Somewhere inside the Googleplex, the program manager who ignored all the devs saying this feature wasn’t ready yet is trying to figure out how to spin the blame onto someone else. 50/50 on if they’re successful.
I once worked for a company where our most high-profile customer, a well-known grocery chain, was unhappy with the speed at which we were delivering something. There had been Powerpoint presentations and a business lunch, then more meetings in the afternoon, but it was clear they were pretty disgruntled. In the end the customer’s most senior guy asked bluntly why the product had so many problems, and the CEO of our company literally pointed at the only other dev in the room and said, “It’s Mike’s fault. Mike built it.” Unbelievable.
Poor old Mike had been given impossible requirements that had been changed on him every day as the management kept changing their minds, and in the circumstances it was impressive how much he’d put together. But it was just staggering to see the head of the company attempt to throw him under the bus in front of the customer, and also just mind-boggling that he would think this made him look better as a leader. That guy was the biggest dick I’ve ever worked for.
They will not be, they were set up to fail no matter what because ChatGPT was starting to look like a meaningful competitor.
Google has also be intentionally fucking yup their search for years now in order to make it pay better. Eventually they were going to fuck it up bad enough that people left.
Somewhere inside the Googleplex, the program manager who ignored all the devs saying this feature wasn’t ready yet is trying to figure out how to spin the blame onto someone else. 50/50 on if they’re successful.
Devs fault, missed the deliverables promised by mid level managers and/or product owners that were impossible to meet but needed to be released anyway
Not a bitter dev who’s been there/done that or anything
I once worked for a company where our most high-profile customer, a well-known grocery chain, was unhappy with the speed at which we were delivering something. There had been Powerpoint presentations and a business lunch, then more meetings in the afternoon, but it was clear they were pretty disgruntled. In the end the customer’s most senior guy asked bluntly why the product had so many problems, and the CEO of our company literally pointed at the only other dev in the room and said, “It’s Mike’s fault. Mike built it.” Unbelievable.
Poor old Mike had been given impossible requirements that had been changed on him every day as the management kept changing their minds, and in the circumstances it was impressive how much he’d put together. But it was just staggering to see the head of the company attempt to throw him under the bus in front of the customer, and also just mind-boggling that he would think this made him look better as a leader. That guy was the biggest dick I’ve ever worked for.
There is a company-wide demotivation plague at Google. Don’t blame middle manager, it extends to the top.
They will not be, they were set up to fail no matter what because ChatGPT was starting to look like a meaningful competitor.
Google has also be intentionally fucking yup their search for years now in order to make it pay better. Eventually they were going to fuck it up bad enough that people left.