> I really was just a fuckin cog in a mega corp.

Love sudden realization.

I wonder how many people within companies think “well, they are a cog, but I’m certainly not” just to be left on a road soon after.

the post oozes narcissism. and he even seems to think he contributed to the health of the internet by working at chrome.

Yes I thought that when reading it, if so he may have been a difficult character to work with and that's one of reasons the crosshairs stopped at him.

Don't underestimate the efficiency of intra-corporate propaganda directed at its own employees. There's a reason why they maintain those huge HR departments.