Goodbye, Google – an open micro-letter

But its remarkable to see this posted to HN. Google’s culture is all sorts of peculiar to me - people quit Amazon all the time, and Im sure many quit for similar abuse as well, but we dont see the letters posted to HN. Maybe its because Amazon is not considered “elite” or exclusive enough now, who knows.

The idea of “bringing your whole self to work” is honestly bizarre. I might be old fashioned but I think the workplace is the worst place to have a culture war. Perhaps its similar to how the culture wars at the Ivies/elite schools receive outsize media coverage compared to less prestigious schools that ultimately focus more on research and education.

> I implore all of you to learn about your differences. Take classes. Read.

Telling a bunch of Google engineers to read? Sounds like she's talking down to them. She definitely doesn't come across well.

>A company full of white and Asian men who, in fact, know everything.

AKA every company in SV. Stating it this sounds like that alone is a problem of Google's, when in fact there just aren't many diverse software engineers to hire. Blaming Google, universities, etc. is silly, and detracts from the real problems of opportunity that people face.

    > I have not had one day where I could bring my whole self to work. 
    > I have not had one day where I could bring half of myself to work.