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These examples on their own discredit the post so much that it's a shame it has "google.com" as a domain of origin.
by drinchev 11y ago
These examples on their own discredit the post so much that it's a shame it has "google.com" as a domain of origin.
- diminoten 11y agoHowso? In what way do a few grammar/typo level errors make this a blight upon the nation that is Google?
- TheBeardKing 11y agoI don't know, I don't view Google as having the same level of perfection as, say, Apple. I know when I use Google products, almost infinitely in beta, there's going to be some things lacking and unpolished. Helpful yet unfinished, you take what you get.
- fecak 11y agoPerfection is one thing. But this is a page on their website trying to help them recruit for engineers? Shouldn't that have a bit of a higher standard?
- gonzo41 11y agoall of these comments about non trivial matters are bike shedding. even this comment, its only increasing entropy, your missing the forest for the trees.
- rockdiesel 11y agoOff-topic, but I always thought it was "can't see the forest through the trees" not "forest for the trees". Meaning someone can't see passed what is in front of them (trees/treeline) to see the bigger picture (forest).
- itsybitsycoder 11y ago@rockdiesel, it's definitely "for" the trees, where "for" means "because of". You can't see the forest (big picture) because you're paying too much attention to the individual trees (details).
- pc86 11y agoIf the "reply" link is unavailable you can click on the time to be able to reply directly.
- rockdiesel 11y agoThat makes sense. Thank you for your explanation.
- sukilot 11y agoTrivial, not non trivial.
- jsudhams 11y agoWhy is so much importance to written language? Why not practice casual writing like casual speaking. I think many of these expectations put lot of pressure on the people who wants to communicate in writing but that language to be written is not mother tongue or might not even gone to high school.
- hueving 11y agoThe expectations are higher when it comes from a major company like Google, especially when it's speaking from a position of authority on a topic like what to do with your life.
- sukilot 11y agoCasual sepaking is heard once. Published writing is read many times, and is easy to point edit, so it it worth investing a bit more in correctness.
- phillipwills 11y agoWith casual speaking, you place emphasis and pauses, naturally... With writing, nobody can read your body language... hear your pauses... notice your _emphasis_... unless you s.p.e.l.l. it out...
- fecak 11y agoIf you look at the page now, it's been changed. JavaScript is now one word, university is no longer in caps, the "learn AI" bullet now has been formatted properly, and they've now properly capitalized GitHub. Looks like Google is listening to the suggestions made above (in parent post).