And they kept hiring from there during the years right after the dotcom boom, already 3000 in 2004: https://www.globaldata.com/data-insights/technology--media-a

And they kept hiring from there during the years right after the dotcom boom, already 3000 in 2004: https://www.globaldata.com/data-insights/technology--media-and-telecom/googles-employee-headcount/#:~:text=Number%20of%20Google%20Employees%20(2004%20%2D%202021) https://www.globaldata.com/data-insights/technology--media-a...