Departing Googler: Perks are nice, but I was bored and not getting rich - Valleywag Comments

Departing Googler: Perks are nice, but I was bored and not getting rich

ScalaWag — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:35:41 PDT

@DanLar75: Two word version: "Google sucks"

ScalaWag

Departing Googler: Perks are nice, but I was bored and not getting rich

dalejo — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:06:16 PDT

@sample032: VMWare people weren't getting rich off the IPO, the EMC ones were.

dalejo

Departing Googler: Perks are nice, but I was bored and not getting rich

valleymonger — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:06:50 PDT

looks like google is becoming the new yahoo... they even have the same beach volley fields!

valleymonger

Departing Googler: Perks are nice, but I was bored and not getting rich

Fidel on the Roof — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:44:16 PDT

greedy mf

Fidel on the Roof

Departing Googler: Perks are nice, but I was bored and not getting rich

DanLar75 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:56:50 PDT

Reducing the 12-word version down to a 5 word epitome:

"Recent Google employee, not rich"

DanLar75

Departing Googler: Perks are nice, but I was bored and not getting rich

yawnster — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:50:51 PDT

he joins goog when its at a 400+ a share and still expects to get rich?

i thought google didn't hire retards.

yawnster

Departing Googler: Perks are nice, but I was bored and not getting rich

sample032 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:52:17 PDT

@jackparsons: I have a friend who chose Google over pre-IPO VMWare. Oops.

@Nicholas Carlson: We've been over this; Googlers (and Persai code monkeys) are better than you at technical things, but you could beat them in a write-off (hah! April 15--get it?) any day. Just be careful when you criticize engineers' less than eloquent writing. Do you really want Paul Boutin to nail you on your next math mistake?

sample032

Departing Googler: Perks are nice, but I was bored and not getting rich

SFJoe — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:37:10 PDT

I think this blog entry probably points out the problems at Google (and a LOT of tech companies) more clearly than any other. This person, while obviously skilled and talented, should never have been hired in the first place. If his priority is to make a big impact and work on projects that are personally interesting, then the preliminary interviews should have eliminated him as a candidate. Think of all the money Google wasted training him and then multiply that by all the people like him at Google and you have a huge money drain.

SFJoe

Departing Googler: Perks are nice, but I was bored and not getting rich

jackparsons — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:35:44 PDT

Reducing the 100-word version down to a 12 word epitome:

"As a recent Google employee, I would have never gotten rich there"

jackparsons