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Re:Ask HN: I've been slacking off at Google for 6 years. How... by temporalparts on Sunday January 05, 2020 @12:57PM (#21962700)
Have you figured out if it's Google or software engineering as a whole? I think the safer option, if it's available for you, is to change to a different team in a different part of Google.

Google is huge and if, for example, ads is boring to you, try Google Brain or any of their X projects (self driving cars?). That way you have more data points around what's causing you to slack. It's not necessarily the case that when you do find personal alignment that you won't regress to slacking off.

Re:Ask HN: I've been slacking off at Google for 6 years. How... by dhuyrv on Sunday January 05, 2020 @03:54PM (#21964011)
As if anyone can just go and try Google brain or self driving cars. Unless he has suitable background, he won't be allowed to do the really interesting projects.