Then his heart stopped.Ī day later, a hotel maid decided to ignore a “do not disturb” sign on Tesla’s door. 7, 1943, Nikola Tesla quietly slept in his suite at the Hotel New Yorker, 33 floors above the streets of Manhattan. “People need someone to go to when they have problems!” “You can’t just self-organize!” she said. Google’s human resources boss, a serious woman with bangs named Stacey Sullivan, thought Page’s plan was nuts, according to “ I'm Feeling Lucky,” Douglas Edwards' inside view of Google's early years.

Instead of the project managers, all of Google’s engineers would report to one person, a newly hired VP of engineering named Wayne Rosing, and Rosing would report directly to him. Some dramatic streamlining was called for, he resolved. For example, Page had outlined a plan to scan all the world’s books and make them searchable online, but somehow no one was working on it.

He also suspected that Google’s project managers were steering engineers away from working on projects that were personally important to him. Since Google hired only the most talented engineers, he thought that extra layer of supervision was not just unnecessary but also an impediment. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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