That and Google’s incredibly deep hierarchical structure. Nowhere else have I seen VPs report to VPs and directors report to directors. At Google this is quite

That and Google’s incredibly deep hierarchical structure. Nowhere else have I seen VPs report to VPs and directors report to directors. At Google this is quite common, and not just now - it was quite common under Schmidt and Page, too. It’s never clear what those people do, and by the time information filters up to the CEO (who, let me remind you, can’t tell a tensor from a hole in the ground) everything is hunky dory. Previously the CEOs were technical and much harder to bullshit. Sundar isn’t technical. He truly is the Ballmer of Google, probably setting the stage for someone else.