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The "I'm the smartest person in the world, because I work at Google" attitude is a reason I don't interact with/communicate with/contribute to Google-related projects. Their hugely inflated egos are just off-putting.
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That sounds like a non-sequitur. http://www.paulgraham.com/mean.html and http://www.paulgraham.com/safe.html come to mind.
I wasn't equating ego to meanness, more a disregard of what other people think about them, not being afraid to fail also not to compromise their product to make everyone happy and ending up with a washed down product.
High egotism -> high conscious opinion of one's self (compensating for low subconscious self-worth), need for external affirmation of self-worth, and propensity for aggression and meanness in the pursuit of that affirmation.
Low egotism -> content with self-worth, unreactive to external criticism or praise, willingness to do what is "for the greater good" regardless of short term challenges and resistance, trusting one's self to achieve the best outcome in the end.
Sunder Pichai is boring.
Hopefully this will also happen at lower levels. The "I'm the smartest person in the world, because I work at Google" attitude is a reason I don't interact with/communicate with/contribute to Google-related projects. Their hugely inflated egos are just off-putting.
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That sounds like a non-sequitur. http://www.paulgraham.com/mean.html and http://www.paulgraham.com/safe.html come to mind.
I wonder if, in the future, people will compile these writings into a book with numbers for easy reference of quotes. They could also add testaments of things He said as recorded by His disciples. We could call it "The Book of Graham".
Ego is essential to breaking through those tough barriers and new opportunities. Disregard for risk. Is this really what is needed when Google is being criticized for falling behind its competitors in innovation.
Vic Gundotra's ego resulted in G+. If G+ is innovation, I don't want innovation.
Shouldn't this have the correct title "The New Google: ‘All the Assholes Have Left’" ?
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I wonder if, in the future, people will compile these writings into a book with numbers for easy reference of quotes. They could also add testaments of things He said as recorded by His disciples. We could call it "The Book of Graham".
There may be an acceptable way to make this point, if you can find a way to do it with kindness. Snark like this is mean and makes HN less civil.