The Story of 21-Year-Old Wunderkind, Who Forced Facebook and Google To Fight For Him
Michael Sayman, a 17-yo joined Facebook Inc. as an intern and soon became a full-time engineer by the time he reached 18. Now this Wunderkind is leaving to join Alphabet's Google. By the way he is only 21!
At Facebook, Sayman joined as a product manager who helped the social media giant to understand how his generation uses their phones, advised on experimental products for teens and helped executives understand trends. At Google, he’ll be a product manager for Assistant, its voice-based service built on the search engine’s giant database.
Google Assistant is a top priority for Sundar Pichai. The Mountain View, California-based company is working to embed the tool across a range of its own products and on other companies’ devices, facing stiff competition from Amazon.com’s Alexa and ...