Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself

Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by izacus on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @06:06PM (#16488095)

The message you're responding to is literaly saying that you need to play the politics game in small startups as well. Perhaps even more so since you don't have clearly defined process of goals that lead to promotions and pay raises.

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Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by smsm42 on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @06:09PM (#16488116)

> Perhaps even more so

Wasn't my experience. Of course, YMMV.

> since you don't have clearly defined process of goals that lead to promotions and pay raises.

Looks like Google does have defined process. Did it help the OP? Doesn't seem so. Defined processes are good if they're defined with your goals in mind. If they are defined explicitly to prevent you from reaching your goals, they'd be only an impediment, and one that you'll fail to overcome, as "this is our defined process, we know it doesn't work in your particular case, but we can't start special-casing people, so you'll have to take one for the team here".

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Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by ianai on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @06:31PM (#16488267)

And in my experience, it much depends on industry. There are truthfully awful places to work. Google doesn’t sound like it qualifies for that rung. I would be willing to bet many startups do.

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