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974 points namukang | 4 comments | 11 Apr 25 20:19 UTC | HN request time: 1.795s | source
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h4ckaerman ◴[12 Apr 25 12:53 UTC] No.43663944[source]▶
> Googler...

Whole things reads like someone leaving a cult.

It's ok to be sad about leaving a job but your identity shouldn't be so tied up in it that you're crying in a blog post online.

We all lose jobs and we all get on with it. Obviously they're talented and will land fine somewhere.

I'm not trying to be mean but it's bad that a person can get upset to this point around a job. The corp isn't caring.

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nehal3m ◴[14 Apr 25 05:31 UTC] No.43678350[source]▶
I disagree. This person apparently had a great time working this job and I imagine it’s difficult to end up with the responsibilities they had without being intrinsically motivated. It’s perfectly alright and valid to be sad about losing the ability to express that part of yourself to make a living. The whole point of the post is that yes, the company doesn’t give a damn about anything but the bottom line, but the author did.
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1. antisthenes ◴[14 Apr 25 06:18 UTC] No.43678548[source]▶
> This person apparently had a great time working this job and I imagine it’s difficult to end up with the responsibilities they had without being intrinsically motivated.

I think you can have a great time and build good relationships with teammates while still realizing you are a cog in the machine.

The way author writes the blog, you'd think they were working on the first Moon flight or the Manhattan project, whereas the reality is they were working on some CSS spec at Google, which tens of thousands of other people have been doing for probably 2 decades now.

It's routine maintenance work on existing stuff.

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2. nehal3m ◴[14 Apr 25 08:00 UTC] No.43679088[source]▶
Not to disrespect you, but I don't think your opinion on the value of their work is relevant, the author's is.
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3. antisthenes ◴[14 Apr 25 13:36 UTC] No.43681114[source]▶
Sure, and water is wet.

Yet the blog was posted in the public domain, so saying what is and isn't relevant is...irrelevant.

It's in a public forum, up for discussion. End of story.

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4. nehal3m ◴[14 Apr 25 14:18 UTC] No.43681616{3}[source]▶
Of course you're free to discuss. You're belittling the author's expression of grief because their job was 'routine maintenance' of 'some CSS spec (...) which tens of thousands of other people have been doing for probably 2 decades now' and I'm saying they're entitled to their grief regardless of how you feel about the job's content.

Yes, they're a cog, as almost all of us are, and it would have been better for their own sake to realise that, but losing something you enjoy still sucks.