I left Google, and lived to happily tell about it
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I left Google, and lived to happily tell about it
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Re: I left Google, and lived to happily tell about it
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#3I am kind of tired of reading stories of people who have left Google to launch fantastical enterprise X. And this particular story has been covered here before, I think.
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#4What is up with websites placing giant images above articles? The main content is the text, and while the image is nice, I want to be able to read, not look at the picture.
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#5Does it bother anybody else that 'back' and 'up' are used as antonyms here?
Re: I left Google, and lived to happily tell about it
#6What is up with websites placing giant images above articles? The main content is the text, and while the image is nice, I want to be able to read, not look at the picture.
I don't know about this particular case but A-B tests often lead to this sort of thing (large images seem to really pull people in). We are moving into a world where software evolves into a niche. It doesn't need a reason why, and doesn't care if we understand it; it just works.
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#7Would she have the same success if she didn't have Google on her resume? I frequently think about jumping ship, but sometimes I wonder if it won't turn out as well as these kind of stories suggest.
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The article says this is what happens when she left Google. Not while she was there.
Re: I left Google, and lived to happily tell about it
#9What is up with websites placing giant images above articles? The main content is the text, and while the image is nice, I want to be able to read, not look at the picture.
This one seems pointless, but a lot of time it adds context. Like in a magazine, readers connect with an image and then the digest of the text comes easier.
Re: I left Google, and lived to happily tell about it
#10I am kind of tired of reading stories of people who have left Google to launch fantastical enterprise X. And this particular story has been covered here before, I think.
You're going to have to get used to it. These kind of self congratulatory "I left great job X to start my own company" stories have been staples of HN since forever.