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Google has gone massively overboard on hiring engineers, and has neglected designers, UX experts, human factors experts, people who understand the "soft side" o
by gruseom 16y ago
Google has gone massively overboard on hiring engineers, and has neglected designers, UX experts, human factors experts, people who understand the "soft side" of computing.
It's often said that Google's weakness is the human side, and I agree, but what's not clear is whether Facebook is so culturally different. Much of what I hear about Facebook indicates a hacker culture that is not dissimilar to Google's engineering culture in this respect, i.e. not necessarily "softer" in the way you describe. Do Facebook emphasize "human factors experts"?
There are people here who have worked at both companies. I'd like to hear some comparisons on this point.
- PakG1 16y agoI don't know if this answers your question, but Zuckerberg often answers in questions that machine-driven data is often not good enough, and there needs to be core social elements in a technology to delivery quality data for many applications. What that means in practice, who knows, but with Google's engineer-heavy focus, I would venture to guess that Google at least is (and has been) heavily focused on a machine-driven philosophy.
- ScottBurson 16y agoThis is not the insider view you're hoping for, but I think Zuckerberg is a different kind of hacker from Page and Brin. He seems to have a much better instinct for UX and for what users want. I'd wager, based admittedly on little evidence, that he has much more of an artist's soul. Page and Brin seem much more like pure engineers.