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Re:Uber lays off around 350 more across Eats, self-driving a... by mav3rick on Monday October 14, 2019 @04:02PM (#21252222)
Ah right, like all other companies do ? At least Google engineers have the technical chops to master the tech side of a product. Everything else is mostly upto the individual anyway. Many Xooglers are quite successful at startups.
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Re:Uber lays off around 350 more across Eats, self-driving a... by luckydata on Monday October 14, 2019 @04:20PM (#21252416)
That's exactly my point and you don't seem to catch it, it's not what you can build, it's what you can sell. Focusing on the engineering prowess is moot when there's no market for the beautifully built Gizmo you spent so much VC money on.
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Re:Uber lays off around 350 more across Eats, self-driving a... by yourbandsucks on Monday October 14, 2019 @05:57PM (#21253318)
Not only that, you definitely guessed wrong about what the market wanted and now all your effort meticulously reviewing every line of code is voided. Not to mention the over engineering which has become an actual liability.
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Re:Uber lays off around 350 more across Eats, self-driving a... by mav3rick on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @03:13AM (#21256224)
Yes all Xooglers are stupid and don't do prior research.
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