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Author Archives: First-person essay by Dennis Towne
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When better isn’t good enough: Why I tell my Google co-workers and industry peers to avoid Pittsburgh

by First-person essay by Dennis Towne

Editor’s note, Jan. 11: Google issued a statement in response to this first-person essay. Compelling personal stories told by the people living them. In 2017, I was working for Google in the Bay Area of California, lamenting the ever-rising cost of housing, when a co-worker mentioned he was moving to Pittsburgh. I talked it over […]