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> Google was never really interested, culturally, in making money. People find it really easy to say money isn't the important thing when they are rich. But s
by LanceH 3y ago
> Google was never really interested, culturally, in making money.
People find it really easy to say money isn't the important thing when they are rich. But see that wealth challenged and their behavior changes very quickly (with some exceptions, of course).
Google may have had ideals, but they were still a company filled with directors and managers and employees who weren't rich (enough) yet. They weren't paid off from the initial rainfall of money. They were going to use all tools at their disposal. It is no surprise it happened, even if the founders weren't too concerned with money (which I don't believe).
- deelowe 3y agoMaybe interested isn't the right term. Profitability was seen as a necessary evil. Something that is required but should more be happen stance... a natural evolution of the real work swes did. What this meant culturally is that Google became a company where technical merit alone is what was rewarded. In my 15+ years of working for the company, not once did I touch a budget. The teams that did handle that sort of stuff were always made to plead their cases to engineering instead of it being the other way around.
- wahnfrieden 3y agosounds more like a recruiting and management fable than anything material and had idealized views of the direction given to you and your peers. all you've said is you were below level of being exposed to budget.
- mrguyorama 3y agoThe first person you lie to is always yourself.