Why did Google Brain exist?
> I sat on it because I wasn’t sure of the optics of posting such an essay while employed by Google Brain. But then Google made my decision easier by laying me off in January. My severance check cleared...<p>I'm really baffled by how people think it's OK to write public accounts of their previous (<i>and sometime current!</i>) employers' inner workings.  This guy got paid a shitload of money to do work <i>and to keep all internal details private, even after he leaves</i>.  They could not be more clear about this when you join the company.<p>Why do people think it's OK to share like this?  This isn't a whistleblowing situation -- he's just going for internet brownie points.  It's just an attempt to squeeze a bit more personal benefit out of your (now-ended) employment.<p>Contractual/legal issues aside, I think this kind of post shows a lack of personal integrity (because he <i>did</i> sign a paper agreeing not to disclose info), and even a betrayal of former teammates who now have to deal with the fallout.