Re: The Men Who Killed Google

Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

 
Making the rounds on Mastodon and an interesting investigation into the
last five years of Google Search.
 
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/
 
Prabhakar Rabhavan does not emerge from this story looking good.

A very interesting article and worth a read.  Seems the timeline
presented in the article matches with my slow move away from
google.  Now I am 90% DuckDuckgo and I do not even use my
gmail address any more.

Some quotes:

Raghavan -- a manager, hired by Sundar Pichai, a former
McKinsey man and a manager by trade -- is an example of
everything wrong with the tech industry

"management" is  synonymous with "staying as far away
from actual work as possible

And that is my experience I have had with working in tech for
decades.  No matter the tech company, Ivy League MBAs or people
like them, eventually take over and drive the company into
the ground.  But they make Wall Street very happy, thus
themselves and upper management with increased bonuses.

The only difference between the Companies is how long it will
take and maybe, if someone at the top realizes what is happening,
make changes instead of watching their bank account grow.


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