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As always, there was (and still is) so much technological marvel inside Google and so many highly talented people working inside Google that I felt sorry that t
by kccqzy 3y ago
As always, there was (and still is) so much technological marvel inside Google and so many highly talented people working inside Google that I felt sorry that these marvel never gets to see the light of day and efforts by these folks ultimately wasted by inept management and terrible marketing.
Years ago Google was the coolest place to work at because of the tech and the people, and Google did so many things that everyone could find the most interesting thing to them. Nowadays the list of cool companies is a lot longer and more diversified. And switching companies is a bit more friction than switching teams. I sometimes wonder if more cool tech could emerge faster if there was a new Big Tech with old Google values, with better management and a new coolness.
- coldpie 3y ago> terrible marketing Remember when they said their product will follow in the historic tradition of E.T. for Atari 2600, the Power Glove for NES, and the Sega Dreamcast? I guess they were more right than they knew. Google is a laughingstock. I can't imagine working there if you have any pride or passion for your work. https://www.gamingbible.com/news/games-gamers-recall-when-google-marketed-stadia-using-three-failed-products-20210209 https://www.gamingbible.com/news/games-gamers-recall-when-go...
- philistine 3y agoThe VGHF helped with setting up the display for that event. Frank Cifaldi, founder of the VGHF, has explained the sordid tale of that display on some podcasts. Basically, the VGHF was hired to make a display. They provided a draft version. Google's people came back and were adamant that the display had to have those failed products as well. The VGHF repeatedly warned Google of the horrible optics of showing those products. Google went ahead. To this day, Frank does not know why Google wanted these products. My guess? Those products had great SEO on Google Search and YouTube. Lots of people watched videos about them. The managerial class at Google was uninterested by the fact those products had tons of searches and views because they sucked!
- emodendroket 3y agoI don’t think you can have a big company that behaves like a small company no matter how much everyone from employees to owners of big companies fondly cherish the idea.
- a_vanderbilt 3y agoAs a whole big companies don't. In my experience, unless the company has a skunkworks or a guerrilla team on something emergent you aren't going to find the culture that fosters innovative things with commitment. Problem is at some point (usually when something viable comes out) those teams get cannibalized or subsumed by management.
- emodendroket 3y agoEven then I would say that such teams still have a different feel from a true startup.