[itronitron]

How do any of us know what the other means by 'touchy-feely safe space' ? I am pretty confident I have never worked in such an organization although someone with a different work experience might disagree. Same goes for 'deliver or GTFO' << that pretty much defines every work environment even though they are all different.

[0xbear]

What I’m saying is that at no point in my rather lengthy stint at Google were my feelings even a passing consideration to anybody in my chain of command. A couple of peers cared, but even there the environment is much more impersonal than in other companies I’ve worked at. And that’s _good_ for things like code quality etc, because your design won’t gain approval if it sucks no matter how chummy you are with your peers or boss. Same with code reviews, you will regularly get mercilessly savaged with the most pedantic nitpicking you’ve ever seen, sometimes to the point where your blood would boil. And that’s how it’s supposed to be if you want excellent engineering. But it’s not the most hospitable atmosphere for you as a person.

[itronitron]

>> with code reviews, you will regularly get mercilessly savaged with the most pedantic nitpicking you’ve ever seen

That is interesting and I would not have expected that as I keep hearing that google's hiring process is focused on only hiring the best.

[0xbear]

Obviously it’s not possible to hire just “the best”, but I can confirm one thing: the quality of their engineering talent is very high, and a lot of the best people in their respective fields work there.