Leaving Google
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Leaving Google
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Re: Leaving Google
#2So my first response was who the $^!% is Tim Bray? Then I read. TLDR: famous enough to merit an article about his departure but not famous enough for Google to give an inch to retain him (see Hinton, Geoffrey for a counterexample).
No surprises here. Google is setting the stage for its own disruption. But that event is a total black swan much like paying $16B for a messaging company.
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#4Site down for me:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:vUUVmJE...
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#5"Plus I find the Bay Area congested, racist, incestuous, and overpriced."
I like this guy.
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#6Plus I find the Bay Area congested, racist, incestuous, and overpriced.
Isn't Vancouver equally overpriced or worse? It's a beautiful city and seems like an amazing place to live, but I thought Vancouver's house prices were into the millions as well.
In what way is the Bay Area racist? I'm not a fan of that region, but I've never had that particular impression (except among upper-tier VCs, who aren't specifically racist so much as they hate everyone not like them).
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#7So my first response was who the $^!% is Tim Bray? Then I read. TLDR: famous enough to merit an article about his departure but not famous enough for Google to give an inch to retain him (see Hinton, Geoffrey for a counterexample). No surprises here. Google is setting the stage for its own disruption. But that event is a total black swan much like paying $16B for a messaging company.
It does seem that he left on better terms that Brian Reid, but possibly for similar fundamental reasons...
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#8"Plus I find the Bay Area congested, racist, incestuous, and overpriced." I like this guy.
I am also of the same opinion. Plus he probably doesn't want to lose his Canadian healthcare.
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#9Wasn't he doing PR on the Android side?
Another one biting the dust.
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#10So my first response was who the $^!% is Tim Bray? Then I read. TLDR: famous enough to merit an article about his departure but not famous enough for Google to give an inch to retain him (see Hinton, Geoffrey for a counterexample). No surprises here. Google is setting the stage for its own disruption. But that event is a total black swan much like paying $16B for a messaging company.
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