Google Employee No. 59 on Google+, Privacy and Why He Left
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Re: Google Employee No. 59 on Google+, Privacy and Why He Left
#2Great quote:
I came to think of it this way: Google doesn’t have enough irrational people working there, and the rest of the world doesn’t have enough rational people occupying it.
Re: Google Employee No. 59 on Google+, Privacy and Why He Left
#3Kinda fluffy. I'd like more insight as to what topics are covered in the book, it could be interesting or really predictable.
Re: Google Employee No. 59 on Google+, Privacy and Why He Left
#4Too lazy to find the link but the article which popped up a day or 2 back(the one which mentioned Larry Page - If we can't win on quality, we shouldn't win) said he was laid off.
Re: Google Employee No. 59 on Google+, Privacy and Why He Left
#5This guy takes way too much credit for his time at Google. It leaves me with a really bad taste in my mouth reading all his claims of things he did.
Re: Google Employee No. 59 on Google+, Privacy and Why He Left
#6Noname person but with No. 59. that is the only thing he made in his life. Oh sorry, he also made MBA
Re: Google Employee No. 59 on Google+, Privacy and Why He Left
#7I've managed to get an advance copy of the book - I was skeptical at first (the back cover blurb on the review copy was pretty bad), and I'm only about 80 pages in. So far though, it's pretty interesting.
The biggest insight is exactly how much marketing were sidelined by the leadership and engineers in the early days, and the flat structure of the organisation.
I guess a lot has changed since then.
Re: Google Employee No. 59 on Google+, Privacy and Why He Left
#8I particularly liked his comment on the privacy issues of facts vs perceptions dictating reality for consumers.
Re: Google Employee No. 59 on Google+, Privacy and Why He Left
#9Too lazy to find the link but the article which popped up a day or 2 back(the one which mentioned Larry Page - If we can't win on quality, we shouldn't win) said he was laid off.
this is it http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2749467
Re: Google Employee No. 59 on Google+, Privacy and Why He Left
#10just posted my review of the book here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2758179 (hint: i recommend it, as a matter of fact it's the only book about google worth reading (well, up to now - and yeah, i have read them all, i'm a freak)