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Re:Francois Chollet is leaving Google by johnnyanmac on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @11:56PM (#42133269)
I wonder how/if that mentality will shift over time. As it seems the market capture phase it over and the current big tech aren't simply keeping top talent around as a capture piece anymore.

Maybe they'll still do it, but basically only if it feels you can startup a billion dollar business. As opposed to a million dollar one.

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Re:Francois Chollet is leaving Google by kortilla on Thursday November 14, 2024 @12:59AM (#42133493)
Not really any different than what happened to IBM, Intel, Cisco, etc.

The people that want to build great things want the potential huge reward too, so they go to a startup to do it.

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Re:Francois Chollet is leaving Google by azinman2 on Thursday November 14, 2024 @01:09AM (#42133528)
Except… it’s about leverage/impact factor. Google has very large impact, so if you do something big and central you’re instantly in the hands of hundreds of millions / billions of people. That’s a very different situation than IBM or Cisco.
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Re:Francois Chollet is leaving Google by kortilla on Friday November 15, 2024 @12:51AM (#42144267)
Not really. Despite having a platform with lots of people. Most are out of date software and hardly use any features.

It’s like the claim that Microsoft teams has hundreds of millions of users just because it’s installed on Windows by default.

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