Startup joke: hire enough ex-Googlers and you get a buggy half-clone of Google infra
IsForAt · x · 2026-10-14
A widely relatable tech joke making the rounds: any startup that hires enough ex-Googlers ends up with an "ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of Google infra." The quip riffs on a classic programming aphorism to mock how big-tech alumni tend to recreate their old company's sprawling architecture culture at small startups.
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