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I am really curious to know about the people who are downvoting this. I really want to know why, genuinely.

The issue is that your comment is a rationalization. In reality, evidence beats logic any day of the week. Just because what you say is logical doesn't mean it's true. As such, it's not adding anything to the conversation.

Your take is cynical, but sensible in a massive org with dysfunctional culture that jades and burns out engineers until they only care about their own personal gains and everything else is secondary. I think people project their values in situations that don't have place for them and get upset

> I think people project their values in situations that don't have place for them and get upset

That is a very useful bit of wisdom that one can overlook easily, but once articulated can explain a fair bot behaviour.

> bot behavior

Freudian slip?

I meant a fair bit; but a fair bot will just do as well these days.

Public companies operate for the benefit of shareholders.

Which is "Google" in this sense, the employees are just workers, Google is not a coop. Google operates for Google, or it's owners which are the shareholders. No?

Two points to consider:

    a) A vast majority of Google FTE are actually shareholders via equity grants, so there's that. Not a coop, but a taste of it.

    b) The way you make more money at Google is by getting promoted. And unfortunately, the way you get promoted at Google is by looking like you are actively innovating, but without any measured correlation to the actual impact on the bottom line of the company. The result is typically the kind of shite everyone is complaining about in this thread.

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