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by throw8881 1830 days ago
From your other post that I read here:

>I just waited until my next stock vesting, then took a severance package and left that rancid shithole. We were working on some retarded dead-end boondoggle of a device, and I'm sure everyone in the org got a frowny face on their report card when it was eventually canceled.

I've never met anyone who was happy with their previous employer after getting let go. I don't know the specifics of your situation, but I'm entitled to my perspective. Your personal attacks towards me are just that – personal attacks.

I hope you found an employer where you're happier. :)

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Offtopic: I'm curious to know why you chose to go with a throw-away account. All of your comments in this thread offer a glowing opinion of Amazon; so why the need to go incognito?

It's stood out for me because it subverts my expectations - that those with the most vituperative comments would use throw-away accounts to avoid burning bridges.

Ah, I can't blame him for using a throwaway account. People get canned for talking about their companies all the time. Maybe he's got high praise for Amazon today, and then tomorrow he wants to post about something personal

He's definitely delusional if he thinks that the tech world is a meritocracy though. (I doubt that myself and all of my friends/coworkers I've talked to and most of the people who post online just experienced a wacky freak coincidence.. Even the most kool-aid-chugging, gung ho company men I know will admit that there are a lot of politics and backstabbing involved in any big company)