14 DAY TRIAL // Has Google gotten so big that when it enters a metaphorical room with you in it, it covers at least three light sources? What further heights could you dream to reach with Google after taking over the market in a blitzkrieg kind of way? Many more questions on the topic to follow after this short commercial: "Have you ever felt the need to feel comfort in other people noticing you? Do you need to think or look at what you've accomplished over the years just to have something to think about or look at? Are you feeling a little invisible? Google yourself now! Find the Googler in you today!" Back to the original program.
I've asked those questions because it looks to me that more and more people are leaving the Mountain View based company just because they feel that they are going nowhere, despite the fact that Google is expanding. What it lacks is serious competition, the motivation. Money isn't an issue for these people, a serious challenge is.
Kevin Fox, Google's user experience designer who has helped with Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Reader 2.0, has announced in a blog that today has been his last day at Google. Four years of working there were enough for him alone, he felt the need to step it down a notch and join some illustrious anonym startup. He insisted on the anonymity, but said that "Google is the first place I've ever worked where I feel that I'm part of the company as opposed to working for the company."
However, he did leave some hints as to which company he will be joining: "Time will tell, and I'm looking forward to sharing new and making shiny. This is the first of many big changes in 2008 (there's that whole getting married thing as well) and I hope to share them with you. I've neglected the personal side of myself on the Internet for too long, and at least to start off, I'm going to start blogging every day. Shared items and Tweets are great and all, but I do miss the blogging." What can you make of it?
P.S.: I had hoped to be original with the title, but a Google search showed me that someone had beaten me to it.