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Don't Be Google
- ElectronCharge 12y agoAll those Microsoft folk at Google...I'm surprised. I would have thought Google management had more sense than to concentrate that much of a decidedly foreign culture in their company. I've been mostly ambivalent about Google, but I'm leaning towards increased wariness.
- widowlark 12y agoThis is more of a jab at Microsoft than anything, since the articles main argument is that Google is the new Microsoft because Microsoft employees work there... Give me a break.
- pcurve 12y agoSue, but jab at the old Microsoft. The new Microsoft is ironically more like the old Google, except Microsoft builds more polished products. (like outlook online, office online)
- test_unit 12y agoSomeone I know who works at Microsoft interviewed for a position at Google. This person is at a moderately senior level position at MSFT. He was recommended by his old manager who is currently at Google. Apparently, you can refuse the phone screen and you would be called on-site automatically. This person hasn't really written any code that I know of for years, but was able to get an ex-manager to fight on his behalf even after being (correctly) rejected by the Google interview process. Now I'm not sure how many have sneaked in..
- test_unit 12y agoAlso all these Microsoft folks are so good at politics that the average googler will just be cannon fodder! Think Crossbows vs pitch-forks.
- ecspike 12y agoIt's weird that they lead off with Android sales. Android sales aren't a 1:1 comparison with iOS sales. Google makes money on services, not devices. And they don't own the supply chain like Apple does.