Even in my “I quit Google” post I was careful to make it impossible for an outsider to determine who I was complaining about, even scrubbing my team info from LinkedIn.
But I think 18 years at Google means the author has plenty of “fuck you” money.
But I think 18 years at Google means the author has plenty of “fuck you” money.
Proper workers aren't as good at playing politics as those who just focus on politics.
And the balls! Dunno whether I read your generic "why I quit Google" essay, but author's post was the first that I liked due to his willingness to throw punches.
You might consider reading the followup post: https://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1700627532&count=1
It suggests that, in spite of his problems with management, the author remains bullish about Flutter (and likely Dart).
The VP above might not, but who cares...
I'm not quite there, but as a heavy Firebase user who generally loves the product but who has been incredibly frustrated with a lot of the (lack of) direction of new features over the past 4 years or so, reading this post made me think "Ohhh, now it makes sense."
That is, there are basic, presumably easy-to-implement, features that have languished for years in Firebase. Part of me has wanted to go interview with Firebase just so I can get hired to fix some obvious missing feature. Now, granted, it's obviously impossible to pin this directly on this manager, and this is also a Google-wide problem, but I think the author's point is that a lot of this "directionless-ness" is a result of poor middle management.