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> This is very unsexy, toil-y and you don't get promoted for it - and as such barely anyone wants to do it at Google. I don't think this is google specific. Ke
by remus 7y ago
> This is very unsexy, toil-y and you don't get promoted for it - and as such barely anyone wants to do it at Google.
I don't think this is google specific. Keeping a dead product on life support is going to get boring for most people after a while.
- asdff 7y agoThere is an infinite supply of cheap intern labor at every college in the U.S. chomping at the bit to mop the floor at google hq.
- dredmorbius 7y agoChamping at the bit. https://grammarist.com/usage/champing-chomping-at-the-bit/ https://grammarist.com/usage/champing-chomping-at-the-bit/
- bernierocks 7y agoDid you read your own link? Chomping at the bit has the same meaning.
- dredmorbius 7y ago"Still, if you’re writing for school or for readers who are versed in English, champing at the bit is probably the safer choice."
- bernierocks 7y ago..said nobody but an English major.
- dredmorbius 7y agoNeither productive, insightful, nor accurate, just FYI.
- bernierocks 7y agoNobody says 'champing at the bit'. I don't think I've heard it in my entire life. To point it out is pedantic at best.
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- scarface74 7y agoIt’s a feature not a product. Not everything has to be about profit and loss if it’s part of a larger ecosystem. Google Cloud Print was a feature of Android as well as other parts of Google’s ecosystem just like AirPrint is a feature of iOS/MacOS. But Google has always been piss poor at managing an ecosystem. Just look at the state of Android updates.