Red Echo

July 10, 2012

job verdict: finished

I was fired this afternoon – first time ever! It’s not the outcome I was hoping for, but it’s a relief to be done with the job. The pay was good and the cafeteria was excellent, but the work was tedious and uninspiring, difficult in the bad ways and not the interesting ones. I stuck it out in hopes that I could eventually establish myself and move on, to a project I could actually care about, but was never able to get out from under the grind of the “starter” project.

I’ll probably never work for another large company. I can’t identify what exactly it is that makes big companies such ill-fitting environments for me, but the pattern is clear. Every time I’ve worked for a small company, I’ve rocked the house; every time I’ve worked for a big one, it’s been a disaster.

Well, it’s their loss. I’ll find something else to do. For now I’ll hack on Radian, maybe do some more backpacking, enjoy the summer. I might still tinker with the electric motorcycle, even though the commute it was designed for is no longer happening…

3 Comments

  1. If it makes you feel any better, I would not have lasted five minutes at Google. I hate all of their products, their categoric destruction of my privacy, and there is no way I could bring myself to drink that much Kool-Aid, no matter how prestigious or how much money. Google offends me to the very core of my being. I am DELIGHTED you are leaving.

    I resist saying all this because many good friends work at Google, and I am slowly losing respect for them.

    You need more control over your projects, beginning to end. You like to get your hands dirty. Take the summer off and see what drifts your way.

    Comment by Sleepless in Seattle — July 10, 2012 @ 6:45 pm

  2. Oh, hey, if you need a project, the Mac world desperately needs a WYSIWYG html editor that resembles Claris Home Page. I would pay a shit ton of money for such a thing. Seriously, I have not found one I like in years of looking.

    Comment by Sleepless in Seattle — July 10, 2012 @ 6:49 pm

  3. I feel for you Mars – suffered the same fate just over a week ago.

    Comment by Andy — July 11, 2012 @ 1:36 am