Looking at the writings of people like Sussman, it seems to me that Google is in an identity crisis. Management is half clinging to the old culture of brilliant

Looking at the writings of people like Sussman, it seems to me that Google is in an identity crisis. Management is half clinging to the old culture of brilliant PhD engineers creating ambitious new products, but the reality is that this doesn't happen anymore. The reason Google is starting to feel like a conventional company is because Googlers are conventional employees. Many of their best and brightest have left to found their own companies, and they're left wondering why the remaining tier 2, or 3 engineers can't carry them anymore.