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shazow on Oct 30, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Lars Rasmussen, Father Of Google Maps And Google W...

I don't have many friends at Facebook, but my several friends at Google are all plenty concerned with nice cars, nice house, meals @ the French Laundry.

kaens on Oct 30, 2010 [–]

Are any of them primarily motivated to write software by profit potential?

shazow on Oct 31, 2010 | [–]

Some. Hard to judge, but I guess hopping around between jobs for the best salary/perks is a sign.

Google does a thorough job placing monetary incentives on heroic effort. Not sure if those avenues are ever targeted by these people though.

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