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My high-level take-away is that Google seems like a cesspool of non-stop drama. Does anyone there keep work business to technical work only without getting ove
by assttoasstmgr 4y ago
My high-level take-away is that Google seems like a cesspool of non-stop drama.
Does anyone there keep work business to technical work only without getting overwrought with emotion? Has Google's hiring practices resulted in a population where neuro-atypical folks are overrepresented, and rational discussion is impossible? In other words people who may be technically excellent but have zero emotional intelligence.
This is also why I think blending activism with work is a terrible idea. People forget how to act professionally.
There are 'difficult' people at every job, but Google seems to be on another level... way too many stories about people freaking out over trivial nonsense like message board posts.
It also seems to be a uniquely American phenomenon. I could not picture a company in Germany or Scandinavia staffed with such immaturity.
- dekhn 4y agoI worked at Google for 12 years. I will admit I had a hard time separating my personal emotions and thought-space from my technical work and discussions with coworkers. eventually, I left because I realized that I was truly suffering, mentally (even though many interactions I had with coworkers were excellent, and enjoyed talking to them both technically and personally). My worst interactions at Google were with Google Research. So were my best- things changed signficantly for the worse as Google Research transitioned (from Alfred Spector to John Gianndrea to Jeff Dean). It's not an org I woudl want to be associated with in the future, for reputational reasons.