India, Jan. 11 -- A Bengaluru-based software engineer has shared what he described as a "purely bitter moment" after quitting Google, saying he had no choice but to leave following a conflict over his work outside the company.

Taking to X, Arpit Bhayani wrote that his last day at Google had come unexpectedly. "It is not bittersweet, but a purely bitter moment. I had no plans of leaving, but I had no choice left," he said, explaining that the issue stemmed from his outside work involving online courses and YouTube content.

"I had to leave because of a conflict with my outside work (courses and YouTube), and once legal gets involved, there is not much you can do," Bhayani wrote.

"I am bummed about leaving a domain that I dearly love - in...