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I think it’s literally the other way around. The CTOs previous role was in charge of Google’s search experience.

• 9rx 2y ago
  > I think it’s literally the other way around. Aside from the "appeal to authority", what suggests to you that they are strong in engineering? > The CTOs previous role was in charge of Google’s search experience. Google search also having decent product vision, but poor engineering execution, sounds about right. I don't know how many times I've heard people say they want to use Google search but have to resort to silly hacks, like adding "site:reddit.com", just to get anything useful out of it. But, to be fair, he in particular only worked on "Google Search on Desktop" which probably isn't the search results department. The one text input box and two buttons did stay centered. I suppose some do say that is the hardest problem in engineering, but I'm pretty sure they are joking.
  • mdhb 2y ago
    This is truly peak HN. Yes, this multi billion dollar revenue stream is “one text input box and two buttons”. Truly amazing insights.