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>'But that's not the case when you're the only member of your five-person company who's left behind...Even though she founded the company and "the product was m
by mjolk 13y ago
>'But that's not the case when you're the only member of your five-person company who's left behind...Even though she founded the company and "the product was my idea," she didn't get a deal because she was not an engineer.'
While technically accurate, the headline is pretty sensational. She goes on to describe herself as a generalist (and not an expert), which is something that is not really the target for aquihires.
- jack-r-abbit 13y agoPerhaps this is a better title: Google Hired All The Engineers At This Startup, But Not The Company's Only Designer
- mjolk 13y agoTo be fair to her, it sounds like she did a lot more than design, but sure, I think focusing on role in this case is more accurate than gender. Also, and at least to my ear, 'All' sounds like more than 5 people. Unfortunately, "Google only hires 80% of a company in an aquihire" doesn't have the page-view potential.
- jack-r-abbit 13y agoAgreed. But lots of things that were not coding. I'm guessing Google was all staffed up on people to do those things. And "All" does invoke a feeling of more than 5 to me to. If the company was 80 men and 20 women and they took all the men and none of the women, then I'd say there was some issues. But "all" 4 men and not the 1 women (who happened to have a different skill set)... meh. I'm not convinced.
- malandrew 13y agoit sounds like she did a lot more than design But that is exactly the problem. She did a little bit of everything. She was a generalist and if there is a role for which there isn't much room in a massive corporation with thousands of people, it's generalists. When you get to that size, pretty much everyone is an area expert. For what position would she have been an area expert that google is trying to fill?