Re:Why I Quit Google’s WebAssembly Team, and How It Made Me ...
by Beaver117 on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @01:44PM
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Xooglers aren't just handed jobs. They still have to pass interviews, and have to live up to a higher expectation because of their background. Stress and medical issues still affect them too.
Re:Why I Quit Google’s WebAssembly Team, and How It Made Me ...
by question_away on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @02:27PM
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Are we really going to pretend that Xooglers struggle landing jobs in tech? Relative to what the average software engineer goes through, they are "handed jobs".
Re:Why I Quit Google’s WebAssembly Team, and How It Made Me ...
by kcplate on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @11:08PM
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> have to live up to a higher expectation because of their background
So you think their background doesn’t give them a leg up in recruiting, interviewing, or hiring, but once they are hired they have to live up to a higher expectation?
Sorry, but they get preference and deference all the way through the process. I have seen it first hand. Also, employers should have high expectations of former Google employees, they are supposed to be the brightest of the bunch.
My attitude here is if you don’t like your job and its making you unhealthy AND you work in an industry where just having been at Google on your resume will get you hired just about anywhere else…you should just leave. Why sacrifice health over that?
I have done some shit work prior to tech. My worst tech job in the most “toxic” environment was heads and tails better than working in an industrial laundry washing shop rags, diapers, and restaurant mats.