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		smackfu on Nov 2, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPo... So, if Google is supposed to only be hiring A people, who is making all these crummy iOS apps?

MatthewPhillips on Nov 2, 2011 [–]

Google hires the type of people who want to solve hard engineering problems, not the type of people who want to really polish an app.

kbanman on Nov 2, 2011 | [–]

Thing is, this app isn't just unpolished. They threw up this excuse for a native app to avoid engineering a real one.

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