He took over a company that was at the top of its game and fucking ran it into the ground in 4-5 years. He’ll be remembered as the worst tech CEO of a major company for years to come.
I couldn’t believe how quickly and radically Google changed and after a while, many of us cut our loses and left. This layoff got rid of many other long-timers for what seems to be no good reason.
We can only hope that all the solid engineers gravitate toward a company where the leadership is not completely incompetent.
He is up against stiff competition for this award. Even getting nominated is difficult.
I worked at Nokia under Stephen Elop.
Sundar has a long way to go.