I'll second that, despite having had a pretty bad experience at Google myself. I can't remember the whole list off the top of my head, but around fifteen of my friends moved over to Google over the span of a couple years, mostly from Microsoft and Amazon. Besides me, only two have left; one had a bad time and another wanted to do a startup.
Perhaps Mountain View is different, but the Seattle office sure seemed to be full of experienced, hard-working, basically contented engineers. It had many of the same faults I have come to associate with any large company, sure, but when the linked article asks "does any of that sound familiar", I have to say, "not really".
Perhaps Mountain View is different, but the Seattle office sure seemed to be full of experienced, hard-working, basically contented engineers. It had many of the same faults I have come to associate with any large company, sure, but when the linked article asks "does any of that sound familiar", I have to say, "not really".