Category: Google
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Interview: Jordan Gilliland
Jordan Gilliland, now a director at Coupang, and I worked together at Google across a team or two, finally together on Google Now (predecessor of Discover), where we collaborated on something that almost launched. I’ve got fond memories of those times with him, which included my first time in a Tesla and many trips to…
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Peer bonuses
One thing I really liked about Google is its peer bonus system. What other companies have something similar? Laszlo Bock describes Google’s system in his book Work Rules: The other feature of gThanks is the peer bonus… Giving employees the freedom to recognize one another is important. Many companies allow employees to nominate an employee…
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Leaving Google after 15.5+ years
Yesterday (March 4, 2024) was my last day at Google (for now at least) after more than 15.5+ years at the company. There’s still a lot of work I would’ve like to get done, many people I’ll miss working with (everyone I met, pretty much), including many who are dear to me, including especially my…