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Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by pancaku on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:09PM (#27613077)
Hi rejectedandsad,

I'm making my first comment on Hackernews because I saw your remark. I would encourage you to seek help for this negative thinking or at the very least reflect. I promise the majority of people in society do not view you as subhuman for working at Amazon. This is really an irrational thought.

Based on your post history I think you are beating yourself up over a non issue. You're working at a top company, with reasonable pay, and exciting projects. Yes some companies pay much higher, have more perks, better wlb, etc. but there will always be a better company wherever you work. Your work doesn't define you.

Chin up my friend, and maybe seek some professional help to improve your thoughts. You don't have to go through life suffering like this! I used to get extremely anxious/depressed focusing on my career but after going through therapy, and yes some medication I have been feeling much much better.

Best of luck!

Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by rejectedandsad on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:24PM (#27613591)
While I appreciate that and I've been working on it, it seems that whatever I do I just see more evidence for it - the $70k wage cut to not associate with people like me, the significantly lower social class and standard of living people like me have all weighs on me pretty heavily these days.
Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by solipsism on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:38PM (#27613690)
If you ever made it to Google, you'd immediately see the stratification within. The elites with their lake houses... the people operating at levels you never will be able to... the people bailing to start startups because Google got boring.

Fuck it and be happy. And while you're working on it, you should consider no longer voicing your negative thoughts. It definitely doesn't help, and there's a good chance it makes it worse. (Or don't, I'm not telling you what to do obviously)

Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by rejectedandsad on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:45PM (#27613742)
Perhaps, but I don't think there are even elites at my company with lake houses that they can invite me to for team events - even our directors say they can't afford to vacation in the Hamptons or buy Herman Miller chairs (whereas going to the Boss's $10M house for whisky tasting is seemingly common at Google).
Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by solipsism on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:56PM (#27613809)
You've missed my point.

When you get your first yacht, you'll start to notice all the better yachts with mini yachts. It's never ending.

Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by knrz on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:25AM (#27613982)
The solution isn’t more rationalizing, but ceasing the thought :)
Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by renewiltord on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:51AM (#27614086)
This is not how people outside of the HN/Reddit/Twitter bubble view Amazon. They're generally a highly trusted company and the American populace views people who work there fairly positively.

Amazon have one of the most trusted brands in America, rivaling Google in how people view them.

It's your life, so you're welcome to feel as you will, but if it's on inaccuracies then you're just hurting yourself.

Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by anonygler on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:47PM (#27613764)
It's not about you. It's about amazon and their treatment of you. I've worked with exceptional engineers who did a tour in Amazon and I have nothing but respect for the people who work there. But I would never work for Amazon because of the abusive PIP culture (and the leadership principles shite omfg).

Cheer up. And if you're not happy there, move on to a place with a name you're proud of.

Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by rejectedandsad on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:53PM (#27613798)
I honestly would, just because of how we seem to be perceived by the labor market (considering I make less than a Google new grad as a SDE2) but otherwise I don't really have any complaints. Sadly, I think I've reached my peak intellectual potential, and even that was through an easy way (doing an internship and getting a conversion offer). I'd never be able to pass Google HC, and haven't before because I simply don't have the IQ required to do so.
Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @03:08AM (#27614744)
Dude, Google have 100,000 employees. They can't all be Mensa level IQ.
Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by Google234 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @03:53AM (#27615000)
Actually, they could :p. What’s 2% of 9 billion?
Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:38PM (#27620089)
But they definitely aren't. And realistically, Google hire most of their people in the US, so it would be 300mn rather than 7.9bn.

Like come on, I have met enough Googlers over the years to recognise that they are not all geniuses. They're all very competent at what they do, but that's not the same thing at all.

Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by rejectedandsad on Thursday June 24, 2021 @02:35PM (#27621973)
It feels like my point is being proved to me....
Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @02:52PM (#27622224)
TBH, IQ is not massively useful as long as you are above the median (so 100+). The difference between 100-120 and 120+ in life outcomes tend not to be significant.

Regardless, it's never a good idea to assume you can't do something until you've exhaustively proved it.

Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by wpasc on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:42PM (#27613270)
Any chance your previous HN nickname was sadamznintern?
Re:Google drops engineering residency after protests over ‘i... by rejectedandsad on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:49PM (#27613312)
No, I was an intern but being sad is relatively new