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> I was surrounded by the best engineers in the world, using the most advanced development tools in the world. This one might be ironic, but am I the only one
by ironjunkie 9y ago
> I was surrounded by the best engineers in the world, using the most advanced development tools in the world.
This one might be ironic, but am I the only one feeling really annoyed by the fact that every engineer working at Google feels like every other engineers at Google is "the best in the world" ?
Beside the obvious arrogance, I cannot tell if it's a subtle brainwashing or a complete lack of critical thinking.
(not only for Google, I saw the same remarks from Facebook and a couple of the other big ones, but Google is by far the most prevalent)
- riazrizvi 9y agoGoogle, Facebook, Palantir, Microsoft - it's a narrative that those organizations spend dollars to support because it helps them in recruitment and in b2b consulting. It is similar in investment banking and management consulting. The employees lap it up, and learn to talk-the-talk. Each of these tech companies are cash cows with huge locked-in revenue streams that do not depend so much on innovation for survival. IMO Amazon and Apple seem to be organized around accountability and sink or swim projects which create a different walk-the-walk culture, similar to start ups. Though I'm just an outsider looking in.
- ironjunkie 9y agoMy feeling also. The whole "At Google everyone is THE smartest in the world": This is marketing "talk-the-talk". It's crazy once you realize how easy it is to make the employees repeat the ego-flattering "talk-the-talk" without them realizing they are part of a huge marketing machine.