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Thirteen Months of Working, Eating, and Sleeping at the Googleplex

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Re: Thirteen Months of Working, Eating, and Sleeping at the Googleplex

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Post by saalweachter »

civilian wrote: post #29
zzalpha wrote: post #27

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The rationale behind it makes perfect sense. Do you really want to give someone $2-3000 per month or $24-36k a year just to have a box around you? Really? You honestly can't fathom why some people might desire their own, private space, away from their work environment, where they might, I dunno, live their life outside of their day-to-day drudgery? I'm not even sure how to react to that. It's such an alien way of thi…

Yeah, I'm with you. I have a guitar! I have books! I have a large bed and a variety of clothes. I need some place to store my skis and my running shoes. I enjoy cooking. I don't see myself as materialistic, just as a passionate hobbyist/human.

Tools, man. Where do you keep your table saw when you're living in a van?

Re: Thirteen Months of Working, Eating, and Sleeping at the Googleplex

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Post by mrslx »

bbcbasic wrote: post #39
ggambetta wrote: post #10

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Internet access? At Google HQ? Being an employee? ...no clue :(

What about the NSFW stuff? I guess you could hook up a wifi access point and tunnel your connection through to a VPN.

if you can find it with google, its prob okay..

Re: Thirteen Months of Working, Eating, and Sleeping at the Googleplex

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Post by Sophistifunk »

saalweachter wrote: post #41
civilian wrote: post #29

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Yeah, I'm with you. I have a guitar! I have books! I have a large bed and a variety of clothes. I need some place to store my skis and my running shoes. I enjoy cooking. I don't see myself as materialistic, just as a passionate hobbyist/human.

Tools , man. Where do you keep your table saw when you're living in a van?

This. The fear of never being able to again live in an apartment is most of what keeps me from buying any tools bigger than the MakerBot.

Re: Thirteen Months of Working, Eating, and Sleeping at the Googleplex

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Post by Fezzik »

jrockway wrote: post #14
brianobush wrote: post #12

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Yeah, I agree maybe for one night, but repeatedly?

Some people are interested in their work, especially at Google. I do things every night until I fall asleep, though not usually work.

I would love to sleep at work but I am not allowed to (I work at a courthouse). Monday through Friday I work downtown, my gym is downtown, all my going out is downtown, I am and plan to be kid-free forever... if I could save the commuting time, which is minimal, and get an extra hour of sleep or stay out a little longer and socialize, I would be delighted. Heck, I would even do a little extra work if I could just recline on the couch and fall asleep.

Re: Thirteen Months of Working, Eating, and Sleeping at the Googleplex

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Post by cfallin »

saalweachter wrote: post #41
civilian wrote: post #29

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Yeah, I'm with you. I have a guitar! I have books! I have a large bed and a variety of clothes. I need some place to store my skis and my running shoes. I enjoy cooking. I don't see myself as materialistic, just as a passionate hobbyist/human.

Tools , man. Where do you keep your table saw when you're living in a van?

You joke a bit but this is one of the biggest things I miss now (in a small apartment in the middle of a city). Growing up in suburbia with a well-stocked garage for tinkering was a wonderful experience. Yeah, hackerspaces; not quite the same though...

Re: Thirteen Months of Working, Eating, and Sleeping at the Googleplex

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Post by mark_l_watson »

I thought that the article would be about people who camped out inside the buildings. When I worked at Google I got to work around 6am each day and by after lunch I might get tired so I would at least once a week find somewhere quiet for a nap. Easy to do.

I could imagine someone single simply living inside for short periods of time, if necessary.

I wanted my wife to be comfortable so I spent a fortune out of pocket on a four room Marriot appartment/suite place. But, it was fairly close to work and my wife loved it.

Re: Thirteen Months of Working, Eating, and Sleeping at the Googleplex

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Post by beambot »

saalweachter wrote: post #41
civilian wrote: post #29

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Yeah, I'm with you. I have a guitar! I have books! I have a large bed and a variety of clothes. I need some place to store my skis and my running shoes. I enjoy cooking. I don't see myself as materialistic, just as a passionate hobbyist/human.

Tools , man. Where do you keep your table saw when you're living in a van?

Google has some pretty insane machine shops and labs (electrical, bio, & chemistry)... They blow my home lab out of the water -- and I've probably spent upwards of $30k on my home EE lab.

Re: Thirteen Months of Working, Eating, and Sleeping at the Googleplex

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Post by nosuchthing »

catbird wrote: post #37
nosuchthing wrote: post #33

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Imagine an affordable mobile home for college students, or developing nations, or even just Americans who are priced out of the area where they work.. http://www.designboom.com/design/cornelius-comanns-bufalino/

That's so strange. If you're going to park your tiny home somewhere, why not make it the size of a regular car, like the VW Westfalia camper van? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Westfalia_Campers

Westfalias retail for upwards of ~$50,000, with 1980's models still fetching upwards of $15,000...

If the Elio [1] can retail for $6,800 new, it's not a stretch to imagine a modern minimal camper-motorcycle/tuktuk/scooter for under ~$20,000... models for countries with less regulatory requirements like India or Asia regions might have much less expensive versions.

[1] http://eliomotors.com/

Re: Thirteen Months of Working, Eating, and Sleeping at the Googleplex

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Post by bobbles »

cfallin wrote: post #45
saalweachter wrote: post #41

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Tools , man. Where do you keep your table saw when you're living in a van?

You joke a bit but this is one of the biggest things I miss now (in a small apartment in the middle of a city). Growing up in suburbia with a well-stocked garage for tinkering was a wonderful experience. Yeah, hackerspaces; not quite the same though...

I'm sure it wont be long until hackerspaces become competitive enough to introduce 'hobby' workshop rooms etc for people to spend more time there...

Hell maybe apartment buildings should accommodate things like this instead of just having a gym/pool included

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