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FAQ on Leaving Google

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462 points mrled | 5 comments | 17 Jan 24 22:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.528s | source
1. free652 ◴[18 Jan 24 02:31 UTC] No.39036819[source]▶
IMHO a lot of googlers (especially old timers) believe they were special, here is a news flash. You weren't, Google didn't come with a lot of products. And that's why where Google is right now.
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2. lokar ◴[18 Jan 24 02:40 UTC] No.39036895[source]▶
Where it is now? 300B revenue with 11% growth and 96B in earnings with 120B in cash. They are fine.
3. pb7 ◴[18 Jan 24 03:40 UTC] No.39037482[source]▶
A nearly $2T dollar company and growing? A more successful company than nearly all others in the history of humanity? Yeah, must be terrible for them.
4. throwaway2037 ◴[18 Jan 24 06:29 UTC] No.39038635[source]▶
They were and still are special. They fundamentally changed the web with a better search engine. Also, Android. Also, Chrome. Also, infra required to run YouTube... even if you don't like the end product, the infra is incredible (same for FaceMeta and Netflix).
5. SadCordDrone ◴[18 Jan 24 09:10 UTC] No.39039635[source]▶
Found the non technical manager