[mistymountains]

I have no interest in big tech but I think this is false, it’s still an asset. Now, is it what it used to be? No. But you can get hired pretty easily. And if you think Google stunts you you’re going to love legacy companies. Now Meta, that’s another story…

[40yearoldman]

Yes, people still hire goggles, thinking they are getting some sort of awesome person. And yes, sometimes they do, but not because they were a google, because that person was already awesome before google.

The market is changing, and startups and small shops are paying attention. Just because you have google on your resume does not mean you know anything at all any more.

This is not google specific either, it's any big company. Folks just don't know how to build things. They are confined to whatever the new. hotness is. You would be shocked at how few people can actually run a service without kubernties, or ship software without using docker. Or worse, how to move off a legacy stack into these new fancy things.