Why I left Google
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Why I left Google
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#2This is so 2006.
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#3I couldn't get past the first 6 or 7 paragraphs of self-promotion material. A TLDR/ TMSPM (too much self-promotion material) would be great.
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#4Perhaps it is just me being tired, but I read for a few minutes and feel as if I skipped a null terminator on the last post I skimmed. I legitimately have no idea what I just read.
Can anybody summerize?
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#5I spent a considerable amount of time trying to read this, get some vague idea of what actually happened, why she had to quit Google, flee to Germany, and leave her family behind while in “hiding.” I clicked through to several of her other linked posts, hoping that they would clarify the situation. I consider reading and reading comprehension one of my strengths, but this is the most meaning I’ve been able to extract:
She worked at Google, and she had a different vision of what she wanted Google to be. She wrote lengthy write ups of her vision for Google. She tried to talk to her manager about it and he didn’t agree with some of it and felt that other aspects of it were already being done to the fullest extent possible at the moment. The manner in which he rejected her ideas was offensive to her. She wanted to make up a new C level position at Google so she could make her ideas a reality.
Once her ideas were rejected she started to feel unwelcome and was paranoid that people were watching her. She quit Google, sold her stock, and “fled” to Germany without her family.
Is this anywhere near the mark? Can anyone understand this better and write an accurate summary? For someone who seems to be very focused on communication, trying to read her writing and comprehend anything about the who, what, where, when, why, and how made my brain hurt.
If the author of these posts reads this, I don’t mean to offend you. I honestly spent a pretty significant amount of time trying to understand what on earth is going on here because it seemed like a significant story. But I kept getting lost and questioning my own ability to read and think clearly.
Any help greatly appreciated.
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#6I spent a considerable amount of time trying to read this, get some vague idea of what actually happened, why she had to quit Google, flee to Germany, and leave her family behind while in “hiding.” I clicked through to several of her other linked posts, hoping that they would clarify the situation. I consider reading and reading comprehension one of my strengths, but this is the most meaning I’ve been able to extract…
Same here. I still have no idea why she left Google. I thought this was an Uber like departure maybe. And maybe it is. But I can’t tell by reading.
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#7I spent a considerable amount of time trying to read this, get some vague idea of what actually happened, why she had to quit Google, flee to Germany, and leave her family behind while in “hiding.” I clicked through to several of her other linked posts, hoping that they would clarify the situation. I consider reading and reading comprehension one of my strengths, but this is the most meaning I’ve been able to extract…
Oh good, it wasn't just me.
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#8This reads like it was written by an algorithm. A lot of sentences strung together that don't convey any meaning.
> Another story is how my sister asked me the other day to explain how I see language. I answered without hesitating: “Have you ever been in love?”. To which she of course responded that she had. It’s like that. I joke that I see conversation like the Matrix. Nope.
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#9Not just me then, I could not get anything from this.
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#10I spent a considerable amount of time trying to read this, get some vague idea of what actually happened, why she had to quit Google, flee to Germany, and leave her family behind while in “hiding.” I clicked through to several of her other linked posts, hoping that they would clarify the situation. I consider reading and reading comprehension one of my strengths, but this is the most meaning I’ve been able to extract…
Alternate title: "Why Readers Leave Medium"