt had a history in technology business.

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notyourday 9y ago

If Google offers job to Obama you may as well short Google.