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Requiem for Raghavan

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12 points croes | 3 comments | 22 Oct 24 16:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
1. orochimaaru ◴[22 Oct 24 16:53 UTC] No.41916222[source]▶
Bringing in McKinsey folks into a place like Google is odd. Seems like they’ve finally abandoned their engineering roots and headed into “enterprisey” bullshittery.
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2. master_crab ◴[22 Oct 24 17:00 UTC] No.41916277[source]▶
Sundar is former McKinsey I believe. So it starts at the top and has been the case for years.
3. yellow_postit ◴[22 Oct 24 17:05 UTC] No.41916331[source]▶
This happened long ago and is a common pattern has companies transition away from founder led (without all the drama inherent in the “founder mode” meme).

If history rhymes and Sundar is Google Ballmer and I wonder what the next era may hold.

Google brought a lot of great tech, products and people forward and I do hope they find a way back to a more vibrant culture.