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by nilved 9y ago

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darawk 9y ago
Maybe he believes his message is more important than his career.
- prklmn 9y ago
  Hey can't be that common sense-less, he worked at google after all. Maybe he had a nice pile of options that were going to take a while to vest unless he was fired. If he truly didn't see this coming, he's a moron.
  - darawk 9y ago
    From reading the article he just wrote, it appears he intended it only for a smaller group within Google that he worked more closely with. But it got out, and went viral within the company.
  - renaudg 9y ago
    In the same way that Snowden is a moron for not seeing exile coming then ?
    - prklmn 9y ago
      Similar, you are correct. Except getting exiled from your home country isn't remotely similar to being fired. Also, Snowden blew the whistle, this guy from google was voicing an opinion.
danso 9y ago
This WSJ piece is a far better look for him than his first interview on Stephen Molyneux
ghughes 9y ago
I don’t think he’s doing this media tour for fun.
ocdtrekkie 9y ago
1. There's a whole ton of people who will hire someone specifically on the basis on him having struck a blow at the PC culture thing. 2. If he wins against Google in court, he might not really have to care about his career. 3. Cashing in on your fifteen minutes can equal money. People will ask him to speak. People will ask him to do exclusive interviews, etc.
peoplewindow 9y ago
That's the sort of mafia-style comment that makes people want to stand and fight. Nice career you've got there. It'd be a shame if you disagreed with us and we made you un-hireable, wouldn't it? He was a software engineer at Google for five years, and not fired for being bad at programming. And lots of people think his firing was unfair. I think he'll be OK.
- vernie 9y ago
  He made a splash and he can likely parlay that into a position at something like the American Enterprise Institute or the Heritage Foundation.
UK-AL 9y ago
Tbh he could probably make a career out of this tbh.
kbenson 9y ago
Well, I would say this particular step helped rather than hurt. It let him convey his side as other than sexist and misogynistic, which if you only go through second or third party sources could easily have been your impression. How a search for his name comes up with a WSJ article where he explains he was trying to have a reasoned intellectual discussion. Sure, some companies will still not like his stance, but they wouldn't have hired him previously either. Some companies that would have passed will probably give him a second look with this to explain his side of the situation.
atarian 9y ago
He was publicly given job offers from Wikileaks and Gab: https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/894834730461483008 https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/894834730461483008 https://twitter.com/getongab/status/893975352804028417 https://twitter.com/getongab/status/893975352804028417
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- cycrutchfield 9y ago
  LOL, birds of a feather flock together
Chris2048 9y ago
Rosa's a fool if she thinks a bus will ever let her on now.
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- dguaraglia 9y ago
  Yeah, this is clearly at the same level as racial segregation! The poor Silicon Valley male has barely survived two hundred years of slavery, lack of voting rights and being treated like second-class citizens! Such a history of bravery! You people really like to milk the victimization narrative, huh? You have no shame, comparing yourself to what black people went through. No fucking shame.
  - Chris2048 9y ago
    > Yeah, this is clearly at the same level as racial segregation! No it isn't, it's just the same argument. Did you really misunderstand that? because the sarcastic tone you chose to take makes me wonder otherwise. > You people really.. What do you mean "you people"? > No fucking shame Really? Because if anything, I see leftist arguments purposefully conflate race and sex, and compare racism with sexism. Even the Bloomberg presenter that interviewed Damore did it. It's only shameful when dismantling poor logic of the left?
    - dguaraglia 9y ago
      > No it isn't, it's just the same argument. Did you really misunderstand that? It's not the same fucking argument by any means. Please, compare and contrast slavery and Jim Crow to some guy not being able to try to pull a "leftists are stupid and authoritarian" narratives and going scott free? > because the sarcastic tone you chose to take makes me wonder otherwise. No, my sarcastic tone is the only thing I can assume when I can't dress you down in person. Maybe shaming you by reducing your argument to the stupid bullshit it is might make you see just how out of line you are. > What do you mean "you people"? You know exactly what I mean. > Really? Yes, really, you have no fucking shame. If you had any, you would've have deleted this account already and maybe go reflect a bit on your life. > Because if anything, I see leftist arguments purposefully conflate race and sex, and compare racism with sexism The difference being that both black and females were for the longest time taken as granted property of white males. Women couldn't vote until a hundred years ago, and they couldn't work until WW2. Black people couldn't vote in the South until the Civil Rights Act was enforced. Trying to compare yourself to those situations is ridiculous and makes you a massive whiner. You can't make an argument for "sexism" affecting you, when our field - even in companies like Google were "repression of the poor male" is rampant - 80% of technical hires are male.

