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What you're describing is general corporate culture after a company has experienced its hayday. Usually all the passionate people including original founders ha
by president 8y ago
What you're describing is general corporate culture after a company has experienced its hayday. Usually all the passionate people including original founders have cashed out, exited the company, and there is nobody left that actually cares about the company. There is a lot of room for mistakes and not delivering results because money grows on trees. People end up skating by and milking their one-hit-wonder cashcow product for years. Politics becomes rampant and an endless supply of bad hires cause the company to slowly rot to its death.
- monocasa 8y agoOracle's something special in this regard though. It's not like Sun was top of the world when they acquired StorageTek, but having worked in the tape library industry in CO at the time, Oracle seems to be a special section of hell.
- nate_meurer 8y agoMany, many, people who worked on Java and Solaris would agree with you.
- dasil003 8y agoPerhaps best described by the Gervais Principle (https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...)
- whatshisface 8y agoI wonder what will sprout up in the ashes once Google goes further in that direction. Today the real tech companies are shining beacons of comparative competence but that can't last forever.
- YeahSureWhyNot 8y agoand Google is full on speed in that direction