Wish me luck...

[Pete L.]

Not sure if Daniel has spilled the beans, but I'm out in California right now because I'm interviewing for a software engineering job at Google today. I know not everyone is a fan, but hey, there are certainly more evil companies out there (like AT&T). As most folks probably know, Google doesn't hire just anyone, so I'm trying to keep my expectations realistic. But they did fly me out here. I'm having a great time. I visited my brother's workplace yesterday at Zazzle. It's about 100% different from my current employer. Silicon Valley is like nerd heaven. 

I'll report on what I can on Tuesday (Kate's new job means I get to come on Tuesday nights again!!).

-Pete

[George Fetters]

You know you will have to give up your iphone if you go to work for google.

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[Pete L.]

NEVER!

Actually, one of the teams I'm interviewing with today is the Android team. I think if I get hired by them I probably will have to make the switch.

-Pete

[Ryan/baslisks]

Don't they do app development for the iphone too? I mean it is a valid platform.

[Pete L.]

They do. I'm pretty sure they won't require me to get rid of my iPhone if I join up. But I'll probably end up with a free Android phone at some point and I might have to make a choice there. I'm not opposed to Android phones or anything. I'm just an Apple fanboy.

-Pete

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Ryan/baslisks <basl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Don't they do app development for the iphone too? I mean it is a valid platform.

[Keith Rogers]

Pete - Awesome, good luck!  -Keith

-Pete

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[John Reskusich]

I wish you luck. I have no doubt that if they don't get you, they
made a mistake.

[GeekTinker]

Good Luck Pete!  I think you make a great fit for Google!  I'm sure they will realize that as well and make you an offer.

Way to go after your dreams.

[Deech]

GOOD LUCK. 

Be sure to casually mention this: http://memegenerator.net/instance/27525029

-Deech

[Xsfx2000]

Done. However, I don't think you need luck- you're set!

[Pete L.]

Oh, don't worry Deech, most of my interviewers probably left thinking I was totally obsessed with bragging about the proxy server I built that one time. 

Things went pretty well. As I mentioned, I signed an NDA so I can't go into specifics, but I'll report more on my general experience Tuesday.

-Pete

[Deech]

Awesome. If I were you, I'd just print out all the articles from Wired and Make, etc, and just staple them to the back of your resume. 

I actually had a similar experience in a recent interview. I'll tell you on Tues.

-Deech

[|RyanW|]

Good luck Pete!

[Scott A. Kampas]

An interesting look into the workings of Google:
https://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/research.google.com/en/us/pubs/archive/38331.pdf

[John Reskusich]

Looks like something to spend some time on and work through..

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An interesting look into the workings of Google: https://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/research.google.com/en/us/pubs/archive/38331.pdf

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[Peter Lamonica]

Very cool. Might have been useful to read _before_ my interviews. ;-)

-Pete

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> An interesting look into the workings of Google: https://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/research.google.com/en/us/pubs/archive/38331.pdf
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[GeekTinker]

Pete,

This may have helped, too: http://www.amazon.com/Are-Smart-Enough-Work-Google/dp/0316099988/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1349202665&sr=8-3&keywords=job+google

;)

[Pete L.]

Probably not... I'm pretty sure I'm not smart enough. I also do my best to not meta-interview quite so much as that.

-Pete

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