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A turning point was a fateful shuttle ride where I found myself sitting next to Eric Brewer, VP of Cloud, [...] Soon after, we got the green light from Urs. Th

A turning point was a fateful shuttle ride where I found myself sitting next to Eric Brewer, VP of Cloud, [...] Soon after, we got the green light from Urs. This seems like a red flag for management at Google, if the best way to pitch ideas up the chain is hoping you can ambush someone important on the company shuttle.

traskjd 8y ago
You say red flag, others might say 'how the world really works'. There's a lot more luck and talking to the right person than we'd like to admit in this world.
- mpweiher 8y ago
  To me "this is a red flag" and "how the world really works" are not incompatible statement.