Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by chillingeffect on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:27AM
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What will happen is he'll find acceptance in a different crowd and the authoritarian left has created a visceral enemy instead of trying to change his mind through gentle means.
The market for developers is very very good, right now. Especially ex-googlers.
Maybe the big 5 tech companies won't hire him, because of the PR disaster that it would be, but any number of startups and small companies would be willing to do so.
Many companies wouldn't even bother to Google his name (personally, I've never seen anyone do that. I just get handed a resume). And even if they did, others would just keep it on the hush hush. Many small startups would be ecstatic to get a Google engineer for cheap.
Other engineers that have been on the receiving end of major scandals, have had no real long term consequences. EX: the donglegate guy was quickly employed elsewhere after he got fired.
Judging by many of the comments in this thread, there seems to be a lot of tech people HERE who are defending him, and would be willing to hire him if they were a hiring manager.