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There were once dozens of SWEs and SREs in this office, humming along, cranking out [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Web_Toolkit GWT], nerd shit etc. Google decided to close Atlanta engineering, and they mainly went as a group to Square. A recent diversity-themed TGIF explicitly mentioned the importance of recruiting Atlanta; it's too bad we won't go all the way and actually hire ATLiens. | There were once dozens of SWEs and SREs in this office, humming along, cranking out [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Web_Toolkit GWT], nerd shit etc. Google decided to close Atlanta engineering, and they mainly went as a group to Square. A recent diversity-themed TGIF explicitly mentioned the importance of recruiting Atlanta; it's too bad we won't go all the way and actually hire ATLiens. | ||
Madison? Sure. Pittsburgh? Gotta stick CMU's robotics department somewhere! Ann Arbor? Go Blue! Atlanta? Nah. Larry, what did we ''do'' to you? | Madison? Sure. | ||
Pittsburgh? Gotta stick CMU's robotics department somewhere! | |||
Ann Arbor? Go Blue! | |||
Atlanta? Nah. | |||
Larry, what did we ''do'' to you? | |||
Believe it or not, some of us like it here. California doesn't have seasons, and people talk to crystals, and the fried chicken sucks. Manhattan won't let you have a yard to grill in, and you have to hunt trees like rare Pokémon, and what the fuck is that smell? It's godawfully hot, admittedly, but we don't screw around with our air conditioning, and there's plenty of room for pools. We can make effective use of the second-person (gender neutral!) plural "y'all" without being assumed mentally deficient, youz guys. Our families, people, and heritages are here, and no, by heritage I'm not talking about that goddamned flag. | Believe it or not, some of us like it here. California doesn't have seasons, and people talk to crystals, and the fried chicken sucks. Manhattan won't let you have a yard to grill in, and you have to hunt trees like rare Pokémon, and what the fuck is that smell? It's godawfully hot, admittedly, but we don't screw around with our air conditioning, and there's plenty of room for pools. We can make effective use of the second-person (gender neutral!) plural "y'all" without being assumed mentally deficient, youz guys. Our families, people, and heritages are here, and no, by heritage I'm not talking about that goddamned flag. | ||
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At Google, I'll be encouraged to take annual Bias-Busting training, gathering with other privileged honkeys to encourage one another's virtuous respect of black coworkers we don't have. | At Google, I'll be encouraged to take annual Bias-Busting training, gathering with other privileged honkeys to encourage one another's virtuous respect of black coworkers we don't have. | ||
I'll then make money for Californian white people who don't think the South merits a lousy engineering office. | I'll then make money for Californian white people who don't think the South merits a lousy engineering office. | ||
''--nlb atlanta 2016-07-14'' | ''--nlb atlanta 2016-07-14'' | ||
'''update 2021-02-11: i've been for some time now employed at [https://news.microsoft.com/Microsoft-Atlanta/ Microsoft Atlanta], by a company that [https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2021/02/11/investing-to-grow-in-and-with-atlanta/ gets it].''' | |||