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FAQ on Leaving Google

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462 points mrled | 1 comments | 17 Jan 24 22:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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ggambetta ◴[17 Jan 24 22:36 UTC] No.39034557[source]▶
The conflict between “uncomfortable culture” and “golden handcuffs” was becoming intolerable.

Amen :_(

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vesinisa ◴[17 Jan 24 22:48 UTC] No.39034693[source]▶
What is he referring to here exactly?
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hiddencost ◴[17 Jan 24 22:53 UTC] No.39034748[source]▶
Imagine being paid $1-$2m a year but not liking the how the culture of a company you'd been at for decades was changing. Would you quit? When?
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1. anticorporate ◴[17 Jan 24 23:55 UTC] No.39035399[source]▶
I can't speak to making that much money, but I did leave a job where I had worked most of my career, making more money than I had ever imagined making, due to a changing culture.

The hard part wasn't the money at all. The hard part was that I had let the company culture become a major part of my self identity. It sounds like the author didn't let that happen to him. Kudos. I wish I hadn't.