Comment by cma Comment by cma 9 hours ago 2 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News Why wouldn't you count things initially made by individual contributors at Google?
Copy Link oidar 9 hours ago Next Collapse Comment - Because those were "free time" projects. It wasn't directed to do by the company, somebody at the company with their flex time - just thought it was a good idea and did it. Googlers don't get this benefit any more for some reason. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link lmm 8 hours ago Prev Collapse Comment - Because they're not a good measure of the company's ability to develop products based on the direction from leadership. Reply View | 0 replies
Because those were "free time" projects. It wasn't directed to do by the company, somebody at the company with their flex time - just thought it was a good idea and did it. Googlers don't get this benefit any more for some reason.