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It isn't like the trade is that we get to work on interesting problems because the travel budget is slashed. Because of headcount clawbacks and concerns about b
by UncleMeat 4y ago
It isn't like the trade is that we get to work on interesting problems because the travel budget is slashed. Because of headcount clawbacks and concerns about backfill what I'm seeing is teams becoming more conservative and focused on keeping core customers happy rather than focusing on exciting new problems.
- z9znz 4y ago> focused on keeping core customers happy What a shocking business priority!
- UncleMeat 4y agoSure. I think that Google can and should prioritize this more. But when the above argument is something resembling "good people like working on flashy and interesting technical problems so why worry about the travel budget" then it becomes relevant to talk about how there also isn't going to be an unlimited amount of flashy and interesting technical problems.
- cma 4y agoMaybe they don't get to deprecate another chat service and have to support it longer this time or someone has to work on making Google Drive as fast as competitors.