Waymo

Sep 21, 2018 33 Comments

Anyone has anything to share about Waymo? Culture, outlook, growth and anything else.

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  • Google / Eng
    ironmask

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    ironmask
    Waymo = worst of apple, Google and Tesla cultures with terrible pay.
    Oct 1, 2018 6
  • Uber / Product
    Wutwutwut

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    Wutwutwut
    Interviewed with them a while back. They seemed like a faster moving Google. Their future has always been kind of a question mark to me. SDVs will take time.
    Sep 21, 2018 3
    • Uber / Product
      Wutwutwut

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      Wutwutwut
      Oh they are 100% the future. I just meant that future is far and I see them having a hard time monetizing in the meantime. Also I don’t trust anything Google with anything operations heavy. Also what you said kinda summarizes one of the problems they have. Relying too much on hardcore computation and trying to figure out the biz later. I just don’t see them winning this, sorry. Car companies and transportation networks are much more likely to win the race. Waymo has too much to figure out. Personal opinion obviously and of course I am biased. :)
      Sep 21, 2018
    • Google
      HenryPA

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      HenryPA
      I think you got the fist part right, overall Google sucks at any operation heavy business. But AV is is a hard computational problem, I don't think current players have any advantage unless they go Tesla route: deliver driving assistance first
      Jul 9, 2020
  • Waymo
    DqyX73

    Go to company page Waymo

    DqyX73
    Avoid Waymo - particularly Mapping Ops like the plague. They burn through engineers with zero retention. Reason? Management is beyond horrible, completely disorganized and run by arrogance. Run far, far away. Am leaving waymo for cruise.
    Oct 23, 2019 5
  • New
    systemB

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    systemB
    It's a management initiative and being a management initiative cuts the chance of success by 67%. I lived through 60 failed management initiatives at my previous employer, they always took too long and missed the market window, or failed because they were a stupid idea and nobody stood up to management and told them, "hey management your $1B pet project is a stupid idea!"
    Sep 29, 2018 1
    • New
      1il

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      1il
      What's a management initiative?
      Jan 7, 2020
  • Uber
    SrMidterm2

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    SrMidterm2
    @showmethe: valued at $11 per stock but at what overall valuation? $10B, $50B, $100B, $175B?
    Dec 4, 2018 1
    • New
      kbrF40

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      kbrF40
      $15B
      Nov 13, 2019