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Seems like most of the questions are watered down, and the answers are typical PR-speak. One of the tell-tale signs is the lack of any negative learning experie
by mirkules 15y ago
Seems like most of the questions are watered down, and the answers are typical PR-speak. One of the tell-tale signs is the lack of any negative learning experiences, for example how explosive growth forced them to consider other architectural designs. "There's a ton of stuff to do" is neither informative nor all that forthcoming, IMO.
- aymeric 15y agoAgreed. I stopped reading after: "How many people did you work with on Google+?" "We're a surprisingly small team" Useless.
- jasonkostempski 15y agoI stopped reading after realizing they didn't use reddit for an IAmA. EDIT: Directly.
- aymeric 15y agoWhy do you think the fact they don't use reddit matters? On a side note: I think they managed to come up with a good UI targeted at the use case of asking questions to one person.
- Devilboy 15y agoAnswers like "We're a surprisingly small team" would never fly on Reddit
- Robin_Message 15y agoThere's no followup, which is an essential part of asking questions, both to deal with evasion but also to clarify what you were asking. If they don't answer your question, you have no recourse, no call out, no opportunity to say: "Obviously you don't know the exact number, but is it ten or a hundred or a thousand?"
- aymeric 15y ago"both to deal with evasion but also to clarify what you were asking" Very true. They would need to add comments and allow the interviewee to edit his/her answers.
- GraffitiTim 15y agoComments are coming; answers can already be edited