Pretty much why I left as well. Wasted years on improving existing stuff rather than building new stuff. Google doesn’t value improvements, even very significan

Pretty much why I left as well. Wasted years on improving existing stuff rather than building new stuff. Google doesn’t value improvements, even very significant and quantifiable ones, except if you’re improving CTR or relevance. Promotion-wise working on a hot new project which will flame out in a few years is 10x better for you to “demonstrate impact”. Quality be damned. If you launch new shit, you get a lot more brownie points. Googlers, don’t be stupid the way I was. If you’re looking to get promoted, get on a hot new project and steadfastly maneuver away from any and all work that doesn’t look worthwhile in your promo packet. This sucks for Google in the grand scheme of things. But the alternative will suck for you, and your first priority should be you, in spite of what anyone says. Anything else just leads to suckage and unhappiness.