Re:It's official: Google buys Zenter
by pg on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @10:53AM
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It's standard procedure to go work at the acquirer after getting bought. I did it myself. It's not so bad. Having just become rich tends to put you in a pretty cheerful mood, which makes all the everyday annoyances of working at a big co slide off you. Plus Google is probably the most hacker-compatible of all big cos.
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Plus Google is probably the most hacker-compatible of all big cos.
Maybe N years ago when google was a little startup. In every big company there is the rule that you need to do a specific stuff, and this is the worst thing that an hacker can suffer, at least in my experience: all the hackers I know tend to switch domain every few months, just the time to understand "how it works".
If Google's going to pay me X million dollars or even X million GOOGs, I'd be more than happy working there until the integration is complete.
How long does this typically last?
Usually you get some kind of incentive to work for the acquirer for 1 to 4 years, median 3.