Ex-Googler Calls Out Google Infrastructure as Obsolete
A former Google Wave engineer talks about why he left Google, explaining that the company's decade-old search infrastructure put him at a disadvantage.
Leaving Google
June 13, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011 12:01 AM/EST
November 1, 2010
Monday, November 01, 2010 10:01 AM/EST
AdMob Founder, Google Wave Creator Leave Google
Google waves goodbye to Google Wave creator Lars Rasmussen and AdMob founder Omar Hamoui. The latter left for personal reasons; the former left to work at Facebook.
March 15, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010 11:21 AM/EST
Google Gains Bray for Android to Compete with Apple
The Google Vs. Apple war continued to heat up March 15 as Google hired Tim Bray, co-inventor of XML and a long-time Sun Microsystems employee to work on the Android mobile operating system. Meanwhile, Apple has poached R.J. Pittman, a jack-of-many-product launches for Google.
April 17, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009 9:06 AM/EST
New Google Boss Same as the Old Boss
Google chiefs Eric Schmidt, Larry Page and Sergey Brin got themselves a new voice for the executive suite, a fact that was either glossed over or misinterpreted during yesterday's earnings call. But Omid Kordestani is hardly a new face on...
January 19, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009 9:08 PM/EST
Even Google Isn't Great for All Employees
TechCrunch got hold of an e-mail thread from a private Google Group asking former Googlers why they left the world's biggest search and Web services company. For any other big company -- Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, you name it -- this wouldn't constitute news. But because Google has garnered so much attention for being the nirvana of high-tech companies to work at, the thread shows the grass isn't always greener on Google's side.
November 24, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008 3:58 PM/EST
Google Layoffs Are of Temps, Not Full Employees
The implication that Google uses hundreds of lawyers to dodge material reporting seems far-fetched.
April 13, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008 3:14 PM/EST
'DigitalHobbit' Leaves Google for Social Networking Startup
There is an illuminating post from a newly former Googler that anyone who has been closely tracking the company for signs of discontent should read ...
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