
iPod inventor Tony Fadell who sold his smart home company to Google says: If you hire 15-year ‘career Googlers,’ it will mess up your culture
Tony Fadell, the inventor of the iPod and founder of smart home company Nest, said Silicon Valley’s lavish perks are hurting innovation and urgency in tech companies. Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, Fadell, who has worked with both Google and Apple, shared how the two companies have very different work cultures. “At Apple, you couldn’t…