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all those individual contributor people got rich and left the company.

• MichaelZuo 3y ago
  I can believe half of them did, or maybe 2/3, but that still leaves hundreds of original Googlers who could speak up.
  • inconceivable 3y ago
    how old are you? have you ever tried to get a group of 10 people, forget about thousands, to do something in a way that you think is "correct"? especially something worth millions and millions of dollars? this is beyond the plane of rationality and the social forces take on a life of their own. it's not a math problem.
    • MichaelZuo 3y ago
      > have you ever tried to get a group of 10 people, forget about thousands, to do something in a way that you think is "correct"? Yes I have actually, several times. It's not easy, and of course it gets exponentially harder as the group grow, but these folks also have access to exponentially greater resources and exponentially greater motivation to do so. (Assuming their desire is to remain loyal shareholders of the company for the long term)