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I hope things have worked out for the author, but I can't help thinking he would have been so much better off leaving on his own terms. I understand not being able to walk away from a salary, but when you get to the point where you know your attitude and the job are no longer a fit, and you stay for the money, then I guess you own the outcome on that.

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The author has some commentary on that here:

https://www.quora.com/What-does-it-feel-like-to-be-fired-fro...

I found it pretty interesting.

Sounds like Swiss law on both immigration and unemployment gave him a pretty strong incentive to stay for as long as possible.

That's understandable, but I guess if you're staying for that reason the title of the article might better have been "What it feels like to finally get fired from Google after a couple of years of barely hanging on to my job."

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