Working at Google sounds like a Fun time, where you can
explore your inner child--and learn how to make money on
ads. I know all the Google employees are geniuses, but
a genius without the right guidance(Scientitists--who could
care less about advertising, just the scientific method) might end up just doing what Google rewards them for--making
money. I applaud Google for letting us use their API's, but
I feel restrictions are coming, along with fees. I'm not
a huge fan of google for one reason; they ruined my Privacy. By the way, you can get off Google street view by
telling them you have security concerns--at least for now. The minute DuckDuckGo gets a little better--bye to my back
stabbing friend--Google. And yes those Google glasses will
make some people angry(in kid's speak--you just might get
a drink thrown at you, and no--even if they start to make
them look like EMO Glasses, some people don't like their
picture taken without their permission.)
Why Google Doesn’t Have a Research Lab
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#12There is one, it is right above Blaze cafe (1225 Charleston Rd). There's a huge sign by the visitor's area: "Google Research & Development".
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#13Working at Google sounds like a Fun time, where you can explore your inner child--and learn how to make money on ads. I know all the Google employees are geniuses, but a genius without the right guidance(Scientitists--who could care less about advertising, just the scientific method) might end up just doing what Google rewards them for--making money. I applaud Google for letting us use their API's, but I feel restric…
Sadly the days of asking for permission are long gone. Every day we're recorded on dozens of CCTV camera, car dash-cams (and similar worn by bikers / cyclists), traffic cams, police severance cameras (in larger urban towns / cities) and so on. You can't walk into a single shop nor office without being recorded. you can't even talk a walk outside, nor a drive, without the chance of being recorded.
I'm not saying it's right, but that is how it is these days.
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#16Google doesn't need a designated "lab space" because Google is a laboratory. It might be different if Google were a chemical engineering company, but it's not. It's a software engineering company. Anywhere they've got computer scientists, whiteboards and computers is a lab. And that's basically every building at Google.
You can not say that is always true. Microsoft is a software engineering company as well, but they do have a dedicated R&D team and offices.
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#17Google doesn't need a designated "lab space" because Google is a laboratory. It might be different if Google were a chemical engineering company, but it's not. It's a software engineering company. Anywhere they've got computer scientists, whiteboards and computers is a lab. And that's basically every building at Google.
You can not say that is always true. Microsoft is a software engineering company as well, but they do have a dedicated R&D team and offices.
Just because MS has a separated division doesn't mean Google has to follow. A lot of the google come out as both product and paper. That's already a research lab. Why do we bother to discuss this in the first place? I really don't see any difference in having a dedicated research lab and a place where research and products are mixed together, true a lot of employees at google don't publish papers and they do boring works like fixing bugs.
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#18Off topic: Can anyone list ongoing software based research projects, that are critically interesting, preferably in the sphere of compiler design, low level system software or high performance computing?
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#19Off topic: Can anyone list ongoing software based research projects, that are critically interesting, preferably in the sphere of compiler design, low level system software or high performance computing?
Off topic: Rust from Mozilla is provably the first thing I think of outside of Google that matches the compiler part.
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#20Working at Google sounds like a Fun time, where you can explore your inner child--and learn how to make money on ads. I know all the Google employees are geniuses, but a genius without the right guidance(Scientitists--who could care less about advertising, just the scientific method) might end up just doing what Google rewards them for--making money. I applaud Google for letting us use their API's, but I feel restric…
Sadly the days of asking for permission are long gone. Every day we're recorded on dozens of CCTV camera, car dash-cams (and similar worn by bikers / cyclists), traffic cams, police severance cameras (in larger urban towns / cities) and so on. You can't walk into a single shop nor office without being recorded. you can't even talk a walk outside, nor a drive, without the chance of being recorded. I'm not saying it's…
You can blur your face with LEDS if cameras are your major concern. Someone should make some stylish hats.