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HOW GOOGLE ENGINEERS
LEARN MANAGEMENT
Google helps its engineers become capable managers, which make a huge
difference to their success.
Everybody knows that Google is one of the biggest
names in the tech sector. That raises some pretty
big questions like how the heck did they manage
to become so great and what is it about their
engineers that make the company achieve success
after success. In order to understand these things,
we need to take a closer look at their hiring as well
as management policies.
When Google was still in its infancy, its founders
tried using a flat approach by eliminating all
managerial posts. Of course, that experiment
existed only for a few months. After all,
managers do have an important role to play in an
organization’s setup by improving efficiency.
For starters, Google does not look for your average
manager. What they require in a manager is
different from what other com