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Ask HN: I was just acquired by Google. What should I expect?
The startup I work for (Apture) was just bought out by Google. On one hand, I'm excited. I have heard nothing but good things about how they treat their staff, especially engineers. On the other hand, there's no way to go from working for a company with 12 people to a company of 60,000 people and not be a bit overwhelmed.
Can someone hear give me an idea of what to expect? Are there any habits I may have to break? How does the Google Experience tend to be different for "acquired" engineers versus "hired" engineers?
- colladude 15y agohave you already seen the post by an operations developer at Zagat ... http://blog.falconindy.com/articles/google-bought-me-the-first-two-days.html http://blog.falconindy.com/articles/google-bought-me-the-fir... ?
- notphilatall 15y agoEmail me (address in profile), I joined Google in 2010 from Slide. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised :)
- rachelbythebay 15y agoUnless you are uniquely valuable, you will undoubtedly go through a standard hiring process. Expect to not be hired for your "own job" -- it's not yours any more, it's theirs. Seriously. For most people at an acquisition, this is the end of the road. They get a couple of weeks or months and then they're gone. Go look at what happened with Skud. She didn't fit their idea of an engineer, so she got a "fixed term", no bonus, and in July that was it. She was out. http://infotrope.net/2011/07/21/a-note-to-google-recruiters/ http://infotrope.net/2011/07/21/a-note-to-google-recruiters/ Also, look up what happened with AppJet/EtherPad and Wave. Some of it is right here on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2320172 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2320172
- dholowiski 15y agoAny idea what happens if you don't meet their requirements? (Eg, no university diploma) - can you get acquired but not hired?
- j_baker 15y agoI don't have a college degree and I was offered a job. Believe me, there's no chance in hell google would hire me if I put in a resume. Hell, even if they like my resume, they wouldn't have likes my crap interview performance. :-)