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by MyelinatedT 442 days ago
From my perspective (talking very generally about the mood and environment here), it’s important to remember that Google is a very, very big company with many products and activities outside of AI.

As far as I can see, there is a mix of frustration at the slowness of launching, optimism/excitement that there are some really awesome things cooking, and indifference from a lot of people who think AI/LLMs as a product category are quite overhyped.
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fennecbutt 442 days ago
Idk, I used to want to work for Google but I'm not so sure anymore. They built an awesome landscaper next to my office in London.

But the UX and general functionality of their apps and services has been in steep decline for a long time now, imo. There are thousands of examples of the most basic and obvious mistakes and completely uninspired, sloppy software and service design.

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MoonGhost 442 days ago
> obvious mistakes and completely uninspired, sloppy software and service design.

That's something you can work on to improve.

A few years back I wanted to work for FAANG big company. Now I don't after working for smaller but with 'big' management. There are rats races, dirty tricks. And engineers don't have much control on what and how they are doing. Many things decided by incompetent managers. Architect position is actually a manager's title, no brain or skills required.

Today I rather go to a small company or startup where the results are visible and appreciated.

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fennecbutt 438 days ago
Well exactly. Sure I could try hard to pass some Google interview with silly exercises and be lucky and get selected most likely by some interviewer who isn't one of the devs but works in HR.

But why? When they have so much management now and have just gotten so big that it'd probably be impossible to get anything done.

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dieortin 433 days ago
That’s now how the hiring process works at Google. You seem to be making decisions based off assumptions
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fennecbutt 431 days ago
Well, it seems like they use an intense scoring system that reeks of management involvement and inconsistency (per interviewer).

I mean I'm for sure making some presumptions and plenty of assumptions; we literally evolved to do this. Otherwise we'd shake the cold paw of every shadow in the dark.

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dataflow 442 days ago
> Google is a very, very big company with many products and activities outside of AI.

Profit is what matters though, not number of products. The consumer perception is that Search rakes in the largest profits, so if they lose that, it doesn't matter what else is there. Thoughts?

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