> almost no individual at Google has the fire or drive in them to play to win
Yes, that's why you go to large megacorps. I wouldn't go to Oracle, IBM, Google, Facebook, MS, etc. etc. if I had a "huge fire or a drive to win". Honestly, I go there because I wanna work 5 hours a day (less if possible) and have a stable career.
If I want to work 9-12h a day, give me an upside. None of these huge megacorps will reward that.
If I'm the lead of a Goog project that becomes a hit, do I get $10M bonus? Of course not. I get a pat on the back and something to put in my packet for the next promotion interview.
So you're absolutely right, but the problem is not in people. It's in the way the system's designed.
Yes, that's why you go to large megacorps. I wouldn't go to Oracle, IBM, Google, Facebook, MS, etc. etc. if I had a "huge fire or a drive to win". Honestly, I go there because I wanna work 5 hours a day (less if possible) and have a stable career.
If I want to work 9-12h a day, give me an upside. None of these huge megacorps will reward that.
If I'm the lead of a Goog project that becomes a hit, do I get $10M bonus? Of course not. I get a pat on the back and something to put in my packet for the next promotion interview.
So you're absolutely right, but the problem is not in people. It's in the way the system's designed.