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Yes, our smartest people, who were once making people click ads, are now fired.

The people on the revenue making teams aren't usually the ones who are let go.

The algorithms work. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

The algorithms need a lot of maintenance these days.

That statement, right there, should be the epitaph of every former great that found themselves disrupted.

“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads.” — Jeffery Hammerbacher

(I seem to recall that was about Facebook at the time, not Google, but same same.)