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Sergey Brin’s Resume In 1996. Before Founding Google

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Re: Sergey Brin’s Resume In 1996. Before Founding Google

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Post by itswindy »

synnik wrote: post #5

Not to nitpick, but founding Google doesn't automatically qualify you for a job at any large company, as the article states. Not that I would refuse him a job... but it would require the same interview process as anyone, because I need to find out what he knows about my industry, what his current skills truly are, learn his philosophies, and find out how he would fit culturally. Even brilliant people are sometimes cr…

That's the risk every entrepreneur takes. Next time you need a job you have have a 10 year 'gap' in your resume.

Other than founding Google, their supposedly big ideas are just on gambling shareholder's money and make more money via Google in suspicious way. Search still makes 97% of their money, Android was * from others and market share is being lost to Microsoft.

Re: Sergey Brin’s Resume In 1996. Before Founding Google

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Post by 0x12 »

itswindy wrote: post #11
synnik wrote: post #5

Not to nitpick, but founding Google doesn't automatically qualify you for a job at any large company, as the article states. Not that I would refuse him a job... but it would require the same interview process as anyone, because I need to find out what he knows about my industry, what his current skills truly are, learn his philosophies, and find out how he would fit culturally. Even brilliant people are sometimes cr…

That's the risk every entrepreneur takes. Next time you need a job you have have a 10 year 'gap' in your resume. Other than founding Google, their supposedly big ideas are just on gambling shareholder's money and make more money via Google in suspicious way. Search still makes 97% of their money, Android was * from others and market share is being lost to Microsoft.

Search makes no money at all. But adsense does.

Re: Sergey Brin’s Resume In 1996. Before Founding Google

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Post by itswindy »

0x12 wrote: post #13
itswindy wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's the risk every entrepreneur takes. Next time you need a job you have have a 10 year 'gap' in your resume. Other than founding Google, their supposedly big ideas are just on gambling shareholder's money and make more money via Google in suspicious way. Search still makes 97% of their money, Android was * from others and market share is being lost to Microsoft.

Search makes no money at all. But adsense does.

Search makes no money at all. But adsense does.

Adsense relatively makes little since they pay most to site-owners, whatever they call the ads on Google make the money. After 11 years has, Google has what, other than search?

Re: Sergey Brin’s Resume In 1996. Before Founding Google

#15

Post by cooperadymas »

itswindy wrote: post #14
0x12 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Search makes no money at all. But adsense does.

Search makes no money at all. But adsense does. Adsense relatively makes little since they pay most to site-owners, whatever they call the ads on Google make the money. After 11 years has, Google has what, other than search?

Uh.

YouTube. Android (their market share isn't declining). Likely the most popular cloud office suite. GMail. Picasa. Google+. Analytics.

Just to name a few.

I'm pretty sure AdSense accounts for around 30-35% of Google's revenue.

Re: Sergey Brin’s Resume In 1996. Before Founding Google

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Post by itswindy »

cooperadymas wrote: post #15
itswindy wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Search makes no money at all. But adsense does. Adsense relatively makes little since they pay most to site-owners, whatever they call the ads on Google make the money. After 11 years has, Google has what, other than search?

Uh. YouTube. Android (their market share isn't declining). Likely the most popular cloud office suite. GMail. Picasa. Google+. Analytics. Just to name a few. I'm pretty sure AdSense accounts for around 30-35% of Google's revenue.

Without Google, Ytbe would be sued to oblivion, and if it's making money it can't be that much.

Android would last a couple of hours without Google's tens of billions in protection. Isn't it free anyway?

Revenue vs earnings matter on Adsense. Their pay and inventory is linked to the power of Google.

So in the end Google has, search.

Re: Sergey Brin’s Resume In 1996. Before Founding Google

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Post by itswindy »

cooperadymas wrote: post #15
itswindy wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Search makes no money at all. But adsense does. Adsense relatively makes little since they pay most to site-owners, whatever they call the ads on Google make the money. After 11 years has, Google has what, other than search?

Uh. YouTube. Android (their market share isn't declining). Likely the most popular cloud office suite. GMail. Picasa. Google+. Analytics. Just to name a few. I'm pretty sure AdSense accounts for around 30-35% of Google's revenue.

Sorry, I mean search market share was declining. Gmail is # to Hotmail and Yahoo, despite all the hype.

Can G out-Microsoft Microsoft in Office? I doubt it. Analytics and everything else is subsidized by search.

Re: Sergey Brin’s Resume In 1996. Before Founding Google

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Post by silverbax88 »

0x12 wrote: post #8
synnik wrote: post #5

Not to nitpick, but founding Google doesn't automatically qualify you for a job at any large company, as the article states. Not that I would refuse him a job... but it would require the same interview process as anyone, because I need to find out what he knows about my industry, what his current skills truly are, learn his philosophies, and find out how he would fit culturally. Even brilliant people are sometimes cr…

I'd give him his 20% time and hope he'd come up with the next big thing in search. Some people you fit to the company, others, you fit the company to them. Brin is in the latter category. Rare, but they do exist.

I tend to take the advice of people who have run more companies than I have, and they would not agree:

"I used to fall in love with everyone I interviewed and I'd say, 'We can make anybody successful' or 'We can find a job for any talented person.' And that's just completely wrong and a really bad idea. HR people should figure out job descriptions. God forbid I should ever do that."

- Howard Tullman, founder of Experiencia, Tribeca Flashpoint Academy, The Cobalt Group and Tunes.com (Tullman sold his first company in 1987 for $100 million)

Re: Sergey Brin’s Resume In 1996. Before Founding Google

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Post by joe_bloggs »

itswindy wrote: post #14
0x12 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Search makes no money at all. But adsense does.

Search makes no money at all. But adsense does. Adsense relatively makes little since they pay most to site-owners, whatever they call the ads on Google make the money. After 11 years has, Google has what, other than search?

Yep! What have the Romans ever done for us?
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