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These people are all already making 9 figure compensation packages, I think if they thought they could do the work they wanted at Google, they would.
by hiddencost 2mo ago
These people are all already making 9 figure compensation packages, I think if they thought they could do the work they wanted at Google, they would.
- tgma 2mo ago9 figure is hardly enough when some kid sells their vscode fork to them for more, is it? Why not just boomerang and get $$$.
- ghostbrainalpha 2mo agoDid that really happen? What was the fork you are talking about?
- tgma 2mo agoIt was a general metaphor but a reference to Windsurf. On the boomerang side, Noam Shazeer went on to do Character AI and came back via acquisition only to leave again to OpenAI.
- xnx 2mo agoGiven the resources that would be available to them at Google: compute resources, data, etc. It's clear they want absolute freedom. Good for them. At this revolutionary turning point in history, I want the smartest people working in whatever area they want.
- dekhn 2mo agocompute resources are scarce and folks are fighting over scraps at this point.