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The progress of the web shouldn’t be dependant on a corporation that discards one of the real forces of progress overnight like they’re nothing. Extremely poor form, Google. Truly disgraceful behaviour. nerdy.dev/ex-googler

nerdy.devG̶o̶o̶g̶l̶e̶r̶… ex-Googler. · April 10, 2025My role at Google was eliminated.

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Dylan Schadeck

@dschadeck.bsky.social

11 Apr 2025

This is absolutely insane. Adam is a national treasure.

Andy Bell

@bell.bz

11 Apr 2025

absolutely seething, ngl

Melissa McEwen

@melissamcewen.bsky.social

11 Apr 2025

Remember when they were "don't be evil"? It's like they just removed the first word.

Stefan Matei

@stefanmatei.com

12 Apr 2025

Stefan Matei@stefanmatei.com

To those talking shit about Google for firing someone like Adam—listen, these are uncertain times and they’ve had to make some tough but rational decisions about their priorities, I’m sure we’ll soon see how it was all in the best interest of their users and the web as a whole

Christ 😑

@mark.mastodon.fixermark.com.ap.brid.gy

11 Apr 2025

@bell.bz This is a major shift in Google recently. I left Google because I felt my career stalling out... Ultimately, I wasn't interested in putting the effort in to improve on what the company was asking me to do. It didn't excite me. But I always trusted that if I was a _competent engineer_ […]

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Andy Bell

@bell.bz

11 Apr 2025

Yup, can’t disagree with you there

Griffin Wiebel

@griff.dev

11 Apr 2025

Google is really turning the evil dial to 11 these days.