[pyb]

A 18-year veteran like OP shouldn't be complaining about their manager's lack of vision ; they should have realised by now that it's also their job to enact the vision. He was probably paid too much to behave as a passenger.

[CrimsonRain]

You have no idea what you are talking about. Hixie has enough vision and is loved by everyone. It's not his job to manage a clueless manager.

[thrownaway9739]

Any vision covering firebase, flutter, dart and go, etc. doesn't make sense.

It would take close to a decade to align these products.

My impression is that this is a place to hang these products on the org-tree. IMO the individual teams appear to have LOTS of vision!

The VP in question is unnecessary (IMO).

[scamworld2]

Who exactly at Google isn't a passenger? Jeff Dean? There aren't many pilots there.

[LudwigNagasena]

What is a problem with being an IC?

[ska]

Nothing wrong with being an IC. A senior IC role includes some responsibility for this sort of thing, that's most of what makes it senior...