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I think it's too soon to tell how things will go at Google. He seems like a dopamine junkie (I can relate) so maybe after a few months he'll be checking HN and
by grandalf 16y ago
I think it's too soon to tell how things will go at Google. He seems like a dopamine junkie (I can relate) so maybe after a few months he'll be checking HN and Engadget from Google as well.
For a very smart guy like Matt, chances are boredom will set in after a while... it will really be a test of Google to see if it can capture his imagination for 7 hours a day after he's worked there 6-9 months and all the novelty is gone.
- j_baker 16y agoHe can't be too bad a dopamine junkie considering he got tenure at an ivy league institution.
- grandalf 16y agoTrue. It makes me wonder how he tolerated all the earlier steps of academia only to find being a tenured professor drudgerous. One hypothesis is that since there is so much competition to become a faculty member at Harvard, there is very little support b/c someone else will be ready to step in and take the job.
- jemfinch 16y agoWhat's a dopamine junkie?
- grandalf 16y agoSomeone who enjoys the constant stimulation of new bits of information.
- netmau5 16y agoI clock out for lunch, is this not normal at Google?
- Psyonic 16y agoWe don't have time clocks here, so no.
- jemfinch 16y agoI don't think time clocks are normal in our industry. Every W-2 programmer I know is salaried.
- netmau5 16y agoI'm salaried as well but I'm also expected to be at work 40 hours a week. We have a simple time tracker which I'm referring to as the "clock" but I've honestly never heard of a company that doesn't have at least some form of time tracking if only for HR (vacation, etc).