Google Opens Block-Long Office in N.Y.

Mon Oct 2, 2006 5:03 PM EDT

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Deepti Hajela, Associated Press Writer

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bobocopy

Google: "Let's take the most exciting part of the most exciting city in the world, and build an office for the best place to work in the world."

As a software engineer, I can tell you that Google is the Holy Grail of jobs. This office really just sweetens the deal. I'm salivating while I wonder, "How could I pad my resume?"

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#1 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 8:37 PM EDT

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Sean Balsiger

I wish I had the skills to work at Google.

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4 votes

#2 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 9:57 PM EDT

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Robbie Lawrence

Given the opportunity, I'd shine their shoes just to get into one of those buildings.

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3 votes

#3 - Mon Oct 2, 2006 11:24 PM EDT

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Ryan Joseph

I have wished I could land a job at Google for a long time. But I don't have an engineering or computer science degree. :-( But yeah, I'd give up a lot to work inside one of their offices...

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3 votes

#4 - Tue Oct 3, 2006 8:39 AM EDT

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melsb

Google. What a beautiful thing! How does one capture the opportunity?

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2 votes

#5 - Tue Oct 3, 2006 11:10 AM EDT

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Deter P

All the free lunches they tout are really just chunks of cheese they've been strip mining from the moon (see moon.google.com). Perhaps in order to make room for their lunar offices. At which time, we might see them change their motto to organizing the universes information.

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1 vote

#6 - Tue Oct 3, 2006 7:18 PM EDT

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Peter-Newpiper

bobocopy: As a software engineer, I can tell you that Google is the Holy Grail of jobs.

Be careful what you wish for. A friend of mine, the best coder I've ever met - so good that he could work anywhere he liked and name his price - applied for a job at google recently. He went through the whole interview thing, flights to the USA for face-to-face meetings, the whole bit. He just resigned two weeks ago after less than three months in the job. Google is not the holy grail of jobs, not at all. Two sets of rules apparently - the PhDs are treated like gods, and the rest are treated like dirt. Lousy pay, lousy conditions. Not a very nice place to work, and certainly not somewhere that anyone who is really good at what they do needs to work.

I can't say that I'm surprised. A company this big must have a dirty underbelly. Remember: not so long ago, Microsoft was the holy grail of jobs, and hasn't that changed!

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1 vote

#7 - Tue Oct 3, 2006 9:28 PM EDT

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Brian White

Not really, in my opinion.

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#7.1 - Wed Oct 4, 2006 12:51 PM EDT

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Brian White

I say we coordinate a flash mob of people to surround the building and all start bowing down in worship and chanting Google.

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1 vote

#8 - Wed Oct 4, 2006 12:49 PM EDT

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Ryan Joseph

That would be hilarious! Call the news stations beforehand to get some cameras there...that would be so much fun!

(except for the fact that most of us would probably be serious...)

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1 vote

#8.1 - Wed Oct 4, 2006 1:11 PM EDT

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