Google CEO Sundar Pichai reveals the first email he received from his father

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

In the post, Pichai also recounted the first email that he received from his father years back.

«I’ve been thinking a lot about how far technology has come over the last 25 years and how people adapt to it. Years ago, when I was studying in the U.S., my dad — who was back in India — got his first email address. I was really excited to have a faster (and cheaper) way to communicate with him, so I sent a message.»

«And then I waited…and waited.

It was two full days before I got this reply: Dear Mr. Pichai, email received. All is well,» Pichai revealed.

Perplexed by the delay and the formality, Pichai called his father to see what happened.

«He told me that someone at his work had to bring up the email on their office computer, print it out, and then deliver it to him. My dad dictated a response, which the guy wrote down and eventually typed up to send back to me,» Pichai wrote in the blog post.

The Google CEO then went on to compare the first email from his father with the messages from his son.

«Fast forward to a few months ago: I was with my teenage son. He saw something interesting, took some quick pictures and shared them with his friends.

Then they exchanged a few messages, and it all seemed faster than the time it would take me just to pull out my phone. How I communicated with my dad all those years ago compared with how my son communicates today shows just how much change can happen across generations. Technology that takes us years to adapt to is second nature for our kids.