3 ms·

I know you're the type of person who publicly tells their former employer, "Choke on a fucking taint, Google. Choke. On. A. Taint." https://news.ycombinator.co

I know you're the type of person who publicly tells their former employer, "Choke on a fucking taint, Google. Choke. On. A. Taint." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5508058 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5508058 I also know you think there are easy and free solutions to the problems that every company on the planet struggles with every day (measuring and rewarding performance). I think you're arrogant, disrespectful, and that you over-simplify problems to an absurd degree. I can conclude that if I worked at Google, I don't think I'd appreciate working on your team. And you're right, my post didn't have very much to do with yours. Did yours have a lot to do with Google Maps responding quickly to an emerging tragedy? No, it did not.

michaelochurch 13y ago
I know you're the type of person who publicly tells their former employer, "Choke on a fucking taint, Google. Choke. On. A. Taint." You shaved off the enclosing context: $100M payouts to nontechnical executives when regular engineers can't even transfer without permission of the perf-industrial complex. I'm sorry, but I just can't defend a company that behaves that way. Seriously, you think it's okay that engineers have to deal with phony scarcity ("calibration score" and "headcount" nonsense) when non-technical executives make several hundred times more? I think you're arrogant, disrespectful, and that you over-simplify problems to an absurd degree. It's more that I don't have patience for junk complexity that exists only to keep power for those who don't deserve it. Did yours have a lot to do with Google Maps responding quickly to an emerging tragedy? Yes, actually. It's good that they updated their map quickly. If they paid the same respect to internal problems, they'd be a much better company.
- VikingCoder 13y ago
  You're lying: I did not shave off the enclosing context, I explicitly provided the link for everyone to see. It's good that they got you to leave. If they got everyone like you to leave, it would be a much better company. See, my post has exactly as much relevancy as yours does.

michaelochurch 13y ago

I know you're the type of person who publicly tells their former employer, "Choke on a fucking taint, Google. Choke. On. A. Taint." You shaved off the enclosing context: $100M payouts to nontechnical executives when regular engineers can't even transfer without permission of the perf-industrial complex. I'm sorry, but I just can't defend a company that behaves that way. Seriously, you think it's okay that engineers have to deal with phony scarcity ("calibration score" and "headcount" nonsense) when non-technical executives make several hundred times more? I think you're arrogant, disrespectful, and that you over-simplify problems to an absurd degree. It's more that I don't have patience for junk complexity that exists only to keep power for those who don't deserve it. Did yours have a lot to do with Google Maps responding quickly to an emerging tragedy? Yes, actually. It's good that they updated their map quickly. If they paid the same respect to internal problems, they'd be a much better company.

VikingCoder 13y ago
You're lying: I did not shave off the enclosing context, I explicitly provided the link for everyone to see. It's good that they got you to leave. If they got everyone like you to leave, it would be a much better company. See, my post has exactly as much relevancy as yours does.