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Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En... by baccheion on Friday October 19, 2018 @03:20AM (#18254758)
It didn't matter if they had an off-putting personality or were "OK." Either way, I just wasn't feeling it. On the other hand, the same happens wherever I go. Maybe Google's reputation of attracting certain personalities led me to believe there would be others that were similar or like-minded. Instead, they were mostly unhealthy judger types (though I'm not sure if the source is reliable, a few years ago 23.6% were said to be INTJ and 12.5% ENTJ: https://www.quora.com/Do-most-software-engineers-have-an-INT...).
Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En... by joyeuse6701 on Friday October 19, 2018 @10:40AM (#18257005)
You seem to mention the Myers Briggs a lot in your posts... I’m not sure how useful it is.

The reduction of individuals to acronyms sounds to me like unhealthy judgment, so maybe Google did a better job than you realized in attracting “like minded” individuals!

Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En... by baccheion on Friday October 19, 2018 @03:32PM (#18259338)
It's not that useful, but is another way to help illustrate what I'm trying to say.
Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En... by TulliusCicero on Friday October 19, 2018 @06:17PM (#18260500)
> I also couldn't settle in, didn't like anyone, and was continually interrupted/harassed/>>followed<<.

> On the other hand, the same happens wherever I go.

Is that you, mchurch?

Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En... by baccheion on Friday October 19, 2018 @08:19PM (#18260996)
No. Someone much less known.