【美国】Facebook的21岁神童跳槽去了Google

Facebook's21-Year-Old Wunderkind Leaves for Google 

FacebookInc. hired Michael Sayman for an internship when he was 17 years old, and gavehim a full-time engineering job at 18. Now, the wunderkind is leaving forAlphabet Inc.'s Google. He turned 21 last week. 

AtFacebook, Sayman was a product manager who helped the social-media giantunderstand how his generation uses their phones, advising on experimentalproducts for teens and helping executives understand trends. At Google, he'llbe a product manager for Assistant, a voice-based service built on the searchengine's giant database. 

Assistantis a top priority for Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai. TheMountain View, California-based company is working to embed the tool across arange of its own products and on other companies' devices, facing stiffcompetition from Amazon.com Inc.'s Alexa and Apple Inc.'s Siri. Googleconfirmed on Monday that Sayman was hired for the Assistant team. 

在17岁时成为了Facebook实习生、并在18岁时转为了全职工程师的Michael Sayman，在上周刚满21岁，并且准备离开Facebook并跳槽Google。 

在Facebook时期，Sayman是一名产品经理，他帮助该公司了解他这一代人如何使用手机，并为青少年实验产品提供咨询建议，还帮助高管了解各种趋势。而加盟Google后，他将成为Google Assistant的产品经理，是一个基于搜索引擎巨型数据库的语音服务。 

Assistant是谷歌首席执行官SundarPichai的重点项目。位于加利福尼亚州山景城的该公司正在努力将这个工具嵌入到自己的产品和其他公司的设备上，以面对来自亚马逊Alexa和苹果Siri的激烈竞争。而谷歌在周一确认，Sayman会加盟Assistant团队。 

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-28/facebook-s-21-year-old-wunderkind-sayman-leaves-for-google