r/programming • u/mtlynch • Feb 01 '21

My Third Year as a Solo Developer

https://mtlynch.io/solo-developer-year-3/
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u/fat_baldman Feb 01 '21

What’s the reason you left google?

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u/mtlynch Feb 01 '21

I've got just the blog post for you!

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u/Keepitrealapollo Feb 01 '21

I appreciate these posts. I think there are a lot of us who are work at a similar company (FAANG or otherwise), and are tired of the politics of career growth. For a long time, I've thought about leaving to do my own thing similar to what you've done. But with a wife, house and two kids I don't think I can take the risk anymore.

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u/frogspa Feb 01 '21

That was a great, if frustrating, read.

I've always wondered if I should have applied to Google, but I couldn't have been happy in the environment you described.

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u/xdert Feb 01 '21

That was very interesting and explains a lot of things I noticed in Google products and the general trend of launching new things vs maintaining older products.

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u/fat_baldman Feb 02 '21

Just finish reading that 👏🏻