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09 November 2023 19h44

You: Uh I don't know exactly what was expecting when I hired you but…
Memeplex: Yes what a fun change of pace it is in this terribly immature organization.
You: So… what are you working on?
Memeplex: Fixing that one cannot work in this environment.

Ex-Googlers Risk Overplacement Beyond Demonstrated Competence

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09 November 2023 19h42

And so, relative to a non-Google hire, your ex-Googlers will be at positions within your company which their level of competence may not yet have, ahem, strictly speaking been fully demonstrated yet. The memeplex will have prepared them well for what they need to do next.

Default Consensus: Salary Upleveling When Hiring Ex-Tech Executives

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09 November 2023 19h40

"What's an example of default consensus decisions?" OK, so you're hiring ex-Googlers, right? You know what their payscale looks like. It is higher than yours. You will *systematically* uplevel them both to justify more $ and to make up for the sacrifice they take joining you.

Google Exodus: How Ex-Googlers Transform Startup Culture

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09 November 2023 19h38

But there exist many startups which, without making a conscious decision to do so and just making a lot of default consensus decisions in the hiring process, will hire 30 Googlers and then, 18 months later, not *quite* understand what they have done yet, but feel the difference.

Federal Government Management Kills Tech Startup Performance

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09 November 2023 19h36

"Did that even need to be said?" I think there is relatively little alpha in tech saying that, if you operate your tech startup like the federal government operates, inclusive of hiring say thirty people from the federal government so you get the good flavor, life will be hard.

Identity and Work Culture at Big Tech Companies

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09 November 2023 19h24

And a challenge of working there is "How much of my brainsweat/care/identity is entangled with playing the game that is Google and Getting Good at Googling? And how much is everything else?" Neither extreme of spectrum is optimal for most interesting values systems.

Firm-Specific Human Capital: Specialized Skills Beyond Job Functions

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09 November 2023 19h20

An undercurrent of this and similar pieces, which I would like to highlight: "Firm-specific human capital" is a real thing in the world. Being effective at Google is a skill you can specialize in, independent of (and on top of) the thing you *actually do.*

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ARM’s hiring expansion pressures profit margins amid growth

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09 November 2023 17h53

ARM’s vague profit language sinks stock six percent ARM’s massive hiring — a thousand people in twelve months — has lead to pressure on operating margin. The company’s CFO, Jason Child, assured investors that the company is still on course to an eventual goal of sixty percent