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Geek Culture / Google HQ

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Michael P
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Posted: 17th Apr 2008 20:47
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Wow, I sure do want to work for google :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7292600.stm
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monotonic
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Posted: 17th Apr 2008 20:57
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Holy crap! That is freakin awesome. How cool would it be working there.

Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.
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Luciferia
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Posted: 17th Apr 2008 21:09
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Why God? Why did you not grant me the super coding powers to be able to work for Google? Why? (*breaks off in to quiet sobs)
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Dr Manette
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Posted: 17th Apr 2008 22:20
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What they didn't show you was their massive torture chambers and secret police patrolling the halls.

But in all seriousness, that's an amazing workplace. Too bad too much business is rigid and strict.

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Dazzag
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Posted: 17th Apr 2008 23:36
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Look up the main Xbox place. Saw a documentary a while back, and it was pretty sweet.

Cheers

I am 99% probably lying in bed right now... so don't blame me for crappy typing
Current fave quote : "She was like a candle in the wind.... unreliable...."
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Seppuku Arts
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Location: Cambridgeshire, England
Posted: 18th Apr 2008 00:46
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Tut, yeah, just Google to come up with a gimmick for people to work for them. Though if that's where people work (and not some TV show to demonstrate what they show the tourists) I'd say it's pretty cool - sometimes a relaxed environment is a productive and creative environment.

Now if every office/lunch area was like that.

"Experience never provides its judgments with true or strict universality; but only (through induction) with assumed and comparative universality." - Immanuel Kant
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Gil Galvanti
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Location: Texas, United States
Posted: 18th Apr 2008 01:44
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Google pwns. It's always #1 on the best places to work. I'll definitely be using them as a model if I ever create my own company .


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Phaelax
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Location: Metropia
Posted: 19th Apr 2008 01:50
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Those are the happiest employees in the world. I'd take a pay cut to work there!

A few years ago, I did a report on working for google for a school assignment. I read a lot about the place, how to get a job there, and what the environment is like, but there was no actual footage then. I'll point out that Google gives employees 20% of the work time to do whatever personal interests/projects they have. So you technically only work for google 4 days a week with the 5th day your personal hobby day.


Ooo, they have slides!


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Jrock
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Posted: 19th Apr 2008 04:00
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Wow, I'd love to work there. It looks like some sort of programmer's heaven...

(Begins persuing career with Google)


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