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diff --git a/content/blog/xxx_no_google.md b/content/blog/xxx_no_google.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c7c0506 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/xxx_no_google.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Title: No, I won't work at Google +Category: Blog +Tags: ethics +Date: 2019-07-28 + +Once in a while (about every 6-9 months or so), I get an e-mail like this in my inbox: + +> Hi Katherina, +> +> Hope you are doing well. I'm a tech sourcer with Google working on the +> expansion of our Europe software engineering teams. I came across your +> linkedin and github profiles and I'm interested in finding more about your +> experience. Would you be open having a quick formal chat about our current +> teams and projects we have across Europe to see if there's anything that +> may interest you? + +I always send the same polite decline, wishing them a nice day. +And a few months later, someone else will e-mail me the exact same question. + + +I know that a few years ago, when Google first reached out to me to ask me +if I was interested in working for them, I was quite excited about the idea. +Since then a lot of things have changed, including my attitudes towards +big companies, and Google in particular. |