It’s a problem with the business in general. As an employee, you’re not rewarded for good practices and maintaining systems. You’re rewarded for new ideas, which sounds good on paper, but creates a massive motivation to throw everything out and start over each year. Google can’t commit to anything because of that culture problem.
It’s reflected in their products, their hardware, how they treat developers, and so on.
It’s a problem with the business in general. As an employee, you’re not rewarded for good practices and maintaining systems. You’re rewarded for new ideas, which sounds good on paper, but creates a massive motivation to throw everything out and start over each year. Google can’t commit to anything because of that culture problem.
It’s reflected in their products, their hardware, how they treat developers, and so on.