> Jeff Dean is clearly one of the greatest software developers/engineers ever
Based on what? I've heard all the Chuck Norris type jokes, but what has Jeff Dean actually accomplished that is so legendary as a software developer (or as a leader) ?
Per his Google bio/CV his main claims to fame seem to have been work on large scale infrastructure projects such as BigTable, MapReduce, Protobuf and TensorFlow, which seem more like solid engineering accomplishments rather than the stuff of legend.
Seems like he's perhaps being rewarded with the title of "Chief Scientist" rather than necessarily suited to it, but I guess that depends on what Sundar is expecting out of him.
Based on what? I've heard all the Chuck Norris type jokes, but what has Jeff Dean actually accomplished that is so legendary as a software developer (or as a leader) ?
Per his Google bio/CV his main claims to fame seem to have been work on large scale infrastructure projects such as BigTable, MapReduce, Protobuf and TensorFlow, which seem more like solid engineering accomplishments rather than the stuff of legend.
https://research.google/people/jeff/
Seems like he's perhaps being rewarded with the title of "Chief Scientist" rather than necessarily suited to it, but I guess that depends on what Sundar is expecting out of him.