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by frakkingcylons 22 days ago
If you worked at Google for 12 years, it seems pretty irrational to commit this kind of crime for only $1M.

Maybe there’s a chance he can get pardoned before 2029 lol

2 comments

> If you worked at Google for 12 years, it seems pretty irrational to commit this kind of crime for only $1M.

Person who has been working in a single FAANG for decade+ without job-hopping could have had quite minor refreshers during their tenure, so you shouldn't automatically assume they are rich.

> If you worked at Google for 12 years, it seems pretty irrational to commit this kind of crime for only $1M.

Kinda? It's not like people making an order of magnitude less don't get busted for crimes where they're stealing an order of magnitude less.

I think the point the grandparent comment is trying to make is that at a staff level, and having been at google for 12 years, he was likely being paid pretty well, and that he could've made that same money longer term just by continuing to work at google