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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: 0.216s | source
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danparsonson ◴[17 Jan 24 22:56 UTC] No.39034789[source]▶
> Context: When I was laid off from Google, I knew I'd be deluged with questions. I wrote this FAQ to share with friends and family, to prevent repeated explanation.

This is quite sweet in its stereotypical techie approach to life - your friends and family are asking questions about your situation because they care about and want to bond with you, not because they particularly care about the actual information you're conveying :-)

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makeitdouble ◴[17 Jan 24 23:02 UTC] No.39034851[source]▶
The other side of it is probably not wanting to bond and spend 30 minutes getting cared about. That might feel like a luxury, but to each their own.
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1. palata ◴[18 Jan 24 00:10 UTC] No.39035539[source]▶
Which brings us to the second half of the parent's sentence: "not because they particularly care about the actual information you're conveying".

If you don't want to bond and spend 30 minutes getting cared about, just say "I'm fine, I just don't want to talk about it right now". Maybe follow with "And you, how are you?", but that's optional.

Again, they probably don't particularly care about the actual information.