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> none of these are particularly impressive from a technology point of view It's the "first" part that somewhat matters more and then it become's a question of
by CptCodeMonkey 14y ago
> none of these are particularly impressive from a technology point of view
It's the "first" part that somewhat matters more and then it become's a question of whether he's more Edison or Tesla ( crazy marketing or crazy smart).
Also he's been put into a Director role, so his technical merits come second to his ability to find, understand, and cultivate the smart people needed for his department's goals.
- waterlesscloud 14y agoYeah, my impression is that the level of his title is fairly irrelevant. The whole thing is just to give him the ability to hire a team and have access to Google resources, from which they're hoping he'll produce something good.
- CptCodeMonkey 14y agoOne point in my life I worked for a third tier search engine provider with 160-210 million unqualified identities. Basic search term aggregation was illuminating. If Ray K. can go another step beyond statistical analysis, the results could be fascinating... or it could just be "People aren't wearing enough hats" of a let down. edit: identities, not impressions