Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet

Post by whateveracct » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 10:05 PM UTC

lacker wrote: post #67

nvrspyx wrote: post #25

I see a few comments praising Sundar. As someone who doesn’t follow closely, but feels that Google has deteriorated dramatically under his watch, does someone mind explaining the reasoning for said praise?

Google's market cap has approximately doubled while Sundar has been the CEO. That's the simplest reason. Personally I think a lot of their products have gotten better recently, like the experience of using voice-controlled Google Maps in my car, and Google Cloud is superior to AWS in many ways, but the company really offers so many different product lines that it's hard for personal experience to be a great represent…

Post by shadowgovt » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 10:06 PM UTC

DoofusOfDeath wrote: post #76

jmmcd wrote: post #3

Please please please, just keep telling Sundar and everyone, "don't be evil".

I like the idea of the "don't be evil" rule, but it always seemed overly naive / simplistic to me. Even without factoring in self-justifying rationalizations, people can have significantly different ideas of what counts as evil.

Post by gumby » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 10:06 PM UTC

gtirloni wrote: post #73

raldi wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nah, anyone used to reading Google press releases knows that a subject line of, "An Update on X" always means X is being shut down, and thus, "A letter from Larry and Sergey" could mean nothing else except they're stepping down.

This meme has to die. It's time.

Post by sys_64738 » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 10:06 PM UTC

Post by rbavocadotree » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 10:07 PM UTC

ggm wrote: post #5

Absolutely nothing about the structural discontent emerging in staff. And nothing about the increasing sense of a loss of claimed ethical stance. I stress claimed, because the lack of concern at the top at its obvious demise makes it less likely it was actually held as a core belief.