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From what I hear it's turning fairly intelligent to asshole

by basejumping 8y ago

baccheion 8y ago
Google has been riddled with a--holes since at least 2010.
- tonyedgecombe 8y ago
  To be honest our whole industry has more than its fair share.
hknd 8y ago
99% of people within FAANG are the most friendly people ever. E.g. for Google not being a dick is a hiring criteria (Googleyness).
- hnaccy 8y ago
  >for Google not being a dick is a hiring criteria Wonder what the false negative rate is?
  - ry_ry 8y ago
    Probably quite high. Google's culture and hiring process is so well documented at this point, I suspect any suitably talented individual could appropriate some cultural fit. Of the (current and former) googlers I know personally, they are a mixed bag but there are some traits that are more common. Self assurance and the uncanny ability to never be seen to be demonstrably incorrect are prevalent tbh - but that applies equally to most of the industry.
    - pvarangot 8y ago
      > the uncanny ability to never be seen to be demonstrably incorrect I think that may be very easy to do, just state that everything you say is just a theory or your opinion... but this is just a theory.
  - hknd 8y ago
    I'm an interview at a FAANG company, and I did and will reject people if I have the feeling that they are not a cultural fit. (e.g. being a dick, arrogant, ...)
- borroka 8y ago
  > 99% of people within FAANG are the most friendly people ever I worked at one the FAANG and I found in my team and some of the neighboring teams the most insecure, unfriendly, back-stabbing, conspiratorial bunch of technically semi-competent losers I ever had the displeasure of working with. Other people were competent, trustworthy, confident in themselves and thus enjoyable. I also interviewed at other FAANGs and maybe the interviewers were all wonderful people, but I had a mixed experience. Some appeared to be ok, some definitely not. Very different experience from the parent's.
  - badpun 8y ago
    > I worked at one the FAANG and I found in my team and some of the neighboring teams the most insecure, unfriendly, back-stabbing, conspiratorial bunch of technically semi-competent losers I ever had the displeasure of working with. I think a lot of people would enjoy a blog post elaborating on that experience (possibly under a pseudonym to protect you from vengeance).
    - borroka 8y ago
      I will, anonymously, in a few months. It's going to be good fun, both for the readers and for me.

From what I hear it's turning fairly intelligent to asshole

baccheion 8y ago

Google has been riddled with a--holes since at least 2010.

tonyedgecombe 8y ago
To be honest our whole industry has more than its fair share.

hknd 8y ago

99% of people within FAANG are the most friendly people ever. E.g. for Google not being a dick is a hiring criteria (Googleyness).

hnaccy 8y ago
>for Google not being a dick is a hiring criteria Wonder what the false negative rate is?
- ry_ry 8y ago
  Probably quite high. Google's culture and hiring process is so well documented at this point, I suspect any suitably talented individual could appropriate some cultural fit. Of the (current and former) googlers I know personally, they are a mixed bag but there are some traits that are more common. Self assurance and the uncanny ability to never be seen to be demonstrably incorrect are prevalent tbh - but that applies equally to most of the industry.
  - pvarangot 8y ago
    > the uncanny ability to never be seen to be demonstrably incorrect I think that may be very easy to do, just state that everything you say is just a theory or your opinion... but this is just a theory.
- hknd 8y ago
  I'm an interview at a FAANG company, and I did and will reject people if I have the feeling that they are not a cultural fit. (e.g. being a dick, arrogant, ...)
borroka 8y ago
> 99% of people within FAANG are the most friendly people ever I worked at one the FAANG and I found in my team and some of the neighboring teams the most insecure, unfriendly, back-stabbing, conspiratorial bunch of technically semi-competent losers I ever had the displeasure of working with. Other people were competent, trustworthy, confident in themselves and thus enjoyable. I also interviewed at other FAANGs and maybe the interviewers were all wonderful people, but I had a mixed experience. Some appeared to be ok, some definitely not. Very different experience from the parent's.
- badpun 8y ago
  > I worked at one the FAANG and I found in my team and some of the neighboring teams the most insecure, unfriendly, back-stabbing, conspiratorial bunch of technically semi-competent losers I ever had the displeasure of working with. I think a lot of people would enjoy a blog post elaborating on that experience (possibly under a pseudonym to protect you from vengeance).
  - borroka 8y ago
    I will, anonymously, in a few months. It's going to be good fun, both for the readers and for me.