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- ThinkBox, on 10/11/2007, -2/+53This story description is from the department of redundancy department.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -7/+57This just in:
Google has a ***** load of engineers. Who gives a ***** if 2 leave. - hbweb500, on 10/11/2007, -4/+52But does this "Benchmark Capital" provide busing with WiFi, allow you to bring pets to work, provide free food, allow you to spend time on your own projects, use solar power...
I'll bet they were offered some great compensation for leaving these perks behind. Or maybe they just got tired of working in paradise. - Flawed77, on 10/11/2007, -3/+32Look at the bright side. There's two new positions open!
- jtorkbob, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15I think 'time on your own projects' is the key bit here. They already put a lot of work into a pet project, and ended up as top engineers, but didn't end up filthy stinking rich. So they get another one, do they hand it to Google and hope they get the nice treatment this time, or go out (sort of) on their own?
Also, I'm sure Benchmark knows how to spoil its people just as well as Google, solar arrays aside. - scabbers, on 10/11/2007, -5/+16Can diggleagues 145 friends stop digging up such "so what?" stories. THANK YOU.
- szembek, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9You are incorrect. Google maps was a huge innovation. Mapquest was great when it came out in the '90s. And then they decided not to innovate for the next decade. Google finally made map software that was user friendly, this forced yahoo and mapquest to update their software.
- arunarun2000, on 10/11/2007, -4/+11This new commenting style is really bad !!!
- Flashman, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8This will keep happening as Google employees cash out their stock options when they're available, and go off to pursue the ideas they couldn't while at Google.
- rmjb, on 10/11/2007, -4/+11I might get dugg down for this, but all those perks at Google sound great, but they're designed to keep you there longer. I like to go home at the end of the day, not encouraged to stay in work because I can do my laundry and get a gourmet meal.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Atlas is shrugging...
- winmywii, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7It takes me freaking 25 minutes to read the comments now because I have to wait for them to load.
- jtorkbob, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7Google Maps is a better implementation, and I think it was at first too. It wasn't so feature-packed then but it was just easier to use. Not 'copied', but 'one-upped'. No small feat.
- brufleth, on 10/11/2007, -4/+8Smart of them. Google is currently worth a lot. It is mostly perceived value though and their capital is largely the people working for it. Their only real revenue stream is Ad-sense. Google maps, video, calendar, etc are all free and again, only pull in any money because of Ad-sense. So all it would take is one upset (say people realizing not many people click those links) to really hurt the value of Google.
I know lots of people on here love Google but it is just an ad company that makes free web tools (which while very good) don't pull in the big money. - Sagarian, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Perhaps because your colleague probably didn't write google maps, and the company he went to probably didn't fund some of the most successful technology companies in history?
- mandrsn1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2because they're the"top" engineers
with correct grammar now - shannobn, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5Dugg for Norris as his last name.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3"There were six Google employees responsible for creating Google Maps. Taylor was the overall project leader, while Norris was responsible for the Web server side of the product."
I don't know of any company who does not care about team/project lead of their (arguably) second best product leaving. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2The bad thing with this is that later that a feature is added the devs don't look back, even though the new feature is A PAIN IN THE ASS. Like if the don't wanna admit that they were WRONG when they decide to implement this *****.
- jkoirjm, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2At the top of the comments section, on the right, there is "Comment Display Options". Click it and then click "Expand Full Tree".
- K3lviN, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Huh, what's useful about posting a link to a page I'm already on?!
- blueski, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Not many people click the links? Enough for projected revenues of $16bn this year... seems like a few to me.
And that's what Analytics is for. Advertisers can track exactly how much each purchase has cost them in ad spend. - szembek, on 10/11/2007, -4/+5That's what I came here to say. I read it 3 times trying to decipher it. This new Digg interface is nice.
- Battleman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I would suggest that many people actually DO click the links... though most probably the Digg demographic isn't amongst them. Don't underestimate the value of what they've achieved. Google ads now go hand-in-hand with the online experience... for better or for worse.
Also, I would debate that Google is only perceived value. With ~US$5bn cash sitting in their accounts, they are going to be ready to move with, predict and create market opportunities. - ViceVirtue, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Exactly, some people don't hate their marriage.
