Gawker 
Feb 6, 2006 6:37 PM
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Alberto Savoia left Google two years before the IPO to found software testing company, Agitar. Three funding rounds into his startup, Savoia is telling the press he has no regrets about the decision. Savvy readers won't take him literally. He's speaking a Valleyspeak dialect called Ex-Googlish. To make the Mercury's story more readable, here's a phrase-by-phrase translation.
| Ex-Googlish | English |
|---|---|
| It was a great risk. | I could have been a millionaire! |
| In Italy, we have a saying: Fate helps the fools and the brave. | I could have been a millionaire! |
| Google's a great company. | I could have been a millionaire! |
| But my passion is not selling ads on the Net. | I could have been a millionaire! |
| "I think it's a good lesson for the kids." (Alberto's wife Allessandra) | He could have been a millionaire! |
No regrets for ex-Google exec [Mercury News]
The man who walked away from Google [Inside Google]
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