Comment by throwaway2037
5 days ago
> Both Intel and Google prioritize {starting something new} over {growing an existing thing}, in terms of corporate promotions and rewards, and therefore employees and leaders self-optimize to produce the repeated behavior you see.
I cannot speak for Intel, but Google has done very well by "growing an existing thing" in AdWords and YouTube. Both account for the lion's share of profits. They are absolute revenue giants. Many have tried, and failed to chip away at that lead, but Google has managed to adapt over and over again.
It is the only two things that google has regularly maintained, one of which with one of the biggest moats (youtube, the to go video service), and the other connected to the homepage of the internet.
It's really hard to fuck these things up. Which they have been trying hard, given the state of youtube and the search engine.
rewards for not fucking up an existing (monopoly) line of business
I can see why you have to be "special" to work at these places.