Living the Good Life, Leaving Google Behind

inetsee writes with an article in the San Francisco Chronicle profiling seven early Googlers who have left the company, part of a cohort the article claims amounts to 100 out of the first 300 workers hired by Google. For these former employees, all the acclaimed perks of life at the Googleplex can't compete with calling the shots in their own lives. Google's chef is opening his own restaurant, Olana Khan has started a non-profit that makes micro-loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries, and Aydin Senkut has become an angel investor. Others are simply enjoying retirement, making things in the garage shop or skydiving in South Africa.

Comments

Re:Unemployment?

[Professor_UNIX]

I hope you are being sarcastic.

Naw, just surprised Google is even still in business. They've definitely outlived the other search engines in terms of popularity. It amazes me that it still makes money selling advertising considering the advertising collapse years ago after the dot-bomb failures. How does Google stay in business by offering so much of their stuff for free?

Re:100 out of 300 in 6 years, not that bad actuall

[The Stinking Rat]

Nobody is ineterested in reading about your sad lonely pathetic life, you little shit-smelling skunk.