Google AOL Shock
March 14, 2009
I read an interesting article by Nicholas Carlson called “Googlers Shocked by Armstrong Defection” here. Google is search so when a Googler goes to AOL, it is a blow to Google search. Wrong. The blow hit Google in the ego. Mr. Carlson included some interesting items in his write up. For example, I quite liked this one:
He never oversaw product managers or engineers, for example.
And this one:
Not to say he isn’t a quick decision maker, “good at people,” a good listener and responsible for hiring everyone in Google’s US sales force, but Tim really was just a sales guy at Google.
Sounds like bruised egos talking to me. Why would a high profile leader go to a loser like AOL? Easy. Money and a chance to break free of Google’s somewhat odd culture. Just my opinion, of course.
Stephen Arnold, March 14, 2009
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