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> People who work at Google know they are working for a terrible company doing terrible things I work at Google, and I don't think it's terrible. Neither do mo

by jefftk 7y ago

> People who work at Google know they are working for a terrible company doing terrible things I work at Google, and I don't think it's terrible. Neither do most of my coworkers. There are things I wish were better, and things I'm working on improving, but overall I think Google's impact on the world is strongly positive.

JTenerife 7y ago
> Google's impact on the world is strongly positive. I couldn't disagree more. Google doesn't make bazillions of dollars because they provide us with live traffic on maps. Google has significantly enabled and actively driven the mindless consume-everything-all-the-time culture with all the horrible consequences for our mental-health and the environment. The world would be a much better place without the ones like Google, Facebook and Amazon.
snorkasaurus 7y ago
> It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. Upton Sinclair
- jefftk 7y ago
  I work at Google because they pay me money that I can donate [1] and I wouldn't work here if I thought that was making the world worse. [2] I left Google in 2017 to work for a startup I thought was more positive than earning to give [3] and then I rejoined later that year after the startup didn't pan out. [4] I'm open to arguments that I should be doing something else with my time! [1] https://jefftk.com/donations https://jefftk.com/donations [2] https://jefftk.com/p/value-of-working-in-ads https://jefftk.com/p/value-of-working-in-ads [3] https://jefftk.com/p/leaving-google-joining-wave https://jefftk.com/p/leaving-google-joining-wave [4] https://jefftk.com/p/rejoining-google https://jefftk.com/p/rejoining-google
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dkersten 7y ago
> overall I think Google's impact on the world is strongly positive. I think the exact opposite, which is why I've went to great lengths in an attempt to de-google my life, but google still forces itself on me through stuff like recaptcha. Maybe google once had a positive impact once, but not anymore. Now google just kills products, forces tracking on people who don't even use google themselves and pushes adverts in front of us, while de-monitizing Youtubers and pushing its political/social justice agendas. The fact that you and your coworkers don't see the problem just highlights what the people up-thread were saying and is the big part of the problem.

by jefftk 7y ago

JTenerife 7y ago

> Google's impact on the world is strongly positive. I couldn't disagree more. Google doesn't make bazillions of dollars because they provide us with live traffic on maps. Google has significantly enabled and actively driven the mindless consume-everything-all-the-time culture with all the horrible consequences for our mental-health and the environment. The world would be a much better place without the ones like Google, Facebook and Amazon.

snorkasaurus 7y ago

> It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. Upton Sinclair

jefftk 7y ago
I work at Google because they pay me money that I can donate [1] and I wouldn't work here if I thought that was making the world worse. [2] I left Google in 2017 to work for a startup I thought was more positive than earning to give [3] and then I rejoined later that year after the startup didn't pan out. [4] I'm open to arguments that I should be doing something else with my time! [1] https://jefftk.com/donations https://jefftk.com/donations [2] https://jefftk.com/p/value-of-working-in-ads https://jefftk.com/p/value-of-working-in-ads [3] https://jefftk.com/p/leaving-google-joining-wave https://jefftk.com/p/leaving-google-joining-wave [4] https://jefftk.com/p/rejoining-google https://jefftk.com/p/rejoining-google
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dkersten 7y ago

> overall I think Google's impact on the world is strongly positive. I think the exact opposite, which is why I've went to great lengths in an attempt to de-google my life, but google still forces itself on me through stuff like recaptcha. Maybe google once had a positive impact once, but not anymore. Now google just kills products, forces tracking on people who don't even use google themselves and pushes adverts in front of us, while de-monitizing Youtubers and pushing its political/social justice agendas. The fact that you and your coworkers don't see the problem just highlights what the people up-thread were saying and is the big part of the problem.