Over the course of 2024, Google Maps for Android has been working on a redesign that drops most fullscreen UIs in favor of sheets...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17574522

Over the course of 2024, Google Maps for Android has been working on a redesign that drops most fullscreen UIs in favor of sheets…

  • triptrapper@lemmy.worldEnglish
    172·
    5 months ago

    A friend of mine worked for a FAANG company and he taught me that people get promoted for creating something “new” rather than improving something that already exists.

    • evo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      27·
      5 months ago

      Bullshit. You are just regurgitating the same tired crap that’s been repeated on the Internet for years.

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
        13·
        5 months ago

        As someone who’s worked for such companies since the mid-90’s, it’s common knowledge that run-and-maintain isn’t appreciated, only doing new things is.

        Someone who keeps things from failing is much more at risk during layoffs than those who work only on new projects.

        Gonna call me a liar now?

        • sunzu@kbin.run
          1·
          5 months ago

          You got get that W, you don’t get a W for making shit work. You are a cost center haha

        • evo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          11·
          5 months ago

          As someone who works for a similar company now, this notion and the success of this strategy/mindset greatly exaggerated.

          Considering how often new projects get axed at Google you couldn’t possibly be safer on average than working on a golden goose (like Search/Android/Maps/etc).

      • Drusas@kbin.run
        51·
        5 months ago

        It’s repeated because it’s true. This is very common in the industry.