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> ex googler Does this mean we get lots of hype and an inferior product that is eventually phased out an replaced by an acquisition built by non-google enginee
by semi_good 6y ago
> ex googler
Does this mean we get lots of hype and an inferior product that is eventually phased out an replaced by an acquisition built by non-google engineers?
- daenz 6y agoIt just goes to show you the latent "value" of having a FAANG position on your resume. People are always looking for shortcuts to making value judgments about people/ideas, and this is another one of those shortcuts.
- cosmodisk 6y agoHave a few of these on LinkedIn. "Ex Google Engineer" as a title for more than two years,while trying to bootstrap his own niche product/platform.
- mav3rick 6y agoAnother jealous HNer
- koheripbal 6y agoI'm going to just start putting that on all my PR. Ex-Googler. No one is going to check, and if it biases the opinions of idiots... so be it...
- ideals 6y agoI'm an Ex-Googler, I used to use Google but now I use duckduckgo :)
- mav3rick 6y agoThe sooner you're exposed as a fraud the better. So please definitely use it :)
- koheripbal 6y agoThe reality is that unless you're well known - no one cares if you lie about this stuff.
- mav3rick 6y agoPlease go ahead and do it.
- DoofusOfDeath 6y agoWhen I read "ex googler", my first thought was that so many people have gone through Google by now that it's no longer a big distinction.