[steno132]

Google was never the same after Sergey left. With him, all employees, execs, investors shared the original credos of organizing the world's information.

And after him, it became like any corporation, with everyone seeking to gain as much personal wealth as they could. The dream was dead.

I saw this firsthand.

[firecall]

How much was Eric Schmidt a factor in the culture?

Ive read that a lot of the early days of Google being the Google we used to love were down to Schmidt.

We dont hear much about him, so I’ve always wondered.

Schmidt succeeded with Google where John Scully failed Apple!

[singron]

When do you think Sergey left? Wikipedia says he was president of alphabet until 2019, but I feel like he was sort of an absentee leader for years before that. Eric Schmidt was CEO until 2011. Larry Page was CEO until 2015 when Sundar became CEO and Ruth Porat became CFO. To me, these felt like more significant changes, but honestly everything was probably very gradual.