Rejected.Us VS Killed by Google

This is just selection bias. "If you don't get an offer then you're not a good programmer". There's literally a fucking website about successful people in tech saying how other companies rejected them. Are they just not good? Source: over 2 years ago

I do to this website to help me realize this is pretty common and not the end. Source: over 2 years ago

1) is a cliche at this point, to the extent that this 2015 listicle has a huge variety of figures both new and old: https://www.pcmag.com/news/tech-ceos-who-ditched-college-for-start-up-life 2) WhatsApp founder Brian Acton was famously rejected by Facebook (and Twitter), and is the canonical example, but there are others. There's even a website: https://rejected.us. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

I get tons of rejections like that, and that's something to be okay with. Check out all the devs who have been rejected who have amazing careers now https://rejected.us. Source: almost 3 years ago

Https://killedbygoogle.com/ Their reputation is deserved. Google domains was killed only last year! - Source: Hacker News / 21 days ago

And this isn't even the first time I've been burned by Google's decisions. If you're familiar at all with the Google Graveyard, you'll know that Google has a long history of killing off products and services that people have come to rely on. This has happened to me a number of times, in both a personal and professional capacity, and frankly it's getting old. - Source: dev.to / 28 days ago

> Those who trust the Google’s app to listen to podcasts have almost three months to export their subscriptions to another app. Alternative take: Those who trust any Google app or service to do anything should reconsider, or at the very least keep a permanent and up-to-date contingency plan for when Google inevitably discontinues it. Fooled you once, shame on Google. Fooled you 294 times, shame on you.... - Source: Hacker News / 28 days ago

This will be in the Google Graveyard https://killedbygoogle.com/ by mid-2026. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

Just because Google has a couple of decent services that you're willing to pay for doesn't detract from the fact that most of their products have a worse life expectancy than a victorian child in the 1800s. https://killedbygoogle.com They ruined every single opportunity to be more than an advertising company since Orkut. With scrapped attempts, starts and lack of intention for most of the 2010s to even during the... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago