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The Google Way
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The Google Way

by Bernard Girard
April 2009
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
256 pages
5h 53m
English
No Starch Press
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Chapter 9. FOR THE LOVE OF MATH AND MEASUREMENT

We're very analytical. We measure everything, and we systematized every aspect of what's happening in the company. For example, we introduced a spreadsheet product this week. I've already received my hourly updates on the number of people who came in to apply to use the spreadsheet, the number of people who are actually using it, the size of the spreadsheets.[57]

—Eric Schmidt

Everyone who meets Sergey Brin notices his aptitude as a mathematician. He has confidence in figures.

Math is everywhere at Google: in pricing policy, in discussions among engineers, in decisions about whether to develop a new product, in the development of those products, in recruiting, and in evaluating employee performance. ...

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