Why I left Google (HN search results)

Post by b4lancesh33t » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:43 PM UTC

jdmichal wrote: post #89

stochastic_monk wrote: post #29

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Yes, one needs a reason for leaving a company. But at the same time, one leaves a company or a religion or a relationship for a reason . The argument and reasoning necessitate the departure; they're not developed post hoc. Of course, additional supporting reasons become clear as one looks for and finds the door, and the understanding for why a person or institution is wrong for you evolves as you separate. I'd be int…

Everyone deals with crap at their workplace. Bad processes, unresponsive third-party dependencies, politics, etc. That happens everywhere, and anyone saying otherwise is either unaware or lying. Eventually, there's a event that is enough standard deviations larger than the typical crap that the person just breaks. The veil of happiness is irrevocably pierced. And when that happens, all the other crap that they've bee…

Post by cpeterso » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:45 PM UTC

slap_shot wrote: post #93

godshatter wrote: post #77

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Use "!g" to have DDG send the query to google. You get the results you want without the tracking.

Interesting. Is it just me or shouldn't that be the default functionality? An added benefit is that DDG can then see what result the user picks, compare than to how well (if at all) DDG ranked that link.

Post by kbenson » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:47 PM UTC

ChuckMcM wrote: post #75

There was a tool at Google called 'percent' that you could run that would tell you what percent of the employees had joined Google after you (some measure of gravitas was associated with people who had been there 'a long time'). It was not surprising that Google hired a lot of people, there were like 50 people in my 'noogler' class. But the number of people reported as working at Google did not go up at a similar rat…

Post by untog » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:47 PM UTC

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> but Netflix would Hmm, where can I find out more about remote roles there? Is it worldwide or US-only?

https://jobs.netflix.com/search?q=remote

Post by draw_down » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:50 PM UTC

alexeiz wrote: post #99

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If you have to evangelize about how awesome it is to work there, that sounds like a cult and not culture. It also sounds like Microsoft in the 90’s, when they were stepping on necks and didn’t give a shit about anybody else. Because they were better than everybody else and why should you worry about inferior people? Although in MS’s case they took it a step further: we are the best people in the world.

Microsoft in the 90's was actually a pretty cool place to work.