Google Wizards Accused of Spoiled Bratism
January 29, 2010
I was dismayed when I read “Google, Land of the Spoiled Brats?” I don’t think it is fair to characterize 40 year olds as spoiled brats. I did mark this passage in the article:
It is true, however, that Google will hit a rough patch one day, and it may well decide to cut costs by installing a cash register in the cafeteria. Across the company the Odwalla coolers will go empty. The net on the beach volleyball court will fray. What will happen then? It will be a sad time. Googlers will sulk and commiserate. The rest of us will get a small taste of schadenfreude. But in the end, Google employees will console themselves with the knowledge that they work at one of the most innovative tech companies in the world, while most of the rest of us will not.
Google seems to be the current version of the math club kid everyone on the soccer team likes to mock in the lunch room in high school. Not fair, not accurate in my opinion. The source of the ad hominen was allegedly a former eBay executive. I think that person was the genius who purchased Skype but not the Skype technology. Dunce cap anyone?
Stephen E Arnold, January 20, 2010
No payment for this. I don’t even use Skype. I will report this to the NIST folks who are real techies.
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