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Google is a factory and software is manufacturing. They want to sell their goods to managers not engineers. Makes sense if you think about it. Most of what goog
by gumballindie 3y ago
Google is a factory and software is manufacturing. They want to sell their goods to managers not engineers. Makes sense if you think about it. Most of what google does is yesterday’s tech, the web isn’t new and they aren’t making bank by selling stuff to software devs. We want free stuff, preferably open source. There’s so much of it anyway that it has zero value. They might babble a bit about how ai can replace workers and further reduce wages.
- capableweb 3y agoAll of that makes sense for Google in general, but Google I/O used to be explicitly a developer conference, with everything targeting developers, which no longer seems true.
- packetlost 3y agoThat was when Google thought they needed the support of the "developer" community that they don't write the paychecks for. Now they make nothing new or interesting, or on the off chance they do, they kill it after it proves not to be a cash cow.
- Andrew_nenakhov 3y agoGoogle had built itself such a reputation, that no developers would want building stuff using their tech. Thus, shift to focusing on executives.
- adventured 3y agoRepresentative of the shift from creation to extraction.
- DrScientist 3y agoSame sort of thing happened to WWDC. I once worked somewhere where the only people who actually went to WWDC where the IT admins and Apple fans,rather than developers. From a developer perspective - online if so good now, why do you need to travel? ( unless you really want 1:1 with Apple/Google Devs ). So the only people who travel end up being the people their for the 'event' and the 'one more thing' excitement.
- vineyardmike 3y agoI think conferences have long been about the socializing and the excuse to travel. “Learning” was the pretend business excuse.
- ghaff 3y agoThe getting away from the day job and serendipitous discovery are benefits in addition to meeting with people and socializing. But I think a lot of conference goers approach it as a sprint to maximize sessions and if that’s your goal online is probably more efficient.