Why I left Google (2012) • Hacker News Board

Re: Why I left Google (2012)

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Post by aviraldg » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 2:00 PM UTC

I lost all interest in reading the article after looking at the msdn.com domain.

EDIT: Downvoters, I don't see how this is wrong. Microsoft has a long history of spreading FUD about competitors (Florian Mueller/FOSSPatents, http://www.scroogled.com/ [when their own practices are very much the same], sponsoring fake studies that show that the TCO of Linux is much greater than that of Windows, and so on.) I certainly would be interested in an unbiased opinion on the topic, but I don't think anyone on Microsoft's payroll can give me that.

Re: Why I left Google (2012)

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Post by theltrj » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 2:01 PM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #13

This is from March of last year , BTW, and has been discussed numerous other times on HN. (Ironically, there have been so many other articles titled "Why I left Google" on HN that I can't actually find this one in the archives. But it's there :)

Definitely seen this before as well, not interesting then, not interesting now...

Re: Why I left Google (2012)

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Post by niggler » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 2:02 PM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #13

This is from March of last year , BTW, and has been discussed numerous other times on HN. (Ironically, there have been so many other articles titled "Why I left Google" on HN that I can't actually find this one in the archives. But it's there :)

Next time search by url: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jw_on_tech/archive/2012/03/13/why-i-...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3700277 was the previous discussion (910 upvotes, 370 days ago)

Re: Why I left Google (2012)

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Post by lucb1e » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 2:06 PM UTC

Shouldn't the title be Quitting Google instead? This title sounds like Google is quitting, when instead an employee quit Google.

Re: Why I left Google (2012)

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Post by Hitchhiker » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 2:15 PM UTC

niggler wrote: post #23

jrockway wrote: post #13

This is from March of last year , BTW, and has been discussed numerous other times on HN. (Ironically, there have been so many other articles titled "Why I left Google" on HN that I can't actually find this one in the archives. But it's there :)

Next time search by url: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jw_on_tech/archive/2012/03/13/why-i-... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3700277 was the previous discussion (910 upvotes, 370 days ago)

ironically, i did not mean for this to go through as I was trying to locate the discussion on it.. obviously the url regex ain't working for this corner-case.

Re: Why I left Google (2012)

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Post by sidcool » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 2:16 PM UTC

Why is this being upvoted now is beyond me. Am I missing something?

Re: Why I left Google (2012)

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Post by michaelwww » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 2:19 PM UTC

So he leaves Google because of steps they are taking to protect and enhance their revenue stream, and joins Microsoft? As a former Microsoftie, all I can say is that is like going from the kettle to the fire and doesn't make sense.

Re: Why I left Google (2012)

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Post by niggler » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 2:20 PM UTC

Hitchhiker wrote: post #25

niggler wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Next time search by url: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jw_on_tech/archive/2012/03/13/why-i-... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3700277 was the previous discussion (910 upvotes, 370 days ago)

ironically, i did not mean for this to go through as I was trying to locate the discussion on it.. obviously the url regex ain't working for this corner-case.

I'm not a fan of frequent reposting (if the last submission was a week or month ago) but once a year is tolerable :)

"I was trying to locate the discussion on it.. obviously the url regex ain't working for this corner-case"

I copy-pasted the url in the box. There are a few results:

https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=http%3A%2F...

Re: Why I left Google (2012)

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Post by qompiler » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 2:21 PM UTC

I don't like Google. But I don't like Microsoft either.

And this guy has evil written all over him. He worked at Microsoft for 3 years prior to joining Google. He is now back working for Microsoft. Blogging on msdn.com.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-whittaker/13/878/229

Re: Why I left Google (2012)

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Post by criley » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 2:23 PM UTC

VLM wrote: post #20

knome wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Automated cabs would be a great place to advertise for nearby businesses and things. "Google, what restaurants are nearby?" which gives a list sorted by relevance ( X of Y users returned to restaurant Z more than twice ), with a few purchased restaurant advertisements proceeding them

Unfortunately, as per the article, the response would most likely be: "sponsored suggestion to “Buy a restaurants are nearby at Wal-Mart.”"

You know, after using Google Now on my phone, I'm confident that Google can deliver context-sensitive results that make sense. Not always, not for everything, but I bet they could pull it off in a cab just fine.

EDIT: I guess it's worth pointing out, however, that Google Now doesn't show ads.