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Google has also been systematically destaffing various language infra teams. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/google-fires-entire-python-team-ahead-developer-con

by aix1 5mo ago

Google has also been systematically destaffing various language infra teams. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/google-fires-entire-python-team-ahead-developer-conference-snpac https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/google-fires-entire-python-te... https://www.airs.com/blog/archives/670 https://www.airs.com/blog/archives/670 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Kythe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Kythe etc

hanwenn 5mo ago
That is not quite the right word. For Python, the headcount was moved from the Bay Area (the most expensive place in the world to hire software engineers) to Munich (the most expensive place in Germany to hire SWEs.), for cost saving reasons.
- dotwaffle 5mo ago
  If you're the author of https://github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/ https://github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/ -- thank you :D
- VirusNewbie 5mo ago
  The problem is most SWEs in Germany are not as good as most SWEs in the Bay Area. :(
  - jbstjohn 5mo ago
    Most of the engineers making most of the tools being praised in this thread are in Germany, so I don't think that generalization quite holds. Even if the best SWEs are better in the Bay area, there's also a lot more competition for them, so Google in Germany might be able to get top 1% there (and in neighboring countries) but Google in the Bay Area is probably having a tough time getting even top 10%.
    - VirusNewbie 5mo ago
      That's a good point, and why I'm happy to see remote offices pop up in many locations. The problem is the top .1% which can live anywhere, is often a poor representation of the depth of talent density.