Few work, mostly because the desire to get stuff done gets nixed from day one by process, bureaucracy and business drones. Also, the prospect to make an actual fuckton of money is completely unlikely these days.
Google can't get anything done for a very simple reason:
a) comps are way too high. why bother doing anything when gold rains from the sky every day of the year.
b) you're never going to make it to 50 Million at Google however hard you work, unless you make it to SVP, which is a 15 year endeavor. In other words, strictly no incentives to do amazing stuff when compared to a startup.
c) the environment is highly political, actual entrepreneur spirit is long gone and/or smothered by product type folks.
If what you're looking for in life is a civil servant type of highly paid cushy job, Google is the perfect place to be. If you want to innovate and change the world, flee this godforsaken place as soon as you can.
Google can't get anything done for a very simple reason:
a) comps are way too high. why bother doing anything when gold rains from the sky every day of the year.
b) you're never going to make it to 50 Million at Google however hard you work, unless you make it to SVP, which is a 15 year endeavor. In other words, strictly no incentives to do amazing stuff when compared to a startup.
c) the environment is highly political, actual entrepreneur spirit is long gone and/or smothered by product type folks.
If what you're looking for in life is a civil servant type of highly paid cushy job, Google is the perfect place to be. If you want to innovate and change the world, flee this godforsaken place as soon as you can.