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"When Google hands over six or seven or eight figures for something, they obviously have a plan for how the technology and team fits into their "master plan"."

I have heard that Google will pay $1m+ per engineer if they like the team and what they've pulled off, even if they are going to dump the technology (or want it rebuilt from the ground up).

I think once you get into eight figures, though-- you're probably right.



It's interesting to consider employee acquisition as a motivator. As far as I could guess there are a few motivations:

1 the technology

2 the product/userbase

3 the employees

4 kill competition

1 & 2 could be 'masterplan' motivations. 3 has a maximum dollar value. 4 is rarely admitted.

It's hard to judge if they messed up without knowing which one it is.




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