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Who wants to work in Google anyway?
by fatih-erikli 4y ago
Who wants to work in Google anyway?
- berkle4455 4y agoOver the past decade, Google paid massive salaries to people building one failed bet after another, while Search and Youtube Ad revenue continued to grow and literally nothing else matters.
- nxm 4y ago+ Google Maps
- berkle4455 4y agoFair, it’s close or higher than YouTube revenues right? I’ve always mentally included it as part of “Search”.
- riku_iki 4y agoyes, we don't know, they don't separate maps and search in earning call.
- gautamdivgi 4y agoMaps, android and its ecosystem (play store, etc.), cloud, nest, gmail & google docs. All those have a significant market.
- berkle4455 4y agoCloud has a significant market yes and is losing money. The Uber strategy of pay $1 to earn $0.90 is not sustainable.
- riku_iki 4y agochrome/chromeos/chromebooks
- manscrober 4y agoAnd literally all of them are not from the past decade.
- epicureanideal 4y agoNo kidding. When I see FAANG on a resume I read: grinds leetcode, comfortable jumping through mindless hoops, comfortable with extreme amounts of bureaucracy as long as they’re being paid, etc. I’d generally prefer someone from a technically sound venture funded startup.
- pinewurst 4y agoDon’t forget choosing projects purely for the promotion folder and ignoring existing work if at all possible.
- zaphar 4y agoI worked at Google for 7 years, admittedly a decade ago. We didn't grind leetcode, We didn't jump through mindless hoops, and we had almost 0 bureaucracy. So for at least that letter in the acronym it was nothing like you describe.
- nwiswell 4y ago> admittedly a decade ago In 2011 Google had 32,467 employees. In 2021 Google had 156,500 employees. It is simply not the same organization as it was when you worked there. The 2011 employees account for at most 10% of the workforce today once attrition is taken into account.
- fatih-erikli 4y agoI feel like employed by google means being unemployed if they are going to be laid off whenever the managers want. So I don't want to work in Google
- komali2 4y agoWait, how is that different from any other s Corp in a country without layoff protections?
- 4y ago
- fnfjfk 4y agoThey pay a ton, the perks are great, and the expectations are really not that high. Lots of people want to work there!
- ulfw 4y agoI do. Now look, you have a data point.