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Ask HN: “Join ex-Googler team at *”
Always wonderer what people thought when they see "Join ex-Googler team at *" in a job listing. A lot of such listings are for YC companies without comment threads.
- mtmail 12y agoYou can't comment on job listings. They get special treatment, see https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs (I'm fine with that). I ignore the ex-Googler part. Same with ex-AOL or ex-Goldman Sachs. It's a company of 50,000 people. I'm surprised there aren't 100s of startups from ex-Googlers yet.
- lumpypua 12y agoThere are 100s of ex-googler startups. I've personally worked at 2 between 2008 and 2011, then went to google, then started my own ex-googler startup!
- chuhnk 12y agoEx-googlers come in a variety of forms, not all are suited to the startup world. I am an ex-googler but came from a startup and then went back to another startup. Many ex-googlers have only worked in large companies which I feel in early stage startups can be quite a detriment.
- gesman 12y agoWow, that's a good idea. I should scan my resume for the most impressive "ex-*" keywords and use it as a marketing and negotiation tool!