I think you underestimate how political Google has become internally.

dralley · on Dec 17, 2019

The extent to which Google and Microsoft have switched places from where they were a decade ago is hilarious.

https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/50a25c45eab8ea8c41000...

Qub3d · on Dec 17, 2019

Hah, I love that comic. Here's the full one: https://bonkersworld.net/organizational-charts

tazjin · on Dec 18, 2019

That comic, by the way, is one of Manu Cornet's Goomics (i.e. originally Google-internal comics).

Jamwinner · on Dec 17, 2019

The irony of an AMP link..

dredmorbius · on Dec 17, 2019

Google hasn't replaced Microsoft. It's joined it.

Aperocky · on Dec 17, 2019

I picture search engine team laughing secretly (or openly?) looking at this post? Is that an accurate imagination?

I don't work at google so I have no idea of knowing what it's like.

pinewurst · on Dec 17, 2019

Why? They're the people (including ads) that keep the company afloat. GCP is just another sideshow, albeit a large one.

foobiekr · on Dec 17, 2019

For one thing, there is a lot of resentment about their lower quality bar. I am not a googler and never have been, but GCP has hired a lot of people I wouldn't hire even on a dare.

xvector · on Dec 17, 2019

Ironic, because GCP's user experience was great and there's some really cool tech that went into it.

Turns out that setting absurdly high hiring bars doesn't mean much if you don't make products people like, and kill off the ones that people do.