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by semi_good 2167 days ago
> ex googler

Does this mean we get lots of hype and an inferior product that is eventually phased out an replaced by an acquisition built by non-google engineers?

4 comments

It just goes to show you the latent "value" of having a FAANG position on your resume. People are always looking for shortcuts to making value judgments about people/ideas, and this is another one of those shortcuts.
I'm going to just start putting that on all my PR. Ex-Googler. No one is going to check, and if it biases the opinions of idiots... so be it...
I'm an Ex-Googler, I used to use Google but now I use duckduckgo :)
The sooner you're exposed as a fraud the better. So please definitely use it :)
The reality is that unless you're well known - no one cares if you lie about this stuff.
Please go ahead and do it.
Have a few of these on LinkedIn. "Ex Google Engineer" as a title for more than two years,while trying to bootstrap his own niche product/platform.
When I read "ex googler", my first thought was that so many people have gone through Google by now that it's no longer a big distinction.