>I just waited until my next stock vesting, then took a severance package and left that rancid shithole. We were working on some retarded dead-end boondoggle of a device, and I'm sure everyone in the org got a frowny face on their report card when it was eventually canceled.
I've never met anyone who was happy with their previous employer after getting let go. I don't know the specifics of your situation, but I'm entitled to my perspective. Your personal attacks towards me are just that – personal attacks.
I hope you found an employer where you're happier. :)
It's stood out for me because it subverts my expectations - that those with the most vituperative comments would use throw-away accounts to avoid burning bridges.
He's definitely delusional if he thinks that the tech world is a meritocracy though. (I doubt that myself and all of my friends/coworkers I've talked to and most of the people who post online just experienced a wacky freak coincidence.. Even the most kool-aid-chugging, gung ho company men I know will admit that there are a lot of politics and backstabbing involved in any big company)
What a fucking scam. You should quit peddling conspiracy theories and actually talk to people with a lot of experience in the industry. I just hope that you figure out how reality works the easy way (by listening to anyone in this thread).
After Amazon stabbed me in the back, I swore that I'd never again put work first over my own interests/family/health, and I haven't regretted that decision once in the 6+ years since then.