The "why I left google" brand seems to be more beneficial in terms of reputation and monetization than google itself.
Bad time for google who pays already its employees a lot compared to the rest of the market.
Why I left Google (HN search results)
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#12As if anybody would disclose the actual reason why they have left Google...
I gets attention, and forces Google to be yet again needlessly seen as an exception to the rest of the work-world, where leaving an employer to find work closer to your interests is natural and expected.
Would love to tab through a collection of the reasons the last 10-20 people left any particular company, and I believe we'd still likely fare far better in appearance and substance.
(Disclosure: I work at Google)
Re: Why I left Google (HN search results)
#13Tldr politics, glass ceilings, re-orgs, purposeless/abandoned projects. As a former Googler, I can see why people post these: internally Google is hyper-evangelized as the best place to work ever (why would you work anywhere else). When leaving, its a necessary step to form a good argument for yourself as to why you've decided to go against the culture. The personal spin makes it an interesting read.
you need to convince yourself that you made the best career move ever
Re: Why I left Google (HN search results)
#14I'm curious to see what kind of discussion this generates before the HN mods inevitably kick it off the front page. Most of these links seem to be of employees who quit, but I'll add my article as a user who quit: https://drewdevault.com/2016/11/16/Getting-on-without-Google...
Your twitter link at the bottom of that article goes to an account suspended page.
Re: Why I left Google (HN search results)
#15As if anybody would disclose the actual reason why they have left Google...
I would imagine a company like Google would have the foresight to include clauses in their NDA that forbid former employees from including the kind of specific and substantive reasoning for their departure that the public might actually find interesting. Not to mention a severance package goes a long way as far as taming that salty post-employment flavor. Oh, and there's the small matter of fact that they tend to pay well. I can only assume these factor into a lot into the standard reason being, "it's kinda personal but I felt like I'd be happier doing something different." Wow, what a revelation...
Re: Why I left Google (HN search results)
#16It's not about leaving google. It's about algolia stupid.
Re: Why I left Google (HN search results)
#17I'm curious to see what kind of discussion this generates before the HN mods inevitably kick it off the front page. Most of these links seem to be of employees who quit, but I'll add my article as a user who quit: https://drewdevault.com/2016/11/16/Getting-on-without-Google...
Your twitter link at the bottom of that article goes to an account suspended page.
I left Twitter, too. I can be found on Mastodon now:
I'll update the article, thanks!
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Re: Why I left Google (HN search results)
#20I'm curious to see what kind of discussion this generates before the HN mods inevitably kick it off the front page. Most of these links seem to be of employees who quit, but I'll add my article as a user who quit: https://drewdevault.com/2016/11/16/Getting-on-without-Google...
Not using google is much simpler then it sounds.
- iPhone
- DDG
- Firefox/Safari
- Some other email then google
That's pretty much all you need.