10 Reasons To Work For Google

[beer]

Originally posted by: fs5
2 reasons not to work there:
1) pay will be no where near industry average for a standard job (entry level to senior level) because of their 'perks' and they're past IPO now.

I work in sunnyvale for a silicon company. The rumor mill/friends obviously exist and of course, google is so massive that it's hard to not know anyone who doesn't work at google.

#1 above is NOT true whatsoever at Google, from the small handful of people I know that work there.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: Kesmai
It's not a myth, Google confirmed it in their own recruitment video.

They can say it all they want, but it's simply not true.

When you have projects waiting to be finished, you're not going to find 20% of your time to goof off. Simple fact of most companies.

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: fs5
2 reasons not to work there:
1) pay will be no where near industry average for a standard job (entry level to senior level) because of their 'perks' and they're past IPO now.

I work in sunnyvale for a silicon company. The rumor mill/friends obviously exist and of course, google is so massive that it's hard to not know anyone who doesn't work at google.

#1 above is NOT true whatsoever at Google, from the small handful of people I know that work there.

I too work in San Jose for a major internet/silicon valley company. Google pays non technical people (business/marketing, etc) out of school 40k a year... about 12 k under the average for the SJ Area...

Official and confirmed

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: fs5
2 reasons not to work there:
1) pay will be no where near industry average for a standard job (entry level to senior level) because of their 'perks' and they're past IPO now.

I work in sunnyvale for a silicon company. The rumor mill/friends obviously exist and of course, google is so massive that it's hard to not know anyone who doesn't work at google.

#1 above is NOT true whatsoever at Google, from the small handful of people I know that work there.

I too work in San Jose for a major internet/silicon valley company. They pay non technical people (business/marketing, etc) out of school 40k a year... about 12 k under the average for the SJ Area...

Official and confirmed

I'm talking engineering jobs.

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: fs5
2 reasons not to work there:
1) pay will be no where near industry average for a standard job (entry level to senior level) because of their 'perks' and they're past IPO now.

I work in sunnyvale for a silicon company. The rumor mill/friends obviously exist and of course, google is so massive that it's hard to not know anyone who doesn't work at google.

#1 above is NOT true whatsoever at Google, from the small handful of people I know that work there.

I too work in San Jose for a major internet/silicon valley company. They pay non technical people (business/marketing, etc) out of school 40k a year... about 12 k under the average for the SJ Area...

Official and confirmed

I'm talking engineering jobs.

Fair enough, but you did say "whatsoever"

The Developers i know at Google put in some insane hours (60-70/week) and are on call via pagers tho...

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: Kesmai
uhh.. never went to an ivy league school so i'm going to need you to elaborate =p

then they wouldn't hire you, so don't worry.

Actually I go to U of M and they do a fair bit of recruiting here. I'm not a CS major so I don't really care, but it's not true that they only recruit at the Ivy Leagues, which IIRC don't even have that good of CS programs to begin with.

My aunt just told me they were setting up shop in Ann Arbor. That's pretty cool, and a good thing for Michigan (the whole state in general). IIRC, UoM is supposed to have a pretty good CS program.

Too bad Detroit is still too much of a black-eye to make anywhere in Southeast and South-central Michigan worth living there.

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: fs5
2 reasons not to work there:
1) pay will be no where near industry average for a standard job (entry level to senior level) because of their 'perks' and they're past IPO now.

I work in sunnyvale for a silicon company. The rumor mill/friends obviously exist and of course, google is so massive that it's hard to not know anyone who doesn't work at google.

#1 above is NOT true whatsoever at Google, from the small handful of people I know that work there.

I too work in San Jose for a major internet/silicon valley company. They pay non technical people (business/marketing, etc) out of school 40k a year... about 12 k under the average for the SJ Area...

Official and confirmed

I'm talking engineering jobs.

Fair enough, but you did say "whatsoever"

The Developers i know at Google put in some insane hours (60-70/week) and are on call via pagers tho...

Well, that's the same as most other tech companies. I'm pulling weeeks that last about 55 hours, and I live in the City, so between my commute and my job I spend aout 13 hours a day at work, or getting to/from work and i've been out here for on the order of 'weeks' at this point

 

[RichieZ]

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: fs5
2 reasons not to work there:
1) pay will be no where near industry average for a standard job (entry level to senior level) because of their 'perks' and they're past IPO now.

