the google story is, as its name says, about the story of google. it tells the whole story from how sergey brin and larry page started it all with the idea of downloading the whole internet to their computers (time estimate: 1 week) up until pretty much today.
the book is very interesting and gives a good insight into how it works, how they think and act. naturally, it's putting google into a very good light, even though it deals some with some of the negative publicity it has gotten during its brief climb up the corporate ladder.
google seems to be a very creative company who claims they don't do or develop their products to make money, but rather because they're necessary tools, and *then* they try to make money out of it, if possible. all employees get one day a week (or if they want to gather it up) to spend on a personal project they want to work on, which potentially can turn into a google product or not. that seems really cool. and free meals doesn't seem too bad either...
would I want to work there in the future? why not? but I will probably need a few more years of working experience first. and I'm not sure how much there is here in sweden... their headquarters, the googleplex, seems like the dream working place with swimming pool, beachvolleyball court, etc etc. who knows? maybe one day?
either way, the book is a really interesting read. and don't be evil is of course google's motto.
the book is very interesting and gives a good insight into how it works, how they think and act. naturally, it's putting google into a very good light, even though it deals some with some of the negative publicity it has gotten during its brief climb up the corporate ladder.
google seems to be a very creative company who claims they don't do or develop their products to make money, but rather because they're necessary tools, and *then* they try to make money out of it, if possible. all employees get one day a week (or if they want to gather it up) to spend on a personal project they want to work on, which potentially can turn into a google product or not. that seems really cool. and free meals doesn't seem too bad either...
would I want to work there in the future? why not? but I will probably need a few more years of working experience first. and I'm not sure how much there is here in sweden... their headquarters, the googleplex, seems like the dream working place with swimming pool, beachvolleyball court, etc etc. who knows? maybe one day?
either way, the book is a really interesting read. and don't be evil is of course google's motto.
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