Google's Resident Muse
Posted by nullbit on September 27, 2005, 8:38 am
Business Week has a look into the mind of Google's "resident muse," Marissa Mayer. She explains how she intends to prevent Google's from falling into a bureaucratic trap that could kill their so far generally impressive innovation, something which is becoming increasingly difficult as the company -- who had 100 staff 5 years ago, and has 4,200 today -- rapidly expands:
Meanwhile, without ample guidance or support, some engineers can end up feeling lost in Google's sea of techies. "Things have gotten unwieldy over there," says a former Google engineer, who requested anonymity. "I've seen people have months of man-hours flushed because it wasn't clear what [Google co-founders Larry [Page] and Sergey [Brin] wanted."
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