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Is Google Too Smart For Its Own Good?

Posted by kdawson on from the sowing-seeds dept.

An anonymous reader writes in with a piece in Fortune speculating on what's next for Google. The writer believes that a supersaturated solution of very smart people, plus stock that may have run out of upside, will yield what he calls Son of Google — a large wave of innovative companies created by Google graduates. And a Google less intent on hiring, and less able to hire, the very smartest people around. Could happen.

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  1. Goldman by nelsonal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You could easily make the same statement about Goldman-Sachs which after it went public a few years ago there were lots of people with "fuck you money" as they would put it. Plenty of folks did leave (a more than decent number of hedge fund managers have the firm on their resume), but it doesn't really seem to slow their ability to continue to attract (and retain) top talent.

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  2. I find it funny, I sent them a resume and an idea by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The idea was to become a leader in video. I told them to sign royalty deals with television and movie copywright holders to host what could be bigger than on demand. You could have almost any movie or television show ever made for video download. I sent them this last year.

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