I'd argue that digging ditches for a well pay is not a bad job. It's extremely much less stressful in the way that when you are finished for the day you don't take home the mental baggage that comes with the days unsolved or unsatisfactory solved problems. That is when you are done for the day you are done for the day and can go home and focus on whatever it is you want to do with your free time.
Managers riding your ass from start to end of projects really smites the fun out of it all. That's why for instance doing OSS in your free time is so much more rewarding than doing what is essentially high tech pseudo ditch digging at work(even at Google). On Jan 19, 11:37 am, Steven Herod <[email protected]> wrote: > Its interesting in that article, as some people experiences > corresponded to some of the feelings I had during my brief brush with > Google. > > I got rejected by Google after they approached me (unsolicited) and I > went through the preliminary stages of the interview process, whilst > initially I was excited at the interest there were several aspects of > the process that alarmed me. > > No explanation of the role beyond a vague title, no specific location > beyond 1 of 6 overseas cities, no explanation of salary or benefits, > interviewer didn't know what role I was being interviewed for, hadn't > read my resume and didn't seem interested in any form of experience or > accomplishments. I guess my questions about commutes and mentioning > my young son and various other mechanics of uprooting my wife, child, > dog, house and other parts of my life meant I didn't demonstrate > nearly enough starry eyed enthusiasm and I received a rejection email > shortly afterwards. > > Anyway, In large organisations you also have 'micro-climates' where > your immediate environment may not be anything like the companies > overall culture (good or bad), so its best to be cautious about > sweeping comments about good and bad. > > Also, I subscribe to the theory that sh*t occurs no matter where you > work, and only the depth varies, you should be thankful for the little > things (fun work mates, working kettle, room in the fridge, > interesting work, non-psychotic management). > > Finally, we're in IT - no matter how well or poorly we believe we're > treated, it all beats digging ditches. :o) > > (Oh, and Google, feel free to call(again) anytime :o) ) > > On Jan 19, 3:56 am, CKoerner <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/18/why-google-employees-quit/ > > > Don't suppose Carl can say much since he still works there but Dick, > > what are your thoughts as an ex-Googler? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
