Why I Quit a $450k Engineering Job at Netflix
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#2This is an absolutely wonderful article. May I ask what is your age? I have seen a lot of people close to 30 going through this phase.
Re: Why I Quit a $450k Engineering Job at Netflix
#3This is an absolutely wonderful article. May I ask what is your age? I have seen a lot of people close to 30 going through this phase.
thank you for the kind words. i'm indeed getting close to 30.
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#4It's normal to recognize that you want to do something else. I highly encourage everyone to check in on whether their job gives them what they're looking for. It's also normal for output to suffer when you're unmotivated.
But personally I wouldn't work for, or with, a guy who deliberately set out to do the bare minimum to not get fired. Never mind your boss, that usually means you're just being a dick to your colleagues or the people who work with you at a level of less privilege.
It's possible that every word of this is true, but I'm skeptical. The man has a new startup to publicize and the "why I quit" narrative is an essential part of Our Incredible Journey. Here he establishes that he was just too amazing for Netflix to contain.
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#5450k per year! I would do that job for 10 years or even 5 years and I would be set for life.
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#6450k per year! I would do that job for 10 years or even 5 years and I would be set for life.
When I was younger I thought that if I ever made what I make now, I would do that job for 10 years and I would be set for life. I've been doing it for more than 10 years now and am not set for life.
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#7It's normal to recognize that you want to do something else. I highly encourage everyone to check in on whether their job gives them what they're looking for. It's also normal for output to suffer when you're unmotivated. But personally I wouldn't work for, or with, a guy who deliberately set out to do the bare minimum to not get fired. Never mind your boss, that usually means you're just being a dick to your colleag…
> Here he establishes that he was just too amazing for Netflix to contain
Not what he wrote. Not what I read.
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#81) I can never understand why an engineer would want to be a PM. 2) This article doesn't reflect well on the author's character. I understand playing the game, but his interactions with his manager and the firing come off as pretty slimy.
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#9Was he asking to get paid the same for the PM position? I highly doubt they pay that much for PMs.
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#10> Resting and vesting — doing as little work as possible while waiting for your stocks to vest
There’s golden handcuffs, then there’s being a golden turd.