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In 2022 Google intern Yoonseok Yang sent a random calendar invite to Jeff Dean…

2026-08-07 · 18:19 UTC ·@TMTLongShort ·0 min read

Brief

The post by @TMTLongShort criticizes a 2022 anecdote in which Google intern Yoonseok Yang sent a random calendar invite to Jeff Dean (accepted because Dean's calendar was accessible to interns) and shared a photo, arguing that such feel‑good accessibility shows why Google "isn't dominating the frontier" and should fire 70% of employees immediately.

Why it matters

In 2022 Google intern Yoonseok Yang sent a random calendar invite to Jeff Dean; Dean accepted because his calendar was accessible to interns, and Yang shared the accepted invite photo with his team.

Key details

  • @TMTLongShort argues that this feel‑good anecdote illustrates a deeper problem—claiming Google "isn't dominating the frontier" and calling for firing 70% of its employees immediately.
Source evidence

I get this is a feel good story about Jeff being humble and kind but I’ll be the asshole that points out this is precisely why Google isn’t dominating the frontier and should fire 70% of its employees asap.

Yoonseok Yang (@yoonseok_yang)

In 2022, as a Google intern, I sent a random calendar invite to Jeff Dean.

He accepted.

His calendar was accessible even to interns, so I figured I had nothing to lose.

The next day, I sent this photo to my team. Everyone was shocked.

It’s hard to imagine Google without Jeff. He’s been one of my biggest inspirations.

Thank you for everything, Jeff.

— https://nitter.net/yoonseok_yang/status/2085176847571272094#m