> It does for me, at least. I'd absolutely hate having my job satisfaction determined so much by a manager and team that I was assigned.
Well put. There were a lot of reasons I turned down my Google offer out of college and have been unenthusiastic to re-apply, but the process of saying "We'll find something for you" was a huge part of it. (The recruiter wouldn't even listen to something as simple as wanting SWE over SRE.) I ended up at a much smaller company where I could know my job and product and meet my boss before I signed.
I think the best analogy for Google is that it's like being accepted at a University. And they think it's going to take you a while to declare your major. You may not like your weeder classes. You may not like your first few professors. But pretty soon, you'll find a home for yourself, if you want to make the best of it.
Well put. There were a lot of reasons I turned down my Google offer out of college and have been unenthusiastic to re-apply, but the process of saying "We'll find something for you" was a huge part of it. (The recruiter wouldn't even listen to something as simple as wanting SWE over SRE.) I ended up at a much smaller company where I could know my job and product and meet my boss before I signed.