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> Also the new CEO is not a software engineer I looked up Sundar's background before joining Google out of curiosity and it looks like his educational backgrou

• ttul 4y ago
  It’s safe to say he is intelligent and effective in all the ways that matter.
  • dontblink 4y ago
    Is it though? He hasn't really moved the needle for Google at all other than capitalizing on growth laid out by his predecessors. Satya is far more admired for his accomplishments comparitivly.
    • sangnoir 4y ago
      Satya is favorably compared to Balmer, whose effectiveness is constantly understated for reasons unknown to me. Anyone who takes over from an unpopular leader gets bimus points for not being unpopular.
      • geodel 4y ago
        Agreed. I have seen this similar scenario played in many context An organization is failing. Owners / Board of directors decides to put in new leader and outgoing leader will take all the blame, valid or not. I think all parties agree on this so that incoming leader can start afresh and also taking credit successes of past initiatives while failures attributed to past leaders. That way they can add to credibility of new leader.