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I'm one of those just out of school Googlers and while I obviously have no experience at MSFT I'll tell you why I don't see myself becoming bored at Google. Go

by habosa 12y ago

I'm one of those just out of school Googlers and while I obviously have no experience at MSFT I'll tell you why I don't see myself becoming bored at Google. Google has a best-in-class (top 5?) product in pretty much every category of software. In 10 years a Googler could work on Drive, Android, G+, Gmail, Fiber, and Maps. While working on those things he/she will be exposed to an unparalleled developer infrastructure (Google's internal tools are rigid, but insanely well engineered). So why leave for another company when I could just change managers to work in pretty much any field on software? The only reason to jump ship would be toxic culture or money, and right now Google is at the top of the heap in both culture and pay.

jodrellblank 12y ago
You won't get bored at Google because you can spend ten years doing rigid tooled maintenance work on finished products? That's not a very convincing argument.
depoll 12y ago
Having been a Microsoft employee years ago, I made the exact same case for why I would never get bored at Microsoft. I was wrong ;)
wil421 12y ago
>Google has a best-in-class (top 5?) product in pretty much every category of software. In 10 years a Googler could work on Drive, Android, G+, Gmail, Fiber, and Maps. I would say they have the top 2, Maps and Gmail. G+ is laughable and I still dont know anyone who uses it that wasn't force to sign up. Drive is a dime a dozen and not really very compelling since we have Dropbox, Sugar Sync, SpiderOak, OneDrive, iCloud. The only compelling things MSFT and Google have going is more space. Android is another argument but since I'm currently switching back to iPhone, thats what I favor. Everything else you said is probably true. Google is the top at Search, Mail, and probably Maps.