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		nathan_douglas on Jan 11, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Division... What sort of shock? Were you working full-time on a single application or suite of applications for that period?

ChrisMarshallNY on Jan 11, 2024 [–]

We wrote image processing pipeline stuff in C++.

Backend of the backend.

The shock was encountering the value system of modern corporations and even individual ICs.

I’m not going to get more specific, but let’s just say that I have a value system that does not mesh well, with today’s tech culture.

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