Re:On Resigning from Google
by dblohm7 on Friday February 07, 2020 @03:13PM
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It seems to me that "I work for Google" is the new "I'm a member of Mensa" or "I went to Harvard."
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Only if their intention is to talk about how useless Mensa is and to break the fetishization of being a member of this club.
Re:On Resigning from Google
by crdoconnor on Friday February 07, 2020 @03:34PM
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I'd probably read an article by a ex member of mensa that wrote that.
Arguing vociferously about how that "wasn't such a big deal" would make me wonder what ax you had to grind with people who talk shit about mensa.
Exactly. I'm a little surprised at the size of the immediate and vicious reaction. There's more that people aren't saying besides "Google isn't that special".
And working for Google hasn't been fetishized?