SS Google - More People Abandon Ship
A few weeks ago it was Vanessa Fox who left Google, this morning Barry reports over on SEL that two more high profile engineers are leaving
Two top Google engineers leave — to Benchmark Capital from VentureBeat reports Bret Taylor and Jim Norris, top Google engineers, have left Google to work at Benchmark Capital, a venture capital firm.
Could be purely a coincidence, but I'm not a big believer in coincidences. Is Google finally starting to feel the drain of employees with entrepreneurial spirit?
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Haven't they got 1000s of employees?
A little churn is normal
3 out of 12,000 or so isn't
3 out of 12,000 or so isn't really significant. Google have a habit of hiring good people, so they are a natural target for headhunters etc. No matter how good the pay and conditions they offer, there's always going to be a few who can be attracted away by a huge pay offer, or a new challenge or SOMETHING
Two top Google engineers leave
Were they 'top' due to length of service, or are they better than most the others? I suspect Google has been recruiting some very clever people over the last few years and maybe people are not a cut above the rest anymore, which may lead them to search out new challenges - where they are.
can't say i blame them
anyone who creates a hugely successful product for a company, but finds their earning potential essentially capped due to the time they joined that company is likely to go looking for greener pastures that have a bigger potential upside.
why not take all your bright ideas a few miles away to sand hill road, where you can enjoy a nice one-hand-washes-the-other arrangement with a VC firm?
yahtzee!
Bret's startup blog mentions
Bret's startup blog mentions the reason he left:
It's the usual kind of stuff entrepreneurial people deal with in large companies. Unvested stock options tend to lower the urge to leave, but then the 4 year anniversary comes...
The beauty of the hive is
The beauty of the hive is that you can lose worker bees and still produce honey.
=P
Keeping good people...
it's a huge problem.
Whether you are big or small.
Unless you are in a small town and you are the main/only event there, it's tough to train people properly and keep them. If you are top dog, your empoyees can always earn more money - have more opportunity somewhere else.
BTW, the small town is serious. Two of the most successful internet marketers I know are located in a small town and you either work for them or you move. They love the downward pressure on salary.
I need the cultural excitement of the big city so it wouldn't work for me. I don't think.