Urs Hölzle
SVP of Engineering at Google, started at Google in 1999 as their first Search Engine Mechanic and altogether 8th employee.
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Apr 7, 2021 • 48min
05: When your winning bet becomes your losing bet
This episode is especially geared towards CEOs/CTOs that have to "kill their darlings" and make hard choices. Listen to Google employee number 8 - and SVP of infrastructure at Google - Urs Hölzle, as well as Spotify insiders Tyson Singer, Nicole Bouchard and Emil Fredriksson as we journey from "brilliant" proprietary tech on a few servers in a cupboard, in an apartment, through buying thousands of servers in anticipation of our own growth, to eventually shutting down our own server infrastructure team completely, instead partnering with Google to be able to move up the stack and compete where our resources can make the most difference.
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Oct 25, 2023 • 32min
EP #350 - Urs Hölzle: Google’s Employee #8
Urs Hölzle, SVP of Engineering at Google, discusses when Swiss startups should go to the US, meeting the Google founders, scaling culture, current AI developments, and leaving Silicon Valley.
