Mar 17, 2021

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The Devil Wears Patagonia Swag

Why leaving Google after 10 years has been way harder than joining (and the only way to rescue my mental health, get my confidence back, and free my full potential)

“I soon realized I wasn’t broken, I was simply spinning too fast, inside the wrong, incompatible machine. So, I took one of the most important decisions of my life…I stopped spinning!”

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