Hixie's Natural Log: Reflecting on 18 years at Google
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            • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              2 years ago

              Your written English is excellent, so I had no idea you are not a native speaker. Please know we’re good!

              But if I may add one last thing – don’t forget to watch your back on the way out. Just as you are leaving because this is not a good fit for you, there is someone else just as happy to see them come in and relax all those high standards. So don’t talk about your plans, don’t give away details of your job hunt, act like you’re 100% happy to be there and you’ve seen the light and want to work there forever (nauseating, I know) and just for a little while until you’re out, don’t trust your coworkers to keep your secrets.

              My DMs are open should you ever need them, and I wish you the very best.

    • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      2 years ago

      It’s very hard and painful to let go of a good place, people and cause, but when the odds of survival are impossible and the situation drives you bitter, it’s time to leave. The sooner you’ll start helping another worthy cause, the better it’s going to be for everyone.

      The hardest part is to acknowledge that there is nothing else you can do.

      Okay, but how do I get off the planet to go help another one? SpaceX’s ships won’t be up and running to Mars in my lifetime and the longer I’m here with impossible survival odds the more I start to get bitter!