I'm really happy to see posts like this here. Jeremy has done lost of great work and so it's somewhat refreshing to see that even someone like him struggles at times at a place like google. It's also important because it show that FAANG isn't all it's cracked up to be and so it is a completely legitimate career path to remain in small startups, maybe getting paid less, but having more fun getting paid.
I've worked at both the big and small and this post definitely resonates with me and certainly makes it easier to go into work knowing that I'm not the crazy one.
I don't think there's just these 2 options. There's the other 90% in between.
It’s an infuriating internal battle that lots of others can relate to so makes for pleasurable reading.
For companies to resent it... I think you may have a point. It’s hardly great PR and actually gives you a good reason to discount whatever the marketing says.