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> Wojcicki, who joined Alphabet nearly 25 years ago… I’m not a journalist, but that doesn’t sound right.

by k8sToGo 4y ago

thetinguy 4y ago
>Google was founded on September 4, 1998 Maybe she was an early employee?
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- mikece 4y ago
  Google is that old, Alphabet isn't.
  - Arrath 4y ago
    Splitting hairs. "Joined the entity that would later become <a part of> Alphabet", big deal.
  - AlexandrB 4y ago
    You are technically correct, the best kind of correct.
- flebron 4y ago
  I think k8sToGo's point is that she never "joined Alphabet", Alphabet did not exist when she joined Larry and Sergey. She joined concurrent with Google's founding as a company, she probably joined when the search engine was named Backrub. Alphabet would be created decades later.
  - k8sToGo 4y ago
    Exactly. But I guess people don’t care about accuracy anymore.
- tinyhouse 4y ago
  If I'm not mistaken she was Sergei's girl friend back then or maybe it was her sister. Not sure but I remember his first wife had this last name.
  - ggambetta 4y ago
    Anne, sister, founded 23andme.
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nickelpro 4y ago
? Google's first office was in her parents' garage
- jonny_eh 4y ago
  No, her garage. > With this investment, the newly incorporated team made the upgrade from the dorms to their first office: a garage in suburban Menlo Park, California, owned by Susan Wojcicki https://about.google/intl/en_us/our-story/ https://about.google/intl/en_us/our-story/
ejvincent 4y ago
Read the article: Wojcicki has been involved with Google practically since the beginning. The company's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, set up office in her parents' garage soon after they incorporated Google in 1998. Wojcicki became Google's first marketing manager the following year and played a role in the earliest Google Doodles. In 2006, she encouraged Google to buy YouTube, which launched a year earlier.
joewhatkins 4y ago
It’s accurate. Google was started out of her parent’s garage, and she became involved around then.
yurylifshits 4y ago
Google started as a research project in 1995 and incorporated in 1998. Susan was an employee number 16. 25 years sounds about right.
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michaelt 4y ago
> In September 1998, the same month that Google was incorporated, its co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin set up office in Wojcicki's parents' garage in Menlo Park, California. [1] 2023-1998=25 Sounds right to me. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Wojcicki#Career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Wojcicki#Career
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layer8 4y ago
Yes, Alphabet was created less than 8 years ago. She probably joined Google.

> Wojcicki, who joined Alphabet nearly 25 years ago… I’m not a journalist, but that doesn’t sound right.

thetinguy 4y ago

>Google was founded on September 4, 1998 Maybe she was an early employee?

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mikece 4y ago
Google is that old, Alphabet isn't.
- Arrath 4y ago
  Splitting hairs. "Joined the entity that would later become <a part of> Alphabet", big deal.
- AlexandrB 4y ago
  You are technically correct, the best kind of correct.
flebron 4y ago
I think k8sToGo's point is that she never "joined Alphabet", Alphabet did not exist when she joined Larry and Sergey. She joined concurrent with Google's founding as a company, she probably joined when the search engine was named Backrub. Alphabet would be created decades later.
- k8sToGo 4y ago
  Exactly. But I guess people don’t care about accuracy anymore.
tinyhouse 4y ago
If I'm not mistaken she was Sergei's girl friend back then or maybe it was her sister. Not sure but I remember his first wife had this last name.
- ggambetta 4y ago
  Anne, sister, founded 23andme.
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nickelpro 4y ago

? Google's first office was in her parents' garage

jonny_eh 4y ago
No, her garage. > With this investment, the newly incorporated team made the upgrade from the dorms to their first office: a garage in suburban Menlo Park, California, owned by Susan Wojcicki https://about.google/intl/en_us/our-story/ https://about.google/intl/en_us/our-story/

ejvincent 4y ago

Read the article: Wojcicki has been involved with Google practically since the beginning. The company's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, set up office in her parents' garage soon after they incorporated Google in 1998. Wojcicki became Google's first marketing manager the following year and played a role in the earliest Google Doodles. In 2006, she encouraged Google to buy YouTube, which launched a year earlier.

joewhatkins 4y ago

It’s accurate. Google was started out of her parent’s garage, and she became involved around then.

yurylifshits 4y ago

Google started as a research project in 1995 and incorporated in 1998. Susan was an employee number 16. 25 years sounds about right.

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michaelt 4y ago

> In September 1998, the same month that Google was incorporated, its co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin set up office in Wojcicki's parents' garage in Menlo Park, California. [1] 2023-1998=25 Sounds right to me. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Wojcicki#Career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Wojcicki#Career

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layer8 4y ago

Yes, Alphabet was created less than 8 years ago. She probably joined Google.