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Things I've learned at Google so far

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Re: Things I've learned at Google so far

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Post by wensing »

gritzko wrote: post #2

Blah-blah, Google is so cool, nothing worth reading, actually.

I have a place in my brain that keeps telling me that I could never get hired by Google (not-good-enough), but then the part of my brain that keeps me going replies: "On the Internet, no one knows you're not a Googler."

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Post by clistctrl »

hello_moto wrote: post #4
gritzko wrote: post #2

Blah-blah, Google is so cool, nothing worth reading, actually.

Agreed... it's like judging the whole book when in reality he just finished the "preface" part.

I've only met two googlers in real life. One past, one present. Both talk about google like its a great place, but both seem slightly spent/burnt from the place.

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Post by btilly »

gritzko wrote: post #2

Blah-blah, Google is so cool, nothing worth reading, actually.

Let's see.

I offered advice on gmail that solves complaints I have heard about it in the past from heavy email users. I described a scene of perpetual chaos that plenty of people would hate. And I gave the piece of information that Google is hiring.

Those are three pieces of information that I thought were worthwhile sharing which are definitely not simply "Google is cool".

Re: Things I've learned at Google so far

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Post by jodrellblank »

gritzko wrote: post #2

Blah-blah, Google is so cool, nothing worth reading, actually.

* Blah-blah, Google is so cool, nothing worth reading, actually.*

Bit like your comment. Hence the downvote.

It is interesting that someone from the outside has now joined Google and found a lot that they would like to say, but can't.

I've also seen anecdotal evidence that the 20% time is largely ignored and up to the employee to push for, but he comments that it's both used a lot and you are marked on it. I guess that varies with where in Google you work.

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Post by johnyzee »

I am blown away by some of the stuff Google puts out, I can only imagine what their internal technologies and tools must look like.

To me, that more than anything validates their approach to hiring, development and business strategy, of which I would otherwise be very sceptical.

I'd never get hired at Google, and rightly so; I look at some of their stuff and know that I could never do that. I used to think (not without some scornful resentment) that they were elitist snobs, but you just can't argue with their results.

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