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> its insanely low attention span. It frequently releases innovative and well built products, but seems to quickly lose interest quickly. Google has become some
by carbocation 3y ago
> its insanely low attention span. It frequently releases innovative and well built products, but seems to quickly lose interest quickly. Google has become somewhat notorious for killing off popular products.
I understood this problem to be "how it manages its org chart and maps that onto the customer experience."
- dweekly 3y agoHow it manages its promotions, even moreso than org.
- halbritt 3y agoTo add some color to this, the culture for a very long time would reward folks that came up with novel solutions to problems or novel products. These folks would dedicate some effort into the implementation, land the thing, then secure a promo with no regard for the sustainability of the aforementioned solution. Once landed, attention goes elsewhere and the thing is left to languish. This behavior has been observed publicly in the Kubernetes space where Google has contributed substantially.
- IcyWindows 3y agoCan you share some examples in the Kubernetes space? I'm not as familiar with that area.
- halbritt 3y agohttps://twitter.com/kantrn/status/1511791378497384454 https://twitter.com/kantrn/status/1511791378497384454 And a whole thread on HN about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30938842 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30938842
- IcyWindows 3y agoThanks!