Google Not so Great Anymore?

I read an article about Google losing its mojo. It sure caught my attention… why? Well it’s Gooooogle! Once I thought “how could I ever live without Google?”. Whenever I have a question, what do i do? I google it. I have developed the habit of giving people answers such as “Google it!”. Also, there’s gmail (my primary mailbox), the amazing google earth, google adsense (money, money, money), google desktop etc. and I use ‘em all so seeing that article sort of struck me and it’s funny cuz that was a link in a newsletter I received through Gmail! Anyhow, it was  mentioned how working in Google is not uber cool anymore. One of my friends really got to have that Google tour and she said that yeah food all around and all those perks an employee could wish for. The article said that those golden days might be gone? How true? really? Well, I really can’t tell but if it’s true, what will happen to that Google dream? I have been in the web development business for a few years and I can remember back in college there was this obsession among programmers to become part of Microsoft and meet Bill Gates and then it shifted to “I want to work at Google!” mindset. I used to be a part of a company which even has this mission “To be the next google!”, which sounded quite far fetched to me at that time.

The article also mentioned of Sergey Solyanik who is now back at Microsoft. Apparently, the guy worked for Microsoft and then moved to  Google  and then now back to Microsoft. His blog has a lot to tell, a very interesting read, reminds me why I left my previous company lol.  This article actually brought back to memory a blog my friend wrote about how she’s turned off by some google translation Pig Loves Cow

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