书籍介绍
这不是一本谷歌创业史，而是一位不懂技术的市场人，在工程师堆里笨拙摸索的现场记录。作者道格拉斯·爱德华兹是谷歌第59号员工，一个学英语、做品牌的人，硬生生挤进了一个靠SAT分数和GPA挑选天才的乌托邦。书中几乎没有架构级的技术高光，有的是草创期
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核心看点
- 谷歌第59号员工内部视角，揭秘早期非层级文化
- 展现拉里与谢尔盖的创业历程及品牌塑造细节
- 探讨速度与伦理平衡，诠释不作恶的企业精神
读者共识
- 文笔流畅幽默，阅读体验极佳，细节丰富生动
- 展现了谷歌混乱中有序的独特魅力与极客精神
- 相比技术视角，提供了更感性且真实的人文解读
精彩摘录
- "It was a classic Google moment. It was a classic Google moment. Your SAT score was the measure of your intellectual capability; your GPA represented your ability to execute on that potential"
- "An hour wasted with an unqualified candidate wasn't a total loss if he gained insight into something new."
- ""No structure, foundation, or control," is how Heather Cairns, Google's HR lead at the time, remembers the company's early days. "Even if someone had a manager, that manager was inexperienced and provided no leadership. People weren't used to authority and wouldn't adhere to it.........""
- "It was only when a product stopped working better than the competition that branding became a factor. By then you'd already lost."
- "He had a back-up plan, though. "What if we gave out free Google branded condoms to high-school students?""
- "Don't be evil"
- "I embraced the notion that speed need not be the enemy of ethics"
- "Google's building stood adjacent to a wetlands preserve on the edge of the San Francisco Bay"
用户评论
作者到底是搞文字活儿的，整本书读起来很舒服流畅，有很多细节，从一个非技术人员的视角讲述了 Google 的成长与变迁。从中学到了不少东西，尤其是在公司草创时期，多少不专业的惊险，也可以给自己目前的岗位做个参考。看到最后作者决定离开 Google 时，还挺让人唏嘘的——所以又说回来，还是得说文笔好。
Lots of anecdotes of early Googlers and Google. A deeper understanding of today's Google and its culture.
I'm now again a Google fan :-)
非常好的书，写了很多Google早期的风格轶事，作者学的是英文，搞市场的，所以不懂技术，但这个丝毫不影响本书的价值。作者的文笔相当幽默，读起来很流畅。
我真的才疏学浅了，竟然看得云里雾里的，好多句子都不懂，过段时间再看一遍吧
读起来还是蛮有趣味的书
Smart people, motivated to make things better, can do almost anything
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点评：这本书和上一本In the Plex都是讲google，不同之处在于，前者是从从技术角度来了解Google，毕竟Google作为一家以工程师为核心的公司，这是最直接有效的方式，本书则是从非技术的角度切入，作者以自己早期加入Google的亲身经历以及Google的成长，非常感慨的一点是原来Adwords这个名字就是来自于作者自己的姓，让自己永远存在于这个公司的历史之中，不失为一种好方法，虽然全书后期作者有点碎碎念，但是总体上还是一本不错的书
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