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I know if I was making $150K working one hour per day and spent the rest of my time working on a startup, I would not want an article written about me and publi

I know if I was making $150K working one hour per day and spent the rest of my time working on a startup, I would not want an article written about me and published on the internet...

rsynnott 3y ago
I realise that it is considered most improper on this website to actually read the article, but the person being talked to was not compelled to talk to Fortune (the original source) and Fortune is protecting their identity, as is normal for this sort of story.
- JimtheCoder 3y ago
  Yes, I did read the article. Devon, in his 20's, makes $150k per year, was an intern at Google. You don't think the people at Google could narrow it down a bit and figure out who it is?
  - amf12 3y ago
    Especially if that person doesn't do anything during the day. Should be pretty easy to track using network logs for any decent tech company.
  - rsynnott 3y ago
    I mean, maybe? I’d imagine they’ve messed with the numbers a bit as well for obfuscation. However, the important point is that the subject did this voluntarily.
  - runako 3y ago
    > Devon, in his 20's, makes $150k per year, was an intern at Google. They have changed the name to protect his identity. The rest of that likely describes hundreds or thousands of people.
    - araes 3y ago
      Its probably still not challenging. Their major shtick is search, with a minor in neural net AI. Gen Z age range. Worked here on an internship. Bought a plane ticket to Hawaii during internship. Makes ~$150,000, +/- obfuscation error. Mostly only tends to make commits in the morning. May have been dumb and used GMail. If its not obfuscated, and almost exactly $150k, then its really easy.
    - znpy 3y ago
      I wouldn’t be surprised if 150k is also fake but close to the real number.
- Alupis 3y ago
  Protecting the identify of this specific individual is irrelevant really. If this one person got away with all this at Google, then there's reason to suspect many more are. The entire program at Google might be under strict review going forward because of this article. Time will tell..
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  I would still have incentive to not have any story published about it, anonymous or not.
- tiahura 3y ago
  I read the article and had the same thought. You're confident Google couldn't figure out who Devon really is? It is Google after all.
readyplayernull 3y ago
...too late, Google will do what Google does: kill it.
Chyzwar 3y ago
Because this is article is a PR campaign ordered by real estate owners to fight WFH.
bombolo 3y ago
You mean, if it was actually true?

I know if I was making $150K working one hour per day and spent the rest of my time working on a startup, I would not want an article written about me and published on the internet...

rsynnott 3y ago

I realise that it is considered most improper on this website to actually read the article, but the person being talked to was not compelled to talk to Fortune (the original source) and Fortune is protecting their identity, as is normal for this sort of story.

JimtheCoder 3y ago
Yes, I did read the article. Devon, in his 20's, makes $150k per year, was an intern at Google. You don't think the people at Google could narrow it down a bit and figure out who it is?
- amf12 3y ago
  Especially if that person doesn't do anything during the day. Should be pretty easy to track using network logs for any decent tech company.
- rsynnott 3y ago
  I mean, maybe? I’d imagine they’ve messed with the numbers a bit as well for obfuscation. However, the important point is that the subject did this voluntarily.
- runako 3y ago
  > Devon, in his 20's, makes $150k per year, was an intern at Google. They have changed the name to protect his identity. The rest of that likely describes hundreds or thousands of people.
  - araes 3y ago
    Its probably still not challenging. Their major shtick is search, with a minor in neural net AI. Gen Z age range. Worked here on an internship. Bought a plane ticket to Hawaii during internship. Makes ~$150,000, +/- obfuscation error. Mostly only tends to make commits in the morning. May have been dumb and used GMail. If its not obfuscated, and almost exactly $150k, then its really easy.
  - znpy 3y ago
    I wouldn’t be surprised if 150k is also fake but close to the real number.
Alupis 3y ago
Protecting the identify of this specific individual is irrelevant really. If this one person got away with all this at Google, then there's reason to suspect many more are. The entire program at Google might be under strict review going forward because of this article. Time will tell..
lotsofpulp 3y ago
I would still have incentive to not have any story published about it, anonymous or not.
tiahura 3y ago
I read the article and had the same thought. You're confident Google couldn't figure out who Devon really is? It is Google after all.

readyplayernull 3y ago

...too late, Google will do what Google does: kill it.

Chyzwar 3y ago

Because this is article is a PR campaign ordered by real estate owners to fight WFH.

bombolo 3y ago

You mean, if it was actually true?