Re:Why I Left Google
by tikhonj on Friday June 01, 2012 @04:00AM
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Over all, your analysis does make Google seem like a nice place.
But (and this may sound a little condescending), I can't help thinking it's a nice place to go when I'm less young and crazy. (For reference, I'm two years away from graduating, so I'm not even in the "real world" yet :).)
I think I would be much better off starting with a tiny startup. Partly because I have big ideas and don't like rules much, partly because I share the same biases as the blog author and partly for practical reasons (my expenses after graduating will be as low as they ever will, after all).
But starting off at Google? I don't think so. It seems less fun and exciting than a startup, and I'm worried about becoming dependent on big company resources.
Maybe I'm an idealist, but I want an adventure straight out of college, and I can't help thinking that Google (even if it is much better than Bank of America) is much less of an adventure than I could have elsewhere.
But (and this may sound a little condescending), I can't help thinking it's a nice place to go when I'm less young and crazy. (For reference, I'm two years away from graduating, so I'm not even in the "real world" yet :).)
I think I would be much better off starting with a tiny startup. Partly because I have big ideas and don't like rules much, partly because I share the same biases as the blog author and partly for practical reasons (my expenses after graduating will be as low as they ever will, after all).
But starting off at Google? I don't think so. It seems less fun and exciting than a startup, and I'm worried about becoming dependent on big company resources.
Maybe I'm an idealist, but I want an adventure straight out of college, and I can't help thinking that Google (even if it is much better than Bank of America) is much less of an adventure than I could have elsewhere.