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Post by mav3rick » Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 10:18 PM UTC

StreamBright wrote: post #79

mav3rick wrote: post #33

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"companies don't try new things" - HN "Google kills products" - HN 99% of the people here would gladly work at Google. But what's the next best thing .. downplay the company you couldn't get into :) Carry on !

I was trying to get into Google 3 times in my life. Results so far: - some (all? one?) interview failure (no feedback), rejection - interviews passed, no degree in CS (which was known to them prior of the interviews), rejection - interviews passed, this time missing CS degree is not a problem, no cultural fit, rejection I think I am done. You are assumption is without merit though.

Post by StreamBright » Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 10:19 PM UTC

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #36

onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #28

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You really think Google -- who has floundered in this space for years -- is going to dominate a market that is already dominated by a company (Amazon) with a 50% larger market cap? Walmart and Target have been trying to chip away at Amazon's lead, and they're only getting buried deeper in the dust. Google doesn't exactly have a reputation for entering new markets and dominating them, either...

People don't search things on amazon, they search things on google, which link to amazon. So yes, they have a huge potential. They always have sucked doing things IRL, so it's not a certain win. But owning the road to the competition shop is powerful. Not to mention they can force the hand of small shops: use our API or go down in ranking.

Post by mav3rick » Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 10:21 PM UTC

mabbo wrote: post #56

mav3rick wrote: post #37

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Love how baseless allegations like "reward in search rankings" are heeded here. If I write something egregious without a source against Duck Duck Go I'd be downvoted to oblivion

It's not entirely baseless. Look at what's happening with AMP. Google aren't a charity, and at some point in the last decade they realized it.

Post by esrauch » Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 10:21 PM UTC

three_seagrass wrote: post #71

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #58

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Yeah but all those are not IRL activities, so there is a small chance that they mess that up. They are really not good with real people.

I mean, looking at a map used to be an IRL activity.

Post by leoh » Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 10:23 PM UTC

asdfk-12 wrote: post #10

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 204 times, shame on me. https://killedbygoogle.com/