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I would think that such senior guys with so much experience will find it easy to find new jobs. (Unless they demand to work on only open-source software then i

• Terretta 4y ago
  (Putting this note under here instead of at root level…) FTA: > It has been widely reported that … those fired included staffers who had just received high performance reviews … with annual compensation packages of $500,000 to $1 million. … Many … were the best of the best in Google's open source program office (OSPO) and other open source efforts. FWIW, we are actively hiring a handful of engineers in this competency+range, into a well funded (founder funded, not VC backed) startup. We are doing interesting things and intend to release generally useful patterns as open source. It's also an entrepreneurial change of pace for builders/makers after an enterprise, even an SV enterprise. My username at the freemail owned by the company in the article.
• dehrmann 4y ago
  > For example, Chris DiBona, who founded Google's OSPO 18 years ago, was let go. Sibling comment excepted, there aren't many companies hiring for this. 18+ years also makes it challenging because for the last two decades, you've only known Google, and it's not clear if you can operate in another environment.
  • bagacrap 4y ago
    I'm not saying this is the case, but if this is the case, it's really his own fault and not Google's. What is Google supposed to do, fire everyone after 10 years so they don't grow too complacent?