Why did I leave Google or, why did I stay so long?
9 years @ Google, and I too came from a company acquired by Google. (In my case, Google did not keep our product or tech stack around, so.) And yes, I can say many Googlers are entitled. It&#x27;s a fair descriptor. And the pace of work is slower than a startup. In general.<p>And I too have many criticisms of Google. But.<p>Google has entirely different revenue constraints. It can afford an entirely different way of working. That pace allows a more sustainable cadence of development. It can be a more humane place to work, in general.<p>Google can on the whole accomplish its revenue goals without being a meat grinder. So why be one? I think there is a bit of a problem with this guy&#x27;s POV where he&#x27;s come to fetishize the actual process of the making of the sausage versus the sausage itself.<p>Projects need not be run under insane stress if there&#x27;s a steady supply of talent and money to make things happen. Google can afford that. Pace will be slower. Perhaps less competitive. But the core business continues to do excellently.<p>For many of us Google is not an &quot;exciting&quot; place to work. But it&#x27;s a pretty good job to have and it pays well and gives access to both great benefits and to interesting technology. And that compensation in _most_ people does yield a sense of responsibility for delivery. But maybe not the survival-of-the-fittest-meat-grinder panic that this guy somehow seems to love.