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by rhizome 2648 days ago
You don't get paid $300K without being a true believer.
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Having previously worked at Google and seen how they communicate internally - yes, many people absolutely do make that kind of money there without agreeing with everything they do, and while objecting to much of it. However that doesn't mean that the people making internal objections always get to overrule the people making the mistakes. Clearly not.

To be clear, at Google there are cases where internal objections do affect what Google does; but nowhere near always.

(Note I haven't worked at Google for almost 4 years now and am not speaking for anyone other than myself in this comment.)

without agreeing with everything they do

Yeah I didn't say this.

I meant that many Googlers, even ones with such high compensation, aren't true believers.