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Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by paulcole » Fri, Jul 09, 2021, 11:35 AM UTC

Xorlev wrote: post #80

colinmhayes wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Every google product exists to encourage people to see more ads, even if he product isn't showing the ads. I encourage anyone to point to a google product that isn't either selling ads or trying to get people to spend more time on the internet so google can sell them more ads.

Drive/Docs/Meet. Cloud. Nest. These are a few examples of (though far from the only) products completely orthogonal to ads.

> Drive/Docs/Meet

How many people who are active users of these products Bing something when they need to look it up?

Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by 0x456 » Fri, Jul 09, 2021, 11:36 AM UTC

Hopefully someday this will have a companion site, like https://www.explainxkcd.com/

Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by mypalmike » Fri, Jul 09, 2021, 12:05 PM UTC

gravypod wrote: post #14

"Don't focus too much on promotion" - A Billionaire Google Exec https://goomics.net/228/

Haha.. I like "move to competitor then back at L+1 route". And that's not just a Google thing.

Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by brainwad » Fri, Jul 09, 2021, 12:07 PM UTC

rtpg wrote: post #135

Anyone know the story behind "Code Mega"?

It was a nightmare migration that went super over-deadline and people were dragooned into working nights/weekends.

Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by TheOtherHobbes » Fri, Jul 09, 2021, 12:41 PM UTC

DoreenMichele wrote: post #40

gravypod wrote: post #14

"Don't focus too much on promotion" - A Billionaire Google Exec https://goomics.net/228/

I have no problem interpreting that as both humor/irony and also completely serious advice. It's potentially like saying "Make sure your priorities are in order. If you aren't actually adding value, you won't be a success. You can always be fired if you manage to get promoted and then can't actually deliver after tooting your own horn enough to get there." It may be important to set a goal of getting promoted but you…

"appearing very visibly to add value"

I occasionally wonder if Google exists primarily to herd smart-ish people towards mostly useless make work.

Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by peteretep » Fri, Jul 09, 2021, 12:42 PM UTC

lrem wrote: post #150

manigandham wrote: post #143

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How much more is “good enough” when you’re already in the top 1% of the world?

You're top 1% in the world working in a SF McDonald. You're in the top 1% in the US when you're about L7-8 in Google, according to https://www.investopedia.com/personal-finance/how-much-incom... and levels.fyi.

McD SF is paying you $35k[0]. For 2018 figures: «A $35,000 income in the United States has enough buying power to put you in the 82nd percentile globally for per-person income. Within the United States, your income falls around the 20th percentile.»[1]

0: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Mcdonalds-Crew-Salary-...

1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/business/global...

Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by NateEag » Fri, Jul 09, 2021, 12:47 PM UTC

paulcole wrote: post #171

Xorlev wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Drive/Docs/Meet. Cloud. Nest. These are a few examples of (though far from the only) products completely orthogonal to ads.

> Drive/Docs/Meet How many people who are active users of these products Bing something when they need to look it up?

I do, by way of DuckDuckGo.

Granted, I only use those products because my employer uses them internally.

Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by NateEag » Fri, Jul 09, 2021, 12:50 PM UTC

dharmab wrote: post #85

ekianjo wrote: post #81

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public broadcasting? you mean state sanctionned propaganda disguised as news?

Are you sure you know what "public broadcasting" is? It's broadcasting funded by the public, mostly through private donations and some funding through competitive grants. EDIT: I see from your profile you're not in the US, which is probably the source of the confusion. Examples of Public Broadcasting are https://www.npr.org and https://www.pbs.org .

As a US citizen who used to listen to NPR daily, it may not be state-sanctioned, but it definitely had a propagandistic narrative tying together the reporting.

Maybe not quite as strongly so as the NYT, but it was definitely there.

Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by lrem » Fri, Jul 09, 2021, 12:55 PM UTC

peteretep wrote: post #176

lrem wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're top 1% in the world working in a SF McDonald. You're in the top 1% in the US when you're about L7-8 in Google, according to https://www.investopedia.com/personal-finance/how-much-incom... and levels.fyi.

McD SF is paying you $35k[0]. For 2018 figures: «A $35,000 income in the United States has enough buying power to put you in the 82nd percentile globally for per-person income. Within the United States, your income falls around the 20th percentile.»[1] 0: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Mcdonalds-Crew-Salary-... 1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/business/global...

Your source is paywalled, but it's in line with my intuition. It doesn't state the global percentile in absolute money, does it?

Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by notacoward » Fri, Jul 09, 2021, 1:02 PM UTC

The fact that you could rebrand at least 70% of these as Facemics or about a hundred other Xyzmics says a lot about how much Google drives tech-industry culture. Worth pondering whether that's a good thing.