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Re:Reflecting on 18 Years at Google by kevmo314 on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @04:07PM (#38385114)
Then what's your incentive to work at the company instead of starting the project externally? If the product is a sustainable business model in isolation, surely it's sustainable without the external resources.
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Re:Reflecting on 18 Years at Google by lacerrr on Thursday November 23, 2023 @03:21AM (#38390636)
Starting a business is a lot of work and risk. Having those removed makes the path so much easier to experiment and removes all the friction.
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Re:Reflecting on 18 Years at Google by kevmo314 on Thursday November 23, 2023 @03:58PM (#38397450)
Indeed, which is the point of the original comment: that large companies bias towards those people who don't want that risk.
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