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Gnurou
on Nov 10, 2023
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What I learned getting acquired by Google
That's because the abject nerds are busy creating value for the company while the "cool people" plan their holiday during work time.
oh_sigh
on Nov 10, 2023
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Nope, not even close to true in my experience. Almost all of the high performers I know have a huge social network they can tap into and you can't finger them as SWEs from a mile away.
Gnurou
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Do these high performers also cast their colleagues with tasteful adjectives such as "abject"? Must be a bunch of very interesting people indeed.
oh_sigh
on Nov 10, 2023
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Maybe, I don't know. I never asked them. It does feel like I struck a nerve with you, so I apologize.
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