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Dan Siroker

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

I decided to stop working on my startup and joined Google to learn skills that would help me succeed as an entrepreneur.

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Dan Siroker at Startup School 2013

@ Y Combinator

10/26/13

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David Lieb

12/19/24

@ Y Combinator

I left Google in September 2022 to join Y Combinator, where I could work closely with founders and help them avoid the mistakes I made in my own journey.

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Sarah Nahm

07/10/19

@ Y Combinator

Leaving Google wasn't about starting a company; it was about personal growth and experiencing new things, which eventually led me to work with early-stage teams.

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David Lieb

12/19/24

@ Y Combinator

After my treatment, I realized that my job at Google had evolved away from building products for users, and I wanted to work with people who were innovating the future.

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Ben Silbermann

11/09/16

@ Y Combinator

I eventually moved to California to work at Google, where I was in online sales and operations, while continuing to explore side projects.

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Nate Blecharczyk

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

After quitting my corporate job due to lack of learning, I joined a startup where I learned valuable lessons about what not to do in business.

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Qasar Younis

05/15/25

@ Uncapped with Jack Altman

Working at Google was a great experience, but I never wanted to be an employee forever; I always felt the pull to be a founder.

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Paul Buchheit

03/07/18

@ Y Combinator

I ended up at Google because they had a product I used and loved, and I was really into Linux, which was a key factor in my decision to join the company.

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Gaurav Misra

05/02/25

@ EO

I dropped out of my PhD program in machine learning to join a startup, which was a high-risk decision that ultimately paid off.

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Ben Silbermann

11/09/16

@ Y Combinator

My girlfriend encouraged me to stop talking about my ideas and start building them, which motivated me to leave Google and pursue my own projects.