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Google started the same way: > Brin and Page filled the garage with desks made of old pine doors set on sawhorses, a turquoise shag carpet, and a Ping-Pong tab
by hobo_mark 5y ago
Google started the same way:
> Brin and Page filled the garage with desks made of old pine doors set on sawhorses, a turquoise shag carpet, and a Ping-Pong table.
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/04/sergey-brin-amanda-rosenberg-affair https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/04/sergey-brin-amanda-...
- mikeyouse 5y agoBrin and Page plausibly could have needed to do so since they were grad students when they founded Google.. Bezos was a SVP at a hedge fund before starting Amazon. Slightly different circumstances. Made a good marketing / "culture" shibboleth though.
- azemetre 5y agoI mean there's nothing wrong with this. A solid wooden door is nearly the perfect desk size and width. I feel like the OP was being a little too drastic, there are many reasons to dislike Amazon but one being that Bezos used a door as a table is a little out there.
- somebodythere 5y agoI use a door as a desk at home. With some finishing it looks as good as a solid wooden desk, and its much sturdier and nicer feeling than a plastic desk, while being the same price.
- foobarian 5y agoHonestly, a proper solid wooden door may well cost a lot more than a cheap folding table. Yes, missing the point, I know :-)
- d136o 5y agoJeff was even an early google investor, maybe the door desk idea got around… https://www.growthink.com/content/story-jeff-bezos-250000-investment-google-1998 https://www.growthink.com/content/story-jeff-bezos-250000-in...
- deltaonefour 5y agoThere's a difference between frugality and necessity though...