Why post a Google docs copy of the original article? https://www.mayrhofer.eu.org/post/leaving-google/
I think that article is rather a copy of the original Google Doc, judging by the included go link.
Why I'm Forced to Say Farewell: Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass
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#62> Google was a different company 9 years ago.
No it wasn’t.
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#63This mirrors my own experience as a European that worked at FAANG in the Bay Area. It used to be a dream job. Now I've relocated back to Europe and want nothing to do with American Big Tech. It's become toxic and completely counter to my values. America has become a much darker place that has a very different place in the world. American tech companies have not just accepted, but actively embraced this transition. I…
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BIT of a broad brush there but we can take the critique.
While we vote for our leaders we don’t exactly get a say or have awareness of what sort of covert bullshit some over eager Yale graduate is doing as a top secret operation.
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#64> Google was a different company 9 years ago. No it wasn’t.
16 years ago it was
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#65moral clarity usually sharpens the moment the last RSU hits the brokerage account
yep, and happy to make everyone around them feel guilty when they got theirs. i strongly dislike people who do this performative crap while unfortunately believing in their right to say it.
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#66This mirrors my own experience as a European that worked at FAANG in the Bay Area. It used to be a dream job. Now I've relocated back to Europe and want nothing to do with American Big Tech. It's become toxic and completely counter to my values. America has become a much darker place that has a very different place in the world. American tech companies have not just accepted, but actively embraced this transition. I…
European companies aren’t much different so just be sure to check where you stand first before you’re SURE you’ve actually escaped.
Re: Why I'm Forced to Say Farewell: Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass
#67> Google was a different company 9 years ago. No it wasn’t.
yeah, looks like some history rewriting.
9 years ago was 2017-- and by that time Google was already doing sleazy SEO shit, scanning peoples emails to who them ads, trying to make ads seem like general search results etc etc
Google was *exactly* this company it is today
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#68Re: Why I'm Forced to Say Farewell: Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass
#69moral clarity usually sharpens the moment the last RSU hits the brokerage account
Exactly.
I am so tired of reading these stupid "why I am leaving my job after making millions". One thing I can say about myself: I work for money. That's it. Lots of things the companies that I work for (normally 25,000+ employees) do immoral and unethical things. Still, I stay, earn money, and I don't write stupid fucking self-righteous blog posts after I leave. At this point, blog posts like this look like an "own goal".
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#70Why post a Google docs copy of the original article? https://www.mayrhofer.eu.org/post/leaving-google/
Discussion of the blog post (284 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48496396
The blog post now also contains a second addendum that the Google doc doesn't have.