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Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by pydry »

dasil003 wrote: post #210
pydry wrote: post #169

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Internal activism has demonstrably achieved a noticeable amount in steering the company to act a bit more morally. As far as I can tell all of the people quitting have achieved precisely fuck all. Not a single example to the contrary I can think of. Not at a big tech company (at a startup maybe). Interestingly every time this topic crops up there's a chorus of "just quit if you feel that way about it" as if the exact…

> As far as I can tell all of the people quitting have achieved precisely fuck all. Not a single example to the contrary I can think of. Not at a big tech company (at a startup maybe). The idea is that you leave and go work on something else that makes the world better versus contributing to the borg.

Still a good chance it'll come to nothing and your efforts to help reform the borg if you stayed (even by a tiny amount) would have been more effective in making the world a better place.

It's definitely a trade off thats quite personal.

Unlike other personal trade offs people seem quite comfortable making this one on your behalf.

Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by CRConrad »

pydry wrote: post #220
CRConrad wrote: post #215

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In comic #6, from 2010-07-27 ( https://goomics.net/6/ ) two street demonstrations -- one of Google employees -- run into each other, and the following conversation takes place: > Hi there. Why are you demonstrating? > They're laying off one in four workers in the hospital. You? > They're taking away our M&Ms from building 42's microkitchen. > Wow, that's harsh. So apparently the author of TFA didn't think a scenario…

You inadvertently stumbled on precisely the point. TFA isnt exhibiting a sense of entitlement the OP complained he was. TFA is instead making fun of it . OP thinks complaining about the company's terrible behavior and complaining about the lack of M&Ms are more or less the same thing and that if you are bothered about the former you should quietly quit coz hey, not everybody gets sushi twice a week. I'm not defending…

Huh? At no point did I read OP as claiming the comic "exhibits" privilege; of fucking course it exposes (by ridiculing) it.

You now appear to be in violent agreement with them, and the misunderstanding seems to be mainly on your side.

Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by fjeifisjf »

lrem wrote: post #150
manigandham wrote: post #143

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How much more is “good enough” when you’re already in the top 1% of the world?

You're top 1% in the world working in a SF McDonald. You're in the top 1% in the US when you're about L7-8 in Google, according to https://www.investopedia.com/personal-finance/how-much-incom... and levels.fyi.

If you look at age adjusted percentiles, 1% income is much lower than $750K/yr. 30 yr olds making $350k/ are 1%ers, and when they reach 40 or 50 they have substantial investment gains bolstering their compensation.

Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by fjeifisjf »

raxxorrax wrote: post #149
deanCommie wrote: post #108

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Counterpoint: At a top company like Google, full of some of the most talented people in the world, there simply won't be enough promotions to go around. And yet, an "average" performer who is happy to build, scale, maintain, and not re-launch a new chat product every 5 years should be rewarded and encouraged to stay and not leave to a competitor. How do you do it? You have to create intrinsic motivation. Twist: You c…

A promotion isn't always good. It comes with responsibilities and you might suddenly spend a lot more time at the company. And not all work is high reaching technical work, much of it is pure interpersonal shit, adhering to formal processes that drive you crazy and justifying yourself against your superiors. If you like to face hard technical problems, don't rise too high...

Tech companies have IC promotions.

Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by CrystalCuckoo »

gcatalfamo wrote: post #148

Is it me or the site navigation makes it really annoying to go through the comics? Comic sites (e.g. xkcd) usually allow users to navigate sequentially without having to go back a page after each comic.

There are arrows on each side of the comic. They're transparent, but they're there.

Re: Google Internal Comics

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Post by refulgentis »

bb88 wrote: post #97
refulgentis wrote: post #20

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The only disappointing part of Google, for this former Apple aficionado, is how self-flagellating the internal and external culture are. (ex. we see other Googlers/ex-Googlers in this thread noting how funny these are) Thank you for sharing that, I was uncertain if it was my own bias that was making me think similar things

Who knows about bias? Im largely pro Google, and laughed anyway.

A non-Googler replying with the same take I was worried that was biased simply by being a Googler, rules out that the take can only be had if you have bias due to being a Googler (as does your take: we're both Googlers and have different opinions!)
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