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So long, and thanks for all the bytes

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Re: So long, and thanks for all the bytes

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Post by jeffrallen »

adamgordonbell wrote: post #6

Chet's book on the early days of Android is super interesting. Lots of crazy OS building stories. He must have interviewed 50 people who worked on the first couple releases of Android. I had him share parts of that story on the podcast and result is one of my favorite episodes. I always thought of Android as, of course it succeeded, it was a big google project. But the story is far more interesting. They were somewha…

I worked with some of them at WebTV and they were extraordinary hackers there, and at General Magic before that.

I miss Bowser the Rabbit most, though.

Re: So long, and thanks for all the bytes

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Post by away271828 »

throwaway63467 wrote: post #14
yawz wrote: post #2

Because of the downturn, I wonder how many people have given up on their careers at Tech? How many more will respond to the call of a different professional life that pays less, but that will be more fulfilling? Even as recent as yesterday I heard a past-colleague tell me "maybe Tech isn't for me, after all. I'll try my hand at this other thing."

I would assume that he just earned so much money that he’s rich and can now do something else with his life without caring about money. Good for him.

"Rich" is a bit of a loaded term. But, yes, if someone has had a successful 35-40 year career in tech and has managed their finances reasonably, it's not unreasonable that they might decide to pack things in some years early--especially if they're not wild about working at a behemoth company that isn't as much fun as it used to be.

Re: So long, and thanks for all the bytes

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Post by sulam »

blindriver wrote: post #7

The idea that another multi-millionaire tech worker would think that leaving their job is something people would be interested in is… strange. He’s letting the world know that in the second worst tech downturn in history, he’s going to retire and pursue comedy writing. Feels more appropriate for a Facebook post to this friends rather than a medium post.

It's also strange that all those people in movies think we care about their current relationship status.

Re: So long, and thanks for all the bytes

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Post by agmater »

lawgimenez wrote: post #8
blindriver wrote: post #7

The idea that another multi-millionaire tech worker would think that leaving their job is something people would be interested in is… strange. He’s letting the world know that in the second worst tech downturn in history, he’s going to retire and pursue comedy writing. Feels more appropriate for a Facebook post to this friends rather than a medium post.

I’m more interested on why he is posting it on medium when he has a blog.

I really like how Medium lets you know how "distraction free" their reading experience is (using huge popunders, privacy notices, sticky headers).

Re: So long, and thanks for all the bytes

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Post by ghaff »

agmater wrote: post #24
lawgimenez wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m more interested on why he is posting it on medium when he has a blog.

I really like how Medium lets you know how "distraction free" their reading experience is (using huge popunders, privacy notices, sticky headers).

I'm not sure why anyone would use Medium at this point. It's not like there aren't free alternatives even if you don't want to self-host.

Re: So long, and thanks for all the bytes

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Post by sowbug »

blindriver wrote: post #7

The idea that another multi-millionaire tech worker would think that leaving their job is something people would be interested in is… strange. He’s letting the world know that in the second worst tech downturn in history, he’s going to retire and pursue comedy writing. Feels more appropriate for a Facebook post to this friends rather than a medium post.

You might be interested in an excellent keyboard shortcut: control-W. (Or command-W on a Mac.)

Re: So long, and thanks for all the bytes

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Post by MrUssek »

Some context for those that may be unaware; Chet has been a staple in the Android developer community for a very long time, having hosted a popular podcast and been a staple a conferences. His move into comedy will surprise no one, but he will be dearly missed.

Re: So long, and thanks for all the bytes

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Post by eclipxe »

raphlinus wrote: post #20
adamgordonbell wrote: post #6

Chet's book on the early days of Android is super interesting. Lots of crazy OS building stories. He must have interviewed 50 people who worked on the first couple releases of Android. I had him share parts of that story on the podcast and result is one of my favorite episodes. I always thought of Android as, of course it succeeded, it was a big google project. But the story is far more interesting. They were somewha…

I joined Android in April 2012. Looking back, at that time Android was incredibly lean for what it was accomplishing. The entire Frameworks team reported to one manager, and we would fit in a medium size conference room. That included all of UI toolkit and the bulk of the Java APIs an app would call into, including Binder. (Networking, phone, graphics, Bluetooth, etc were other teams, but we worked closely together.…

As someone currently working on GMSCore…I couldn’t stop laughing.
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