[hnfong]

While many people would agree that value to users is more important than "pure" engineering/code quality, moving the goalposts doesn't nullify the GP's point. If Google was hiring to acquire Homebrew (assuming it was possible) then value to users would be a factor to consider. But if they were just hiring the person to work on non-homebrew projects, why wouldn't "pure" engineering quality be relevant?

[jakelazaroff]

Do the projects at Google not also have to provide value to people? Given the number of products they kill, you’d think that would be a higher priority.