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11/18/09
This is not to say that bad execs and good execs have no effect on engineers, because they do -- particularly the bad ones, who can very easily spoil a development environment. But the factors that determine a "good" or "bad" exec from an engineer's point of view are frequently not the same as the factors that cause the business press to draw conclusions about their quality.
So what did GoogNYCers really think of Armstrong or your other gossip targets? It's astonishing that in a company that employees thousands of engineers, you can't find a single decent tipster. They are out there, I am sure.
11/18/09
- Relentless, robotic corporate culture
- How braindead said culture made her feel
- Higher management pressure to party and be seen with other Googlers
- The fact that so many other Googlers can't understand why a normal person would want to have non-work friends
- Politics and office drama associated with zombie corporate culture and rampant social incest
- How fucking boring it was
11/18/09
Money aside (and it's not an inconsiderable aside), the couple times I've visited friends there (hey, free lunch), it seemed an atrocious place to work. Gave me the creeps.
11/18/09
His supervisor flipped out and questioned his loyalty (?!!?) and then started screwing with him, changing deadlines, etc until my friend quit.
11/18/09
I don't work at Google and I don't make a lot of money. But I have worked at other places like that, where I could have made a lot of money if I had just agreed to play their little games and given up any semblance of my own life as part of the deal. I chose to leave instead too.
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(please never show that photo again of the razor scooter racks at google--eyes already bled out from the first time you did it)
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11/12/09
They're letting the door hit his ass on the way out. Bravo. #loudobbs
11/11/09
[www.newyorker.com]
He's not just a racist, xenophobic populist demagogue... he's also a rage-filled egomaniac and pompous, hypocritical snob. #loudobbs
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And as far as climate change goes, Dirt-Dobber, after that last blast of bombast (Has anyone ever seen 2:52 feel more like an eternity? I felt like I had booked passage on the Edmond Fitzgerald, for god's sake!), the polar ice caps don't stand a chance. Who gave you the idea that anyone cares about what you think and where you're going?
You mentioned something about engaging in constructive problem solving, a near-impossible objective when you, sir, embody the problem. Do the honorable thing: go fall on your sword. And if you don't have the decency to do that, just put on that nice pointy hat, you know, the one that fits you so snugly. Now go sit on the newspapers we put on the floor in the corner. And try not to make an even bigger mess of things than you already have... #loudobbs
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