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Have you worked in a software company like Google (Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon... ) ? I have. I'd be surprised if any software company of that size gave up eve

• DannyBee 10y ago
  These days i'm an engineering director at Google, so, yeah, i have :) I also worked at RedHat, IBM, and Microsoft, all of which would qualify. I actually don't know if Google has closed offices to avoid legal trouble. But definitely, other large companies i've worked at have, in the past, decided it's not worth the hassle to have those offices when the government started pressing interesting claims (i'll just use that phrase to try to avoid taking something someone will see as a position, because i'm not the place i work for, and haven't really thought hard enough about this to have a position). Your claim "that's just not the way the market works right now" is honestly, not something that has been a consideration at any of those companies. The pools of engineering talent in the world are too large, and most people relocate if you pay them well. The considerations were all political and strategic. (Like I said, i haven't been involved in office closings for Google. I do have a bit of trouble seeing why they wouldn't have mostly the same considerations)
  • xiaq 10y ago
    > I actually don't know if Google has closed offices to avoid legal trouble. Google Beijing?