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You probably know, if you think about it, that I wasn’t saying there were no expenditures involved. This is just specious. You said “it cost Google a LOT more

You probably know, if you think about it, that I wasn’t saying there were no expenditures involved. This is just specious. You said “it cost Google a LOT more than their compensation to make it possible for them to even start working on this project, let alone carrying it forward to completion.” As if Google is groaning under the weight of sacrifices made specifically so these SREs can play in their engineering playground every day. I am saying this is backwards — that there has been no such sacrifice on Google’s part.

rmbyrro 2y ago
> Google is groaning under the weight of sacrifices made specifically so these SREs can play in their engineering playground every day they're literally doing that. google has +$300B net positive assets. [1] they could distribute that to stockholders, go to the bahamas and call it a day. but they keep this wealth there so that SWEs can "play" and create stuff for others to use. yes, they're not a humanitatian org. they do it so that they earn more, then invest more. but they are sacrificing short term gains and risking actually losing money. [1] https://www.google.com/finance/quote/GOOG:NASDAQ?hl=en https://www.google.com/finance/quote/GOOG:NASDAQ?hl=en
- velcrovan 2y ago
  > but they keep this wealth there so that SWEs can "play" and create stuff for others to use. That is not their motive or even a secondary consideration for shareholders.