[HN Gopher] Architect behind Googleplex now says it's 'dangerous...
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       Architect behind Googleplex now says it's 'dangerous' to work at
       posh offices
        
       Author : boulos
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2022-01-22 16:37 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | MiddleEndian wrote:
       | Having worked at Microsoft in their headquarters in Redmond, I
       | have to agree with the unhealthiness of being stuck in a work
       | community all the time. I was dazzled by MS for the first several
       | months, it was my first job out of college, there were tons of
       | shiny things and fringe benefits, they rented out entire sports
       | stadiums for company meetings, they had clubs for salsa and
       | ballroom dance just like at school, etc. But it was very
       | disconnected from Seattle or even the rest of the world.
       | Microsoft practically ran Redmond and Bellevue, to the point
       | where it programmed their stop-lights. I was there for a couple
       | years and everyone I knew was a Microsoft employee or a spouse or
       | family member of a Microsoft employee (many of whom were also
       | Microsoft employees). I was also dating a Microsoft contractor I
       | met through one of those work-related clubs. It started to drive
       | me nuts, and it was my major reason for leaving MS. I don't think
       | I could ever do that again, barring otherwise dire circumstances.
       | 
       | I later worked at a Google satellite office in Cambridge, and
       | while I left for other reasons, it did not have the all-
       | encompassing life capture that the MS HQ did, not because of any
       | company policy (since Google has a similar HQ) but because I was
       | not physically trapped in a company town. I imagine I would have
       | had a better time at MS had I worked in their Cambridge satellite
       | instead.
        
         | YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo wrote:
         | I am with you visiting Google HQ felt like going to a really
         | strange amusement park.
        
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