I never realized how deeply the promotion mindset is damaging my personal happiness and growth, until I left Google in 2019...
Most things promoted in Google about growth boils down to promotion, which is just a cover word of getting your hands on promising project without proactively doing much by yourself.
Self motivated ideas actually get me into various trouble. In hindsight, I can see that many coworkers are silently watching this guy getting burnt without offering much helping hands.
In the end, I learned the googely way of working at Google, and find it not worthwhile to stay...
Most things promoted in Google about growth boils down to promotion, which is just a cover word of getting your hands on promising project without proactively doing much by yourself.
Self motivated ideas actually get me into various trouble. In hindsight, I can see that many coworkers are silently watching this guy getting burnt without offering much helping hands.
In the end, I learned the googely way of working at Google, and find it not worthwhile to stay...