I am now a Googler. It's been almost 10 years since I last started a new job, and it feels a little weird.During orientation, we were asked what terms we would use to describe Google. My choice: "colorful". More than just the choice of palette, everything (and everyone) at Google seems to have a bit of a whimsical bent. As a former co-worker once put it: "When you use a Google product, you feel like it's giving you a little hug."
I now understand that this "colorful" attitude has a practical benefit as well: it helps take my mind off the fact that I need to understand and master countless new tools and systems essential to my job, preferably by the end of the week...
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I might be skeptical if I think about google desktop search but for sure I am a google fan just because of their supportive attitude to open source.
wish you happy googling at google ;)
Congrats on your new job! Never heard of you till today because I never used AOL. Hope you have a lot of fun with your new co-workers, sounds like you will!
What's in the picture? The umbrellas look cool.
Justin, welcome! Great quote! :)
Anonymous, that's our main quad (at our headquarters in Mountain View)... where we typically eat our meals. The umbrellas go up for much of the year to offer shade.
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