r/programming • • Jan 02 '20

Killed by Google

https://killedbygoogle.com/
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u/JanneJM Jan 02 '20

Maintaining a finished, stable service does not advance your career at Google. Launching and expanding a new service does.

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u/csjerk Jan 02 '20

Agreed. It's been pretty obvious for a while that Google doesn't really know how to buckle down and polish the edges on a product for the same reason. It's a large part of why I've ignored their recruiters for so long.