This is really ungrateful. The author is not happy because he got to work on Google+ not chrome?
Google+ for all it's short comings were business failures not tech or ux or design failure. I worked on far stupider projects at big companies and I am utterly grateful for the opportunities given to me.
Absurd blog and no matter how muchi hate Google posts like these makes me realize how ungrateful some people can be.
It's extremely common to get project reassigned especially since he was recruited three months later.
What i guess happened was that Google found candidates for their chrome project and put him in their backlog. Later when they had one more vacancy they went thru this backlog and made offers
They apparently knew when they hired him that he'd be working on Google+ instead of Chrome, but didn't bother telling him until he showed up for orientation. That's a huge red flag to me.
I think it depends on how much leverage you have, doesn't it?
If your skillset is in huge demand, and a company needs you badly enough, they might just be willing to guarantee in writing what project you'd be working on - and maybe even give you a window seat, too.
Though if you're in demand, and want project guarantees, you'd probably be happier as a consultant - that way you're sort of always guaranteed to be working on the project you want, because completing that project is the entire reason the company hired you.
If you read through the end, you see he is not happy because his Manager backstabed him and fired him (slow release as they say) because he felt threatened by him.
Frankly, if you are running around the office, making everyone feel like useless piece of crap because you are the obvious rock star, no wonder that folks get defensive.
My bet is that he wasn't fired/let go because the manager was afraid for his job (that's what the author claims and it is a pretty cheap shot to make) but because the guy's behavior was being toxic for the team. Unfortunately he couldn't see that over his ego ...
Managers never feel threatened by employees. They have no reason to do so. Once you are inside a large company, with enough motivation you can switch projects and move up the ladder.
That's how it works in life, that how it works in companies.
Complaining that he didn't get his dream project right off the bat is vanity.
Google+ for all it's short comings were business failures not tech or ux or design failure. I worked on far stupider projects at big companies and I am utterly grateful for the opportunities given to me.
Absurd blog and no matter how muchi hate Google posts like these makes me realize how ungrateful some people can be.