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Wow I had read about Billg product reviews but didn’t know about Brin and Page. Do you know of any write ups about this? Looks interesting.
by lcrss 4y ago
Wow I had read about Billg product reviews but didn’t know about Brin and Page. Do you know of any write ups about this? Looks interesting.
- mike_hearn 4y agoI don't. The culture of secrecy came from the top and they're both quite private men (very private, in the case of Page). Very little about their management style is documented and to be clear, what I'm saying is second hand knowledge. I was a cog - attended many TGIFs and got emailed by Sergey once, but never had a product review or other kind of important meeting with them. It's worth stressing that I don't think either of them were bad people or even mean. Being very direct with feedback seems to be a common trait of successful founders and CEOs. I guess when you review as many products as they do, and have built at great expense a place a lot of people want to work, and decisions matter a whole lot, being indirect and super-polite seems like a poor use of time. Also people don't like getting negative feedback, so unless it's ultra-clear it probably just doesn't sink in.
- xen2xen1 4y agoI've read stories about Page? and his hate of product managers. That might be a starting point for a Google (pun intended).