←back to thread

FAQ on Leaving Google

(social.clawhammer.net)
462 points mrled | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.477s | source
Show context
danparsonson ◴[] 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 :-)

replies(9): >>39034851 #>>39035174 #>>39035271 #>>39035301 #>>39035425 #>>39035598 #>>39035695 #>>39036909 #>>39040629 #
_xlxy ◴[] No.39035425[source]
right. human being gets laid off.

Has this ever happened before. It does seem like SV folks have an elevated sense of purpose. Which is maybe fair to a point because of SVs inclusion in our online lives. But really, it seems like people in high paid jobs getting laid off isn't so much news for anyone, in general.

Maybe if there's some juice about how to order the world's information, but then they'd get sued for saying no doubt.

replies(2): >>39035537 #>>39036358 #
dsr_ ◴[] No.39035537[source]
Not everything on the Internet is aimed at you. Sometimes it's aimed at friends and family who the author doesn't see every week.
replies(1): >>39035585 #
_xlxy ◴[] No.39035585[source]
Did I imply that it was, no, so why imply it.

That's what social networks and email is for, not broadcasting it to the wider world, see, you're on Hacker News, me you, them and everyone in general.

replies(1): >>39036033 #
janfoeh[dead post] ◴[] No.39036033[source]
[flagged]
1. ◴[] No.39036090[source]