Skip to content
Indrajit Khare on Getting Acquired by Google episode artwork

Aug 11, 2021 22 min

Indrajit Khare on Getting Acquired by Google

from Lead Time Chats Hosted by Jean Hsu, Indrajit Khare

In Season 2, Episode 9 of Lead Time Chats, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Indrajit Khare on what it's like to be at a startup acquired by Google. Indrajit was a lead engineer at Bump when it was acquired by Google, where he led the engineering team that built Google Photos and scaled it from 0 to 1 billion users. Indrajit and Jean discuss: Only having a day or two to prep for a standard Google engineering interview The multiple factors, including clear purpose and mission, that led to a successful acquisition and integration of the Bump team into Google Startup mindset of doing things that don’t scale, and what that looks like at a big company Inner workings of Google’s acquisition of Bump, integration of the team, internal dog-fooding of Google Photos v1, and public launch. The vast difference of launching a product as a startup vs at Google

Episode details come from the podcast's RSS feed.

Embed this episode

In Season 2, Episode 9 of Lead Time Chats, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Indrajit Khare on what it's like to be at a startup acquired by Google. Indrajit was a lead engineer at Bump when it was acquired by Google in 2010. He led the team that built Google Photos v1 and scaled it from 0 to 1 billion users.

Ready to play

Indrajit Khare on Getting Acquired by Google

0:00 22:33

No transcript yet.

Requests help us decide what to transcribe next.

Frequently asked questions

How long is this episode of Lead Time Chats?

This episode is 22 minutes long.

When was this Lead Time Chats episode published?

This episode was published on August 11, 2021.

Can I download this Lead Time Chats episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.