# Steve Yegge Discusses Quitting a Google Project and Hacker News' Misrepresentation of His Speech DevFeed: [Steve Yegge Discusses Quitting a Google Project and Hacker News' Misrepresentation of His Speech]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Steve Yegge (noreply@blogger.com) Published: 2011-07-27T19:33:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Steve Yegge]() Topics: [Google](), [Job]() Tags: [google](), [job]() ## AI overview Steve Yegge humorously addresses a misleading Hacker News account of his OSCON Data keynote, clarifying that he announced quitting a project near the end of the talk rather than quitting Google during the speech. He also encourages readers to consider working at Google while criticizing limitations in its interview process. ## Source excerpt I woke up this morning...ish... to discover that Hacker News had finally had enough of me being at Google, so they forced me into early retirement. On Monday I was honored to be able to deliver a keynote talk at OSCON Data. In the talk, I announce at the end that I am quitting a project that I had very publicly signed up for, one that I am not passionate about and don't personally think is very important to the human race. Though others clearly do, and that's a legitimate viewpoint too. But the power of suggestion can make you see and hear something entirely different. If, for instance, someone tells you that I gave the talk wearing a gorilla suit, then when you watch it, I will magically appear to be wearing a gorilla suit. It's actually a gray jacket over a black shirt, but you will perceive the jacket as the back-hair of a male silverback gorilla! And to be honest the talk could have benefited from the judicious application of a gorilla suit, so no harm there. Similarly, if someone on Hacker News posts that "Steve Yegge quits Google in the middle of his speech" and links to the video, then you will watch the video, and when I say the word "project" at the end of my speech, a magical Power of Suggestion Voice-Over will interrupt -- in a firm manly voice totally unlike my own quacking sounds -- with "Gooooooogle". And then you will promptly sink into a 15-minute trance so that the voice-over can occur in the middle of my speech where Hacker News said it happened, instead of 96.7% of the way through the talk where it actually happened. I am going to harness this amazing Power of Suggestion, right here, right now. Here goes. You are going to come work at Google! You are going to study up, apply, interview, and yes, you are going to work there! And it will be the most awesome job you've ever had or ever will have! I hope for your sake that this little experiment works, because Google is frigging awesome, and you'll love it here. And they'll be happy to have you here.