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Google co-founder Sergey Brin on leaving retirement to work on AI - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37226292 - Aug 2023 (25 comments)
Back at Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34645311 - Feb 2023 (16 comments)
Sergey Brin's Unretirement
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That's in contrast with all of us who see the companies led by these guys as the cancer of society and we'd quit and never look back if we had FU money.
My feelings aside, if all their purpose is to grow their company, I kinda get why they wouldn't give a damn about bettering the mankind, improving their communities or raising a healthy family.
> Having given so much of themselves to their careers, they often felt unmoored and purposeless when they left their jobs. That's in contrast with all of us who see the companies led by these guys as the cancer of society and we'd quit and never look back if we had FU money. My feelings aside, if all their purpose is to grow their company, I kinda get why they wouldn't give a damn about bettering the mankind, improvi…
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HBOs Silicon Valley is more accurate than any Paul Graham essay
Financial freedom is about not having to worry about losing your job, or tolerating shitty work conditions. Why would you retire if you do what you love? I think the real problem might be if there's nothing you actually love doing (long term), that's when money won't help.
In this case I agree though, he’s the boss, not beholden to anyone. Can wander around and do what interests him.
Financial freedom is about not having to worry about losing your job, or tolerating shitty work conditions. Why would you retire if you do what you love? I think the real problem might be if there's nothing you actually love doing (long term), that's when money won't help.
Working on something fun and novel, like in his case Gemini, mentioned in the article, is the ideal.