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> Much of these problems with Google today stem from a lack of visionary leadership from Sundar Pichai, and his clear lack of interest in maintaining the cultur
by hintymad 3y ago
> Much of these problems with Google today stem from a lack of visionary leadership from Sundar Pichai, and his clear lack of interest in maintaining the cultural norms of early Google
One thing I find bizarre in Google is lack of accountability. If someone builds a lousy product, we are not supposed to criticize it, not even objectively. That's because, well you guessed it, "it hurts feelings". Or per Pichai's words, "let's be thoughtful". So many teams have instead learned to launch failed products to advance their levels in Google.
- tdeck 3y agoI don't think this began under Sundar. I remember that lack of accountability under Larry also.
- compiler-guy 3y agoI don’t know where this idea comes from. Five minutes on any of the half-dozen internal communications sites reveals vast amounts of criticism on every google decision made, most of it thoughtful, but some quite sharp, and some quite bitter and unfair.