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Halfway through the two-year program, Mayer herself would lead the group on a summer trip to visit international Google outposts. (I accompanied the trip in 200

by swombat 14y ago

Halfway through the two-year program, Mayer herself would lead the group on a summer trip to visit international Google outposts. (I accompanied the trip in 2007; we went to Tokyo, Beijing, Bangalore, and Tel Aviv. This year, one of the cities included Jakarta.) It would be a bonding experience for each year’s group of APMs — bonding with each other and to Mayer. Why do I get the feeling that the author is referring to newly hatched Velociraptors rather than human beings? It's not like this "bonding" will mean they recognise Mayer as their den mother for life or something.

jlees 14y ago
What happens on the APM trip stays on the APM trip.
- gordonguthrie 14y ago
  You an APM now then Jenny? Is that what you are upto over in Googlererland?
  - jlees 14y ago
    Yeah--I just finished my 2 years as an APM and I'm now a product manager (same job but without the 'A'). Hope all is going well with you! Love the name change!
    - gordonguthrie 14y ago
      Come back and tell us about it sometime. Turing Festival is going great guns. http://www.turingfestival.com/ http://www.turingfestival.com/
      - jlees 14y ago
        Looks fantastic! I will have to make it next year :)
maxhe 14y ago
I'm a current APM and just went on the trip with Marissa in June. I didn't know her well before the trip. Older APMs spoke highly of her mentorship, but I was expecting her to be less involved with our class simply because she's been doing it for 10 years and things change. Google's a bigger company etc. But she took time to get to know us, share stories from the Early Days, give advice about the valley, sing karaoke — even with a baby on the way! She seemed genuinely invested in each of us, and it's hard not to reciprocate and respect her for that. I laughed when I read the article because "den mother" is not an unfair characterization :) But that said, most APMs from my year aren't ready to jump ship to Yahoo!, at least for now.

by swombat 14y ago

jlees 14y ago

What happens on the APM trip stays on the APM trip.

gordonguthrie 14y ago
You an APM now then Jenny? Is that what you are upto over in Googlererland?
- jlees 14y ago
  Yeah--I just finished my 2 years as an APM and I'm now a product manager (same job but without the 'A'). Hope all is going well with you! Love the name change!
  - gordonguthrie 14y ago
    Come back and tell us about it sometime. Turing Festival is going great guns. http://www.turingfestival.com/ http://www.turingfestival.com/
    - jlees 14y ago
      Looks fantastic! I will have to make it next year :)

maxhe 14y ago

I'm a current APM and just went on the trip with Marissa in June. I didn't know her well before the trip. Older APMs spoke highly of her mentorship, but I was expecting her to be less involved with our class simply because she's been doing it for 10 years and things change. Google's a bigger company etc. But she took time to get to know us, share stories from the Early Days, give advice about the valley, sing karaoke — even with a baby on the way! She seemed genuinely invested in each of us, and it's hard not to reciprocate and respect her for that. I laughed when I read the article because "den mother" is not an unfair characterization :) But that said, most APMs from my year aren't ready to jump ship to Yahoo!, at least for now.