Top Google Engineer Resigns: What it means for Google's war with AWS and Azure

We discuss Google Senior VP of Eng Urs Hölzle's resignation, and what it means for the company's future. We reflect on his many years of service and his evolution from contributor to successful manager. We'll also delve into the twists and turns of Google's perceived management perception and where it failed competing with AWS and Azure

Time Codes:

00:00:18 - Urs stepping down from Google
00:00:54 - Urs' tenure at Google
00:01:30 - Urs' service appreciation
00:02:00 - Urs' expertise and skills
00:03:00 - Urs' role as a researcher
00:03:30 - Urs' achievements
00:04:35 - Impact of Urs' departure
00:05:21 - Urs' journey at Google
00:07:00 - Importance of Management
00:08:00 - Larry Page's Resistance to appointing managers at Google
00:09:10 - Google's management comparison
00:10:00 - Engineers fighting for promotions
00:11:00 - Effect of prioritizing promotions over user needs
00:13:00 - Google's unique product sausage making process
00:15:00 - Understanding Google Cloud's market challenges and overcoming a late start
00:17:50 - AWS is a market defining product and Microsoft has a strong distribution team
00:18:50 - Blue ocean markets vs. Red ocean markets
00:20:08 - Long enterprise sales cycles and breaking evening
00:21:20 - How Google deprioritized enterprise apps and focused on selling cloud
00:22:40 - Profit margins dictate a company's culture



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