> All of these companies are tremendously successful and produce great software.
Well, they were. More recently (since the headcounts exploded and the open-office fad picked up) they've been coasting along with the S&P500 overall performance and upseting users.
> If you think about working on improving Google search
I thnk about concentrating to deeply analyzing lots of subtle data using advanced mathematics, not spitballing cool ideas.
> Productivity? Or Creativity?
Lots of creativity with no productivity: great idea that never launch, or launch with fatal flaws that never get fixed, and products that get shuttered.
> smart people who are all collaborating
Most humans can barely remember the identities of 100 people at once. How can they be "all collaborating" all day in the office.
Well, they were. More recently (since the headcounts exploded and the open-office fad picked up) they've been coasting along with the S&P500 overall performance and upseting users.
> If you think about working on improving Google search
I thnk about concentrating to deeply analyzing lots of subtle data using advanced mathematics, not spitballing cool ideas.
> Productivity? Or Creativity?
Lots of creativity with no productivity: great idea that never launch, or launch with fatal flaws that never get fixed, and products that get shuttered.
> smart people who are all collaborating
Most humans can barely remember the identities of 100 people at once. How can they be "all collaborating" all day in the office.
Hmm.