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zjaffee
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How did Google get so big?
I think it's important to mention Sanjay Ghemawat is very likely just as important to google as Jeff Dean, just Jeff has been made the public figure for a variety of reasons.
pk2200
on July 27, 2018
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Urs Hölzle (engineering VP) and Eric Veach (AdWords) also don't get nearly as much recognition as they deserve.
int3
on July 27, 2018
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Huh, I had no idea the guy who wrote the light transport thesis also built Adwords.
mrdmnd
on July 27, 2018
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He's also the chief contributor to the S2 Geometry Library.
pixelpoet
on July 28, 2018
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Thanks for this, anyone know what he's up to now?
I can't believe he left CG behind :(
wallflower
on July 27, 2018
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Thank you. I increased the answer to six words because you are very right.
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