After working at Google, I’ll never let myself love a job again

Re:After working at Google, I’ll never let myself love a job... by w0mbat on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:07PM (#26732040)

Also promotion at Google is not easy to get. The competition is stiff, the standards are high, and you have to manage to get assigned to the kind of tasks and projects that get you promoted. I saw great people sit at one level the whole time they were there.

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Re:After working at Google, I’ll never let myself love a job... by kevingadd on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:39PM (#26732426)

The quest for a promotion-worthy project (that manages to ship, no matter the consequences) definitely drove some bad behaviors from people I worked with while I was there.

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Re:After working at Google, I’ll never let myself love a job... by mcguire on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:06PM (#26732732)

A weird fact about the universe: in a competitive environment, the difference between winners and losers is mostly luck.

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Re:After working at Google, I’ll never let myself love a job... by loopz on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @08:09PM (#26733309)

It's always the network..

Just sayin'.

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Re:After working at Google, I’ll never let myself love a job... by nunez on Thursday April 08, 2021 @03:40AM (#26736096)

Hell even consumers see it. Messaging apps, for instance.

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Re:After working at Google, I’ll never let myself love a job... by ehsankia on Thursday April 08, 2021 @11:29PM (#26746387)

But given the explanation above, everyone would see a drop after year 4, regardless or promotions. If you happen to get a promotion and a big refresh perfectly timed with that initial grant ending, you may be able to level off the cliff, but that's just pure happenstance. If you had gotten the promotion grant a year sooner, you would've ended up seeing the drop the next year.

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