by nilved 9y ago

deleted 9y ago

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darawk 9y ago

Maybe he believes his message is more important than his career.

prklmn 9y ago
Hey can't be that common sense-less, he worked at google after all. Maybe he had a nice pile of options that were going to take a while to vest unless he was fired. If he truly didn't see this coming, he's a moron.
- darawk 9y ago
  From reading the article he just wrote, it appears he intended it only for a smaller group within Google that he worked more closely with. But it got out, and went viral within the company.
- renaudg 9y ago
  In the same way that Snowden is a moron for not seeing exile coming then ?
  - prklmn 9y ago
    Similar, you are correct. Except getting exiled from your home country isn't remotely similar to being fired. Also, Snowden blew the whistle, this guy from google was voicing an opinion.

danso 9y ago

This WSJ piece is a far better look for him than his first interview on Stephen Molyneux

ghughes 9y ago

I don’t think he’s doing this media tour for fun.

ocdtrekkie 9y ago

1. There's a whole ton of people who will hire someone specifically on the basis on him having struck a blow at the PC culture thing. 2. If he wins against Google in court, he might not really have to care about his career. 3. Cashing in on your fifteen minutes can equal money. People will ask him to speak. People will ask him to do exclusive interviews, etc.

peoplewindow 9y ago

That's the sort of mafia-style comment that makes people want to stand and fight. Nice career you've got there. It'd be a shame if you disagreed with us and we made you un-hireable, wouldn't it? He was a software engineer at Google for five years, and not fired for being bad at programming. And lots of people think his firing was unfair. I think he'll be OK.

vernie 9y ago
He made a splash and he can likely parlay that into a position at something like the American Enterprise Institute or the Heritage Foundation.

UK-AL 9y ago

Tbh he could probably make a career out of this tbh.

kbenson 9y ago

Well, I would say this particular step helped rather than hurt. It let him convey his side as other than sexist and misogynistic, which if you only go through second or third party sources could easily have been your impression. How a search for his name comes up with a WSJ article where he explains he was trying to have a reasoned intellectual discussion. Sure, some companies will still not like his stance, but they wouldn't have hired him previously either. Some companies that would have passed will probably give him a second look with this to explain his side of the situation.

atarian 9y ago

He was publicly given job offers from Wikileaks and Gab: https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/894834730461483008 https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/894834730461483008 https://twitter.com/getongab/status/893975352804028417 https://twitter.com/getongab/status/893975352804028417

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cycrutchfield 9y ago
LOL, birds of a feather flock together

Chris2048 9y ago

Rosa's a fool if she thinks a bus will ever let her on now.

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dguaraglia 9y ago
Yeah, this is clearly at the same level as racial segregation! The poor Silicon Valley male has barely survived two hundred years of slavery, lack of voting rights and being treated like second-class citizens! Such a history of bravery! You people really like to milk the victimization narrative, huh? You have no shame, comparing yourself to what black people went through. No fucking shame.
- Chris2048 9y ago
  > Yeah, this is clearly at the same level as racial segregation! No it isn't, it's just the same argument. Did you really misunderstand that? because the sarcastic tone you chose to take makes me wonder otherwise. > You people really.. What do you mean "you people"? > No fucking shame Really? Because if anything, I see leftist arguments purposefully conflate race and sex, and compare racism with sexism. Even the Bloomberg presenter that interviewed Damore did it. It's only shameful when dismantling poor logic of the left?
  - dguaraglia 9y ago
    > No it isn't, it's just the same argument. Did you really misunderstand that? It's not the same fucking argument by any means. Please, compare and contrast slavery and Jim Crow to some guy not being able to try to pull a "leftists are stupid and authoritarian" narratives and going scott free? > because the sarcastic tone you chose to take makes me wonder otherwise. No, my sarcastic tone is the only thing I can assume when I can't dress you down in person. Maybe shaming you by reducing your argument to the stupid bullshit it is might make you see just how out of line you are. > What do you mean "you people"? You know exactly what I mean. > Really? Yes, really, you have no fucking shame. If you had any, you would've have deleted this account already and maybe go reflect a bit on your life. > Because if anything, I see leftist arguments purposefully conflate race and sex, and compare racism with sexism The difference being that both black and females were for the longest time taken as granted property of white males. Women couldn't vote until a hundred years ago, and they couldn't work until WW2. Black people couldn't vote in the South until the Civil Rights Act was enforced. Trying to compare yourself to those situations is ridiculous and makes you a massive whiner. You can't make an argument for "sexism" affecting you, when our field - even in companies like Google were "repression of the poor male" is rampant - 80% of technical hires are male.