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> Be 22 y.o.
> 1st time in NYC
> Get lost on subway
> Dream up Google Transit
> Have no idea how hard it would be to build
> Bunch of talented, naive people build in spare time (shoutout @chrishtr, @twephanie, @KatieS)
> Grows to 1B MAU
Naivety is a feature, not a bug
1/ In 2005, @avichal visited NYC and kept getting lost on the subway.
Late to dinner and frustrated, he wondered:
If Google Maps can route me anywhere by car, why can’t it get me on the right train?
So on his flight home, he wrote the product spec for Google Transit. 🧵
