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> You just lost your house, your family will have to uproot its life, your credit rating is about to be ruined Except nothing of this happened to me when I was
by allarm 4y ago
> You just lost your house, your family will have to uproot its life, your credit rating is about to be ruined
Except nothing of this happened to me when I was laid off in 2020. And I was not making 500k/y, not even close. I have full sympathy to those who are getting laid off now, but I assume googlers will be fine.
- tryagainynot 4y agoYes, this is called survivorship bias. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias
- allarm 4y agoMy point is that a person who earns 500k/y and have Google in their resume will most likely suffer much less than many many others. Too much drama about it honestly.
- Sebb767 4y agoIf anything, it's actually a faulty generalization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faulty_generalization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faulty_generalization
- pessimizer 4y ago[flagged]
- allarm 4y agoBeing laid off and being shot is not even remotely comparable.