Re:Why Google Employees Quit
by wheels on Monday January 19, 2009 @11:07AM
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Just for the record, since I think the feedback might be useful: I had the same read. The way you phrased things there did sound if not condescending, at least undeservedly elitist.
From what I've gathered from contacts of mine that have been through Google it is a good place to work, but it's good in that sense that big companies are good places to work, not because it's the computer science promised land.
When I hear ex-Googlers (or Mircosoft) talking about being in Google, it sounds a whole lot like what I felt in my 4 years at SAP, but that doesn't seem in tune with the recruiting rhetoric.
From what I've gathered from contacts of mine that have been through Google it is a good place to work, but it's good in that sense that big companies are good places to work, not because it's the computer science promised land.
When I hear ex-Googlers (or Mircosoft) talking about being in Google, it sounds a whole lot like what I felt in my 4 years at SAP, but that doesn't seem in tune with the recruiting rhetoric.