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Knowing all these things, do you want to work for Google? Do you work for Google? I would love to hear your stories.
but after spending a weekend there, I've changed my mind. I'd definitely work there for a period. There are so many intelligent people there that it'd be foolish to not go through the experience, given the option.
Edit for context: I live in the east in canada, so part of my awesome experience is definitely the environment, as well as the people.
If it wasn't for the stuff I'm doing right now, which I find extremely fun, I would apply.
My only concern would be the issue of being in a huge company where it might be hard to make an significant impact. But all the people I know who are at Google currently seem to work on very cool stuff.
Is this true?
Not sure if this is true, but I heard that Google takes ownership of any IT projects that you work on your spare time. If this is true, then I certainly wouldn't want to work for them. Is this true?
1) I'm not sure I could hack it there. While I consider myself to be a good coder (and people tell me so), I don't consider myself to be a top-notch guru ninja coder. I also don't have a CS degree, and I tend to get a little lost when people start getting into CS theory.
2) I have a (probably irrational) aversion to working at really big companies, I think probably due to my time dealing with insane bureaucracy in the Navy. If there was something at a relatively autonomous smaller group though, I would probably be down with that.
Not sure if this is true, but I heard that Google takes ownership of any IT projects that you work on your spare time. If this is true, then I certainly wouldn't want to work for them. Is this true?