- twigboy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1jealous?
- digg0t, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1give the kid a break, kids under 12 can't spell
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1In August of this year roughly 900 people at Google will have fully vested their options beginning from the date of the IPO. The average employee will have 6.5 million dollars of profit assuming the stock price remains around 500 until August.
Estimates are that 90% or more of those employees will leave in August, so look for another 800 or so of these type of stories in a month from now. You people don't get it, do you? Free gourmet cafeteria food and bringing your pets to work doesn't mean jack ***** when you have 6.5 million in the bank. You can hire a live-in chef to prepare your every meal when you have that kind of money. - winmywii, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1That is a lot better, but I still don't like the new comment system.
- unfinity, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I had to read your comment four times before I understood what you were saying.
- qwertydvorak, on 07/28/2008, -0/+1" Mapquest had been doing it for a few years and then Yahoo had their maps which took off and became very popular, Google and these two engineers just copied them. Best of luck to them though."
apple had been doing this graphical interface and then microsoft had their gui which took off and became very popular. microsoft and their engineers just copied them. best of luck to them though.
you could even go as fars as: xerox had this graphical interface and then apple came along and copied them and it took off.
either way, it isn't about who got there first always.
the other question i have is: isn't google smart enough to have non-compete clauses in the contract ? - shodson, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Options vesting will start and outflow of top talent over the next few years, much in same way Microsoft has experienced a brain drain that fled to Google or their own start-ups. I think the only reason this is news is that they went to work for VCs, perhaps to join a great startup they see coming across their desks.
- schmik07, on 10/11/2007, -6/+7buried as lame.
who gives a *****?
one of my colleagues left work last week. That ***** isn't gonna make front page, so why would anyone be interested in this? - iChaz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0The interesting thing to me is why you'd leave Google (unless the opportunities at the other place are really good). My cousin had a 2 week internship at Google, New York, and said it was great and one of the best working environments he had been in yet.
Either way, Google will be fine. I'm sure they'll be able to find new people to do the job, maybe even better. - byronm, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Perks aren't everything. Unlike some people i work to live, not live to work. I could care less if i can get busing, pete projects and user solar power as all that does is motivate me to work more during times i necessarily don't need to work (mind you, riding the bus to work is a good personal time and my pets enjoy it at home much better than the office!)
- Homunculiheaded, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Also they're going to work for a VC firm, VCs don't have to come up with good ideas, they have to fund other peoples. Two engineers who know their ***** will be very helpful in observing how likely an innovative new company is to succeed. Aside from understanding the technical requirements for success, having worked high-up at google they also have a sense of the organizational and cultural needs.
- orlyfactor, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Exodus...movement of ja people!
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I'm tired of people saying that. Stop whining. (Despite this, I will see the same comment on every story for the next few weeks)
- haggie, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1The real reasons to leave any company: a.) The new company has hotter admins/marketing chicks or b.) you've banged all of the best ones at your current company
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0If your cousin was an intern, how many working environments could he have possibly been in to make a comparison? Interns typically have never even had ONE JOB in their entire lives yet.
- tmohan26, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0They prolly think that their idea is so good to create the next google !
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Doesn't Google only hire the top-notch engineers? I think they can find more. It's everyone's dream to work at Google.
- jkoirjm, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0You can also add '/all' to the end of the URL... http://digg.com/tech_news/Two_Top_Google_Engineers_Leave_Google/all
- MikeonTV, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1The force is strong is these ones.
- PIDT1, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0I remember the following article on Digg a little while back talking about Google spawning a wave of new start-ups like Fairchild Semiconductor did. Perhaps this is a start?
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070524_002134.html - vebguru, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0In a company..people are coming and going. I wonder what makes it to make a front page story? Is this a proof for manipulating Digg system?
- melonhedd, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0Buried for idiotic Chuck Norris reference
- Hoov, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Uh, we know. There's a whole other story on that. http://www.digg.com/tech_news/New_Digg_Comment_System_FTL_Old_System_FTW
- wizardofloz, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1Look 'ON' the bright side. ;)
- elvenseven, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1Hehe you cant see me
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