I truly hate this way of sunsetting projects, esp platforms that others materially depend on. Even if you don’t want to say you’re cancelling it, an attitude of

I truly hate this way of sunsetting projects, esp platforms that others materially depend on. Even if you don’t want to say you’re cancelling it, an attitude of reduced pressure so they’re not crunching to finish the port. A friend was about to close on a house a couple weeks before layoffs happened, and an in the know manager just said “hey you may want to hold off on that for a few weeks.” Of course google can’t sunset projects over time because advancement is so competitive and based on novelty that if anyone knew they were working on a dead end project they’d be gone immediately. If only advancement was based on stewardship and responsible work and not just leading new projects…