I work in sunnyvale for a silicon company. The rumor mill/friends obviously exist and of course, google is so massive that it's hard to not know anyone who doesn't work at google.

#1 above is NOT true whatsoever at Google, from the small handful of people I know that work there.

I too work in San Jose for a major internet/silicon valley company. They pay non technical people (business/marketing, etc) out of school 40k a year... about 12 k under the average for the SJ Area...

Official and confirmed

I'm talking engineering jobs.

Fair enough, but you did say "whatsoever"

The Developers i know at Google put in some insane hours (60-70/week) and are on call via pagers tho...

uh since when is 60-70 hours a week "insane" thats like defacto standard in a lot of jobs.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Google recruits heavily at my school, NC State, which has a well respected engineering (and CS) program. Hardly Ivy League, LOL

 

[umbrella39]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: Kesmai
uhh.. never went to an ivy league school so i'm going to need you to elaborate =p

then they wouldn't hire you, so don't worry.

Actually I go to U of M and they do a fair bit of recruiting here. I'm not a CS major so I don't really care, but it's not true that they only recruit at the Ivy Leagues, which IIRC don't even have that good of CS programs to begin with.

My aunt just told me they were setting up shop in Ann Arbor. That's pretty cool, and a good thing for Michigan (the whole state in general). IIRC, UoM is supposed to have a pretty good CS program.

Too bad Detroit is still too much of a black-eye to make anywhere in Southeast and South-central Michigan worth living there.

Yeah, so a city that does not even come close to bordering Detroit is not worth living in because of Detroit. Spoken like someone who has never visited Ann Arbor or any of its surrounding communities.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Kesmai
uhh.. never went to an ivy league school so i'm going to need you to elaborate =p

Me too.

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

Originally posted by: RichieZ

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: fs5
2 reasons not to work there:
1) pay will be no where near industry average for a standard job (entry level to senior level) because of their 'perks' and they're past IPO now.

I work in sunnyvale for a silicon company. The rumor mill/friends obviously exist and of course, google is so massive that it's hard to not know anyone who doesn't work at google.

#1 above is NOT true whatsoever at Google, from the small handful of people I know that work there.

I too work in San Jose for a major internet/silicon valley company. They pay non technical people (business/marketing, etc) out of school 40k a year... about 12 k under the average for the SJ Area...

Official and confirmed

I'm talking engineering jobs.

Fair enough, but you did say "whatsoever"

The Developers i know at Google put in some insane hours (60-70/week) and are on call via pagers tho...

uh since when is 60-70 hours a week "insane" thats like defacto standard in a lot of jobs.

That defacto sucks. Glad I'm a business person.

Cheers!

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Google recruits heavily at my school, NC State, which has a well respected engineering (and CS) program. Hardly Ivy League, LOL

They have to look for Administrative Assistants somewhere!

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: umbrella39

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: Kesmai
uhh.. never went to an ivy league school so i'm going to need you to elaborate =p

then they wouldn't hire you, so don't worry.

Actually I go to U of M and they do a fair bit of recruiting here. I'm not a CS major so I don't really care, but it's not true that they only recruit at the Ivy Leagues, which IIRC don't even have that good of CS programs to begin with.

My aunt just told me they were setting up shop in Ann Arbor. That's pretty cool, and a good thing for Michigan (the whole state in general). IIRC, UoM is supposed to have a pretty good CS program.

Too bad Detroit is still too much of a black-eye to make anywhere in Southeast and South-central Michigan worth living there.

Yeah, so a city that does not even come close to bordering Detroit is not worth living in because of Detroit. Spoken like someone who has never visited Ann Arbor or any of its surrounding communities.

Dude, you have to FLY into that sh!thole!

 

[Kesmai]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Google recruits heavily at my school, NC State, which has a well respected engineering (and CS) program. Hardly Ivy League, LOL

They have to look for Administrative Assistants somewhere!

LMAO. Janitors too! =]

 

[timosyy]

Google recruits from UIUC as well... which isn't Ivy League but its top 5 engineering.

/shrug