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Speak for yourself. I would definitely give a shit if someone who applied to my theoretical company worked at a top-tier company.
Do so at your own peril. Google is approaching 100,000 employees. The vast majority do boring data pipelines for CRUD apps. Top-tier company != top-tier employees.
I find the only people whose eyes go wide almost popping out of their head are younger people just entering the workforce whom may have never met someone who works at a big company whose products they use everyday (or recruiters I guess). It's like you're a celebrity to them. Hell, some of these kids used to get pumped when I was telling them I was merely heading to some Apple conference or Google I/O. No one with ex…
Speak for yourself. I would definitely give a shit if someone who applied to my theoretical company worked at a top-tier company.
Yeesh, the mindwash is strong. I had a hard time continuing to read this post after the Prestige by Association section. Working at a respected company known for cutting edge work is generally a good sign but it does not make you an Internet God or widen my eyes. It is like saying you went to Harvard or MIT. That's neat. You are probably reasonably intelligent. However, even that isn't an automatic and I'll reserve j…
Two fucking years of savings? What world is this guy living in?
2 years of savings is a crazy suggestion. 3-6 months should be fine especially if you've got top tier company on your resume.
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Speak for yourself. I would definitely give a shit if someone who applied to my theoretical company worked at a top-tier company.
Do so at your own peril. Google is approaching 100,000 employees. The vast majority do boring data pipelines for CRUD apps. Top-tier company != top-tier employees.
True, but it typically means top-tier interviewer...which would make it more difficult to discover areas where they are lacking.
Yeesh, the mindwash is strong. I had a hard time continuing to read this post after the Prestige by Association section. Working at a respected company known for cutting edge work is generally a good sign but it does not make you an Internet God or widen my eyes. It is like saying you went to Harvard or MIT. That's neat. You are probably reasonably intelligent. However, even that isn't an automatic and I'll reserve j…
The article seems to be less about what some objective truth about good jobs is but more about how people perceive themselves, others and their goals in life.
How to Quit? really? "Hey Jerry, got a min? Look, I don't think this is working out. Here is my letter of resignation, and my two week notice. Thank you." Done! How hard is that to do? There is nothing holding you in chain in that job unless you are actually being held in chain in that job, at which point you should seriously analyze your life choices.
It's not hard at all. The author turned this into a slow dance of neurosis. A job at a big SV company is still a job that eats up the majority of your waking hours. Nobody find's themselves on their death bed wishing they had worked more.
Oh good lord. If you want to quit a job, quit it. Top tier tech is no different to anything else. OP should have titled this post "How to not realise you're having an existential crisis and respond to it by massively over-complicating a very simple career decision."
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> and my two week notice That might not be a good idea to give.
What makes you say that?
So, I'd re-phrase the original conversation as
"Hey Jerry, got a minute? Look, I don't think this is working out. I intend to give you a letter of resignation by the end of the day, but I want to discuss how much time you'd need to reasonably fill my position before I give my notice."
Then again, if you
1. hate your job, or
2. your manager is being unreasonable about how much time they need to fill that position, or
3. don't care about burning your bridges
Then go right ahead and give 2 weeks notice. It's up to you to decide how you want to frame the conversation.