Re:Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions
by nathan_douglas on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:42PM
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What sort of shock? Were you working full-time on a single application or suite of applications for that period?
Re:Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions
by ChrisMarshallNY on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:09PM
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We wrote image processing pipeline stuff in C++.
Backend of the backend.
The shock was encountering the value system of modern corporations and even individual ICs.
I’m not going to get more specific, but let’s just say that I have a value system that does not mesh well, with today’s tech culture.
I didn't actually mind. It was completely anticipated, and we (me and my team) were pretty much ready. I think the company made the correct decision, but the reason they got there, was because they made a whole cascade of rotten choices, that painted them into a corner they couldn't get out of, easily.
I really wish that they would have involved me in some of the really dumb decisions they made, because I'm actually pretty good at strategic thinking, and could have easily advised them of alternatives.
But what is done, is done.
The really annoying part, was coming out of a 27-year "silo," into the current tech industry zeitgeist.
Nasty culture shock.