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Well I think of it more like carpentry. I can build a beautiful house and not get upset later that the owner sits on the couch watching game shows on tv all day

Well I think of it more like carpentry. I can build a beautiful house and not get upset later that the owner sits on the couch watching game shows on tv all day. Similarly it doesn’t have to bother me that the result of all my optimizations at Google was they had more capacity to let a computer play Starcraft against itself for fifty million CPU-years. Just does not concern me at all as long as my paycheck didn’t bounce.

antpls 8y ago
Are you saying you have no ethic at all ? Are you comparing yourself to an independent carpenter ? An independent carpenter would be like a mercenary, who first works to earn money, and then eventually selects his/her clients according to his/her own vision. A carpenter working for a big corporation would wonder what is the vision of the company, what is he contributing to, beyond the delivering of the building, imo
- shereadsthenews 8y ago
  No, but I am saying that I don’t need any executive “vision” to motivate my work, especially when the executive vision is obviously insipid, like it was with Vic Gundotra and G+. It is motivating enough for me if search gets 10% faster every year. If you hook your motivations to corporate figureheads then you’ll eventually find yourself without any reason to go to work.
  - antpls 8y ago
    If you are a Google employee and you don't care about the executive visions, you are a living proof that Google is made of people who don't even understand what they are working for, beside having a good salary imo. When you work for a corporation, you are supposed to embrace (and consent to) the company's goal, which is defined by the top level. Having a search "10% faster every year" looks like a narrow-minded KPI without awarness of a greater purpose. If you are happy, fine, but I think some people would trade your happiness for their freedom and privacy
    - shereadsthenews 8y ago
      You obviously have some kind of very very dull axe to grind. I happen to think that universal search of all knowledge is a thing of significant benefit to humanity.
    - havetocharge 8y ago
      There is absolutely no requirement for adoption of any ideology in an at-will employment environment.
- taheca 8y ago
  I feel it's my duty to insert this here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQdDRrcAOjA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQdDRrcAOjA

antpls 8y ago

Are you saying you have no ethic at all ? Are you comparing yourself to an independent carpenter ? An independent carpenter would be like a mercenary, who first works to earn money, and then eventually selects his/her clients according to his/her own vision. A carpenter working for a big corporation would wonder what is the vision of the company, what is he contributing to, beyond the delivering of the building, imo

shereadsthenews 8y ago
No, but I am saying that I don’t need any executive “vision” to motivate my work, especially when the executive vision is obviously insipid, like it was with Vic Gundotra and G+. It is motivating enough for me if search gets 10% faster every year. If you hook your motivations to corporate figureheads then you’ll eventually find yourself without any reason to go to work.
- antpls 8y ago
  If you are a Google employee and you don't care about the executive visions, you are a living proof that Google is made of people who don't even understand what they are working for, beside having a good salary imo. When you work for a corporation, you are supposed to embrace (and consent to) the company's goal, which is defined by the top level. Having a search "10% faster every year" looks like a narrow-minded KPI without awarness of a greater purpose. If you are happy, fine, but I think some people would trade your happiness for their freedom and privacy
  - shereadsthenews 8y ago
    You obviously have some kind of very very dull axe to grind. I happen to think that universal search of all knowledge is a thing of significant benefit to humanity.
  - havetocharge 8y ago
    There is absolutely no requirement for adoption of any ideology in an at-will employment environment.
taheca 8y ago
I feel it's my duty to insert this here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQdDRrcAOjA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQdDRrcAOjA