Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet • Hacker News Board

andrewstuart wrote: post #14

Google needs to fix its reputation for killing products. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/04/googles-constant-pro...

Google had that reputation wayyyyyy before Sundar was CEO.

Re: Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet

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Post by drcode » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 9:44 PM UTC

The fact that a layer of management can be eliminated with everyone remaining on amicable terms seems like almost uniformly positive news for google.

Re: Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet

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Post by lacker » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 9:45 PM UTC

I think this is good news. Google has sometimes felt like it was pulled in two different directions - making the core business successful, and providing spinoff cash for the crazy projects. Having the same person run both of them seems like it will make management more efficient.

It probably means that a number of Larry and Sergey "pet projects" will become deprioritized. Good. Self-driving cars seem like they have great potential. I think that technology has the potential to make the entire Alphabet structure worthwhile. But it also seems like it should no longer need the Alphabet structure to protect itself.

Re: Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet

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Post by aazaa » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 9:45 PM UTC

Buried in a paragraph 2/3 of the way down:

> ... Going forward, Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet. ...

Not knowing the internals of Google, it seems as if this is the announcement that Page and Brin are stepping down. Is this correct?

If so, what an incredibly subtle way to announce a high-profile pair of resignations.