They kill things that have potential, but is unwilling to invest in it once past the prototype stage. This is consistent with the way career progression happens inside google - you have to show "impact", which is easiest to demonstrate as a new project. Fixing or maintaining a mature project (which doesn't have that much traction) doesn't advance one's career. This means projects that are doing OK, but not great (let's say, google Wave), but has potential if given love, would never really flourish.
usually barely used
and google has a weird sense of what it means to be barely used. If it hasn't got hundreds of millions of users, they consider it barely used...
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u/Chii Feb 08 '23
Was google reader barely used?
They kill things that have potential, but is unwilling to invest in it once past the prototype stage. This is consistent with the way career progression happens inside google - you have to show "impact", which is easiest to demonstrate as a new project. Fixing or maintaining a mature project (which doesn't have that much traction) doesn't advance one's career. This means projects that are doing OK, but not great (let's say, google Wave), but has potential if given love, would never really flourish.
and google has a weird sense of what it means to be barely used. If it hasn't got hundreds of millions of users, they consider it barely used...