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I’m not sure how true it is, but the common refrain I keep seeing on HN and elsewhere is that Google’s promotion track incentivizes new products over maintainin
by barsonme 5y ago
I’m not sure how true it is, but the common refrain I keep seeing on HN and elsewhere is that Google’s promotion track incentivizes new products over maintaining and expanding current products.
- danieldk 5y agoThat's the common refrain, but making a new product doesn't put it front and center at a Google I/O keynote or push it as the official new Google strategy. You'd think that C-level executives have a word on what is announced in keynotes, etc.
- onion2k 5y agomaking a new product doesn't put it front and center at a Google I/O keynote It doesn't automatically put it front and centre at I/O, but as it's certain Google will want something to highlight which makes working on a new product is a fairly sensible idea if that's your goal. Innovating or maintaining an existing one is a lot less marketable.
- gman83 5y agoI heard that this hasn't been true for several years, but everyone keeps repeating it.
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- MagnumOpus 5y agoThe cycle of neglecting/shutting-down established good products and creating dozens of new half-baked products instead continues, so unless you have a better explanation, this being true is Occam's Razor...