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Easy to say from the sidelines. Working at google means

- getting better benefits & pay

- being at one of the darling companies in the industry

Walking out is daring. Leaving is even scarier. I remember leaving my last job thinking, "I'll never work with as talented people." I was wrong, but it was a legitimate fear.

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If benefits/pay and intelligent colleagues is what really matters to protesters and they are not looking to cut down on luxe lifestyle that Google job affords them. In that case they are really bullshitting about ethical issues because they have no qualm in partaking money that Google generate by ethically dubious decisions.

After my internship I certainly have that fear. It seems unreal that there could be a bunch of other companies out there that have the same calibre of people

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