Why I left Google: work-life balance
&gt; In 2020, the pandemic destroyed bucket #3 for most people. We were no different. Friends from back home in Canada couldn’t visit us. Even meeting up with local friends became hard. In January 2021 I tore my achilles tendon playing pick-up basketball. There goes bucket #2.<p>&gt; Only then did I realize bucket #1 had been running low for a while.<p>I&#x27;m somewhat puzzled. If the author is struggling to socialize with friends (bucket #3) and struggling to pay attention to physical health (bucket #2) then why does he think that this is going to help improve work-life balance:<p>&gt; I work more hours. I’m more likely to be working in the evening or on the weekend now.<p>I can empathize with the desire to get caught up in a high-energy startup (it&#x27;s fun!) but this whole blog post reads like someone trying to replace an increasingly disappointing personal life with excessive workaholism. Filling your days with extra work can fill the &quot;bucket #1&quot; (career) but it seems like a nail in the coffin for the author&#x27;s problems with bucket #2 (physical health) and bucket #3 (social life).<p>Posts like this are a dream come true for investors and startup founders. &quot;Lacking satisfaction in your life? Come work harder for less money at someone else&#x27;s startup!&quot; I suspect this blog post is going to become a staple on VC Twitter and in startup recruiting pitches for the next few years.