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Chose Google For Platform And Mission Fit
- Bump evaluated buyers including Apple, Facebook and Google and chose Google for product and platform fit.
- Google offered multi-platform reach and less social-pivot pressure, aligning with their photo vision.
Reorg Pushed Bump Into Google+ Fight
- A Google reorg moved photos under Google+ and the bump team was told to work on Google+.
- David found Google+ failing and faced internal resistance to pursuing an independent Photos product.
Told To Go Home, Kept Building Anyway
- David was twice told to stop working on the Photos product and go home, effectively removed from the team.
- He had low downside (retention pay) and kept pushing the Photos vision despite being sidelined.