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I was the 4th guy at Google and back then they were not evil (duh). I left to do my own thing but I email Larry and Sergey from time to time and so far they ha
by luckydude 15y ago
I was the 4th guy at Google and back then they were not evil (duh).
I left to do my own thing but I email Larry and Sergey from time to time and so far they have been pretty cool about listening to me (they have a 747 or whatever it is, I have a Dodge Sprinter, sort of establishes the pecking order, I'm way way down on the list, so the fact that they sometimes listen is cool)
I think that Google wants to not be evil but the whole money thing kinda messes that up.
I also think that they listen. If you want Google to not be evil, it's a lot like wanting our government to not be evil. If you sit back and complain when they get evil, oh, well, that's what you might expect. If you apply pressure that says "hey! don't be evil, we liked that part!" you might be pleasantly surprised.
It's passive or not. If you are passive and unhappy with the results, try being more noisy, I think there are a lot of people that want to do the right thing but if the only noise they hear is from money people who want more money, well, they take care of those people. Make some noise.
- chubot 15y agoAre you one of the guys who worked with them at Stanford, or after the company started? What did you work on and how did you find them? (just curious)
- luckydude 15y agoI was with them in the garage. They found me, I was fairly well known as a Linux perf guy at the time. I worked on the beginnings of what became GFS. I left pretty quickly, I really wanted to be doing my own thing.
- andrewljohnson 15y ago4th guy at Google eh? I'd love to see an Ask-Me-Anything post!
- luckydude 15y agoI doubt you'd be that excited about the reality of that post. I was only there a month before I moved on to do my own thing. It was a fun (and profitable for me) month, but there isn't a lot of light I can shed on the workings of google from such a short stay.