72a01ef6
spent 4 years at google. heres the reality:
- you work on a tiny piece of a massive system. no ownership
- promotions are political
- most projects get cancelled
- the bureaucracy is suffocating
- everyone is smart but nobody is passionate
the best engineering ive done was at a 40 person startup where i owned the entire stack
724c3d63
"everyone is smart but nobody is passionate" damn this hit hard
07950ad2
depends on your team. i worked at google on a 5 person team that owned an entire product. felt like a startup with google resources
9f29a675
startup guy here. you romanticize startups until youre the one debugging prod at 2am because theres no oncall rotation
ec2765b0
"resume-optimizers waiting for RSUs to vest" is the most accurate description of FAANG culture ive ever read
