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Were you around when Google started to get big? And all the magazines were doing cover stories either about their engineers, their vision for the future, their
by libraryatnight 4y ago
Were you around when Google started to get big? And all the magazines were doing cover stories either about their engineers, their vision for the future, their offices, 'don't be evil,' for awhile it seemed like a real shining city on a hill. A shakeup of the established megacorps - overnight billionaires that gave their employees naps and a percentage of their day to experiment and work on other projects.
Anyway, however obvious you mind find it, to many people watching Google become...this...is disappointing, or vindicating, or just interesting to see. I grew up with them and they're aging poorly.
- fidgewidge 4y agoAre they though. Not google's biggest fan for various reasons but most of that stuff you mentioned does still apply. The nice offices never went away and their impact on eng comp/perks has been astronomical. They didn't go evil either really, not like MS in the 90s which is what that referred to, not unless you're some sort of anti-capitalist who thinks all advertising is inherently wrong (prolly whilst collecting a nice faang paycheck). The most sinister/evil stuff they do is manipulate the public conversation around controversial topics.