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Mastodon hosted on social.clawhammer.net is a personal blog at social.clawhammer.net about career and culture. Since 2024, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “FAQ on Leaving Google”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this author's posts about leaving Google, including an FAQ on leaving, a follow-up on the response, and early and recent accounts of Google's culture. Commenters cite them as sources rather than praising them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- FAQ on Leaving Google4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2024-01-17
- My First Week at Google (2005)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-01-17
What Hacker News says?
"Early employees would often encourage each other to "fail fast" as a means to innovation, but that's no longer easy in an environment where failure implies a layoff. If you're someone building a company, challenge yourself to value employees above all else, then watch and be amazed at the ROI." Relevant post from the same author — FAQ on leaving Google https://social.clawhammer.net/blog/posts/2024-01-10-GoogleEx...
Comment linking /blog/posts/2024-01-10-GoogleExitLetter/
on “Culture Change at Google”Submitted Culture Change at Google as a story · 573 points
HN discussionThe author also published [1] an email he wrote at the beginning of his tenure. It is amazing how alien and out of place early Google sounds in today's corporate environment. They have completely eroded the perception that Google is this kind of place: > Google is the opposite: it's like a giant grad-school. Half the programmers have PhD's, and everyone treats the place like a giant research playground [...] Every o…
Comment linking /blog/posts/2005-09-25-FirstWeekAtGoogle/
on “FAQ on Leaving Google”Submitted FAQ on Leaving Google as a story · 462 points
HN discussionBen's follow up from Jan 12: "Surprised by the Response" ( https://social.clawhammer.net/blog/posts/2024-01-12-ExitResp... ).
Comment linking /blog/posts/2024-01-12-ExitResponse/
on “FAQ on Leaving Google”Submitted My First Week at Google (2005) as a story · 53 points
HN discussionOpen source is the biggest voluntary transfer of wealth from the working class to the business/investor class ever. Software in the modern economy is the "means of production" and software developers have given it away free to the business/investor class. The investor class, happily funds software startup gambles that people pour their lives into knowing that most will fail but they will still statistically make ban…
Comment linking /blog/posts/2024-01-10-GoogleExitLetter/
on “The things nobody wants to pay for”Submitted Run Meetings Like a DM as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThere is an interesting line in the end > All in all, I guess this is the result of a company that has more money than they possibly know what to do with. I wonder how long this utopian "do no evil" culture can last. Wealth creates power, and power corrupts. And boy, have I seen a lot of power this last week. > "May you live in interesting times." Now, juxtapose that with the authors other recent post: https://socia…
Comment linking /blog/posts/2024-01-10-GoogleExitLetter/
on “My First Week at Google (2005)”Submitted Learning to Live with AI as a story · 2 points
HN discussion
