Introduction

This is The Founders' List - audio versions of essays from technology’s most important leaders, selected by the founder community.

Longtime Googler Steve Yegge posted an insightful rant on his Google+ page about how Google is failing to make platforms for its products. He also shares some interesting little tidbits about his six-year stint at Amazon working for the 'Dread Pirate Bezos'. The rant was intended to be shared only with his Google coworkers, but was accidentally made public.

Read the full memo here - https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611