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Behind Eric's back? A company that has tens of thousands of employees and you think the co-founder would have to hide a small initial implementation of a proje
by CydeWeys 8y ago
Behind Eric's back? A company that has tens of thousands of employees and you think the co-founder would have to hide a small initial implementation of a project he believed in?
- Judgmentality 8y agoThere's no way Google had tens of thousands of employees in 2006. Although it was probably large enough (between 5,000 and 10,000) that your point still stands.
- lkhAL 8y agoAbsolutely. If it isn't hidden, the developers will have to deal with management, credit taking, metrics, attempts to squash the project, jealousy from other employees, unreasonable pressure (surely a browser can be written in 3 months ...) and being treated as a cost center. All this would happen even if backed by Larry. It is a miracle that new projects happen at all in companies, though Google of course actually bought many successful projects.