Comments | triple_entendre: Will work for Google?

triple_entendre

Will work for Google?

Mar 01, 2007 02:30

OK, so a recent task list from my employer included this item:

* apply for a job at Google

They're quite serious.

goals, jobs, google, work, interests

Comments 10

aaangyl March 1 2007, 08:56:48 UTC

I know many googleites, I can get you a referral to a recruiter if you make the EDU cut. LMK.

triple_entendre March 1 2007, 11:48:28 UTC

Thanks! A few of them read this LJ; they pop up now and then when I say something Googlish. (I love the Internets.)

EDU cut? Hmmm... There's no 'Education' section in my resume, and I intend to keep it that way. If that stops them wanting to talk to me, well, I certainly understand. (Thus have I broken the hearts of many a recruiter in my time.)

They are welcome to wait and buy out my startup company later. (I expect that'll cost a bit more, though, n'est ces pas un peep?) ;)

aaangyl March 2 2007, 03:50:46 UTC

Yeah, there's a formula with the tier of school you get your degree from and GPA and if you're under that I'm told you're wasting your time applying at all. They actually require transcripts. Not having the degree, I don't even bother thinking about Google and, honestly, based on that, I'm pretty sure I'd never work there once I've gotten my degree no matter what they offered me.

triple_entendre March 2 2007, 04:07:41 UTC

Interesting. They'll be missing some phenotypes entirely. Maybe my instinct is correct -- they can just acquire those on the open market. I could see that keeping the hiring process more manageable... and I'll even concede that could actually work out well. But as a strategy, I doubt it's any less of a gamble.

whos_your_venus March 1 2007, 13:43:16 UTC

we have a friend in SF who now works for google...he raves about the company.

is google going to Austin? i know part of it is coming up here to Ann Arbor (lovingly known as A2 in my posts)

triple_entendre March 2 2007, 04:09:49 UTC

I dunno, but I expect I'd be relocating if I took a Google job.

triple_entendre March 2 2007, 04:10:32 UTC

I like Ann Arbor. I've been up there for NASCO conferences many times.

edgeofthewoods March 1 2007, 14:00:41 UTC

Go for it!!!

aethyrflux March 1 2007, 18:14:42 UTC

i'm sure you have seen this, but just in case:
http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/31/technology/BurningManTalent_futureboy.biz2/index.htm

marconiplein March 2 2007, 01:12:30 UTC

I had dinner with some Google-ites about a month ago. They seemed SOLD on the culture and the brand.

This, of course, makes me suspicious!

But seriously, they seem like a good place to work for. Just don't drink the koolaid, as they say. (Yes! They really say it!)