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Numbers on both sides. Just because they have thousands of employees out of billions of people means nothing special about their process/culture. There are like

by cheez 7y ago

Numbers on both sides. Just because they have thousands of employees out of billions of people means nothing special about their process/culture. There are likely to be thousands of people in the world who are fine with it.

mav3rick 7y ago
If things were truly bad they can just go work for other FAANG. That is not the case. Since it's HN.."Google must be bad but people are just lazy"
- cheez 7y ago
  You're missing the point. But that's OK.
  - mav3rick 7y ago
    Do you know how many people apply to Google ? There are clearly many many millions who would be happy to work here. Including many in this thread who claim to say otherwise.
    - cheez 7y ago
      Are you deliberately missing the point? The point is that in this world of billions, there are enough who will like the way Google works to imply that Google is NOT doing anything special.
      - mav3rick 7y ago
        What a stupid point. Then there must be no special things in the world. Because if something truly is special, more people will like it. When it becomes popular enough you'd say "Oh it's just a numbers game". What a specious argument.
        cheez 7y ago
        Don't get mad because it adequately explains the truth.
        mav3rick 7y ago
        It's an asinine argument because it undermines any great thing in the world even when it may be great objectively.
        cheez 7y ago
        Keep in mind we're talking about a company's culture. It's completely plausible that what I'm saying is a better explanation than it being "objectively great".
        mav3rick 7y ago
        HN will never admit to Google being great at anything. Keep coming up with "plausible" theories.
        cheez 7y ago
        Do you have a horse in this race, by any chance?
        mav3rick 7y ago
        Do you have a bubble you're in by any chance ? Or hate Google because you didn't get in or don't like algo interviews ? Because many people on HN have openly said so.
        cheez 7y ago
        FWIW, I "got in" to GOOG, MSFT and AMZN. Didn't take any of them. Sounds like you're deep in the GOOG machinery. Good luck to you bro.

by cheez 7y ago

mav3rick 7y ago

If things were truly bad they can just go work for other FAANG. That is not the case. Since it's HN.."Google must be bad but people are just lazy"

cheez 7y ago
You're missing the point. But that's OK.
- mav3rick 7y ago
  Do you know how many people apply to Google ? There are clearly many many millions who would be happy to work here. Including many in this thread who claim to say otherwise.
  - cheez 7y ago
    Are you deliberately missing the point? The point is that in this world of billions, there are enough who will like the way Google works to imply that Google is NOT doing anything special.
    - mav3rick 7y ago
      What a stupid point. Then there must be no special things in the world. Because if something truly is special, more people will like it. When it becomes popular enough you'd say "Oh it's just a numbers game". What a specious argument.
      - cheez 7y ago
        Don't get mad because it adequately explains the truth.
        mav3rick 7y ago
        It's an asinine argument because it undermines any great thing in the world even when it may be great objectively.
        cheez 7y ago
        Keep in mind we're talking about a company's culture. It's completely plausible that what I'm saying is a better explanation than it being "objectively great".
        mav3rick 7y ago
        HN will never admit to Google being great at anything. Keep coming up with "plausible" theories.
        cheez 7y ago
        Do you have a horse in this race, by any chance?
        mav3rick 7y ago
        Do you have a bubble you're in by any chance ? Or hate Google because you didn't get in or don't like algo interviews ? Because many people on HN have openly said so.
        cheez 7y ago
        FWIW, I "got in" to GOOG, MSFT and AMZN. Didn't take any of them. Sounds like you're deep in the GOOG machinery. Good luck to you bro.