Why I'd Never Work for Google, Twitter, or Facebook (2011)
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(Wont is a word in English, but it's not what's meant here.)
In August of 2011, I was just about to go start working for Google, not yet having learned the lesson laid out in this article.
Title is: Why I'd never work for Google, Twitter, or Facebook
Discussion then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2832538