Re:Why Layoffs Don't Work
by cmrdporcupine on Sunday March 09, 2025 @04:15PM
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Competent, yes. Intelligent, yes.
Productive, not necessarily.
Google is not a "produce a lot of code" place. It's a careful and deliberate and systematic type of place.
One thing I think ex-Google does bring especially to the table is a disdane for over-complicated and overly trend-driven solutions.
For one Google's internal review culture is (or at least was when I was there) very stringent. Pointless complexity and showboating is usually spanked.
For two, because Google basically rolls its own everything in regards to frameworks and the like, developers who come out of there have been mainly cured of "flavour of the month" and "my ego wants us to use this new shiny new-coloured tech".
Productive, not necessarily.
Google is not a "produce a lot of code" place. It's a careful and deliberate and systematic type of place.
One thing I think ex-Google does bring especially to the table is a disdane for over-complicated and overly trend-driven solutions.
For one Google's internal review culture is (or at least was when I was there) very stringent. Pointless complexity and showboating is usually spanked.
For two, because Google basically rolls its own everything in regards to frameworks and the like, developers who come out of there have been mainly cured of "flavour of the month" and "my ego wants us to use this new shiny new-coloured tech".