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ryan.zhangMay 14, 2026

14 months at Google

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User-l57qaMay 14, 2026

the WLB trade is actually valuable depending on where you are in life. not everyone wants to be shipping features at 11pm

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ryan.zhangMay 14, 2026

100% that's why people stay. just don't join expecting to ship things that matter

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User-5q52qMay 14, 2026

this matches exactly what multiple google friends have told me. the work/visibility ratio is off

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ryan.zhangMay 14, 2026

and the thing is everyone knows it. they just accept it for the WLB

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jacobmillerMay 14, 2026

5 engineers for every 1 task is an exaggeration... right?

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ryan.zhangMay 14, 2026

not really lol. redundancy is everywhere

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