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I always wonder as an engineer myself what kind of project these guys in overseas Google offices do; how do Google keep them happy? Is it just the fact that it
by okeumeni 18y ago
I always wonder as an engineer myself what kind of project these guys in overseas Google offices do; how do Google keep them happy? Is it just the fact that it is Google? That won’t be enough for me.
In my 12 years career so far I have always worked in startup or small companies where I have actual work to do. I have been to interview with big companies, they could not tell me what would the job bring me in terms of real work; I had always turned down offers from Google like folks.
- lacker 18y agoWell there is certainly "actual work" done in overseas Google offices... ;-) Sometimes many groups from different places work together on a larger project. E.g. there are teams working on "search engine algorithms" in many different countries. Or sometimes you have a smaller project that is just handled in one office. Like the javascript engine for Chrome was done out of Denmark I believe. I'm not sure about other big companies but Google at least doesn't interview on a group-by-group basis. So during the interview itself, they wouldn't know yet what group you would be working in. That discussion comes later.
- madmanslitany 18y agoI've always thought that that was pretty cool--helps keep organization standards high overall and prevents poor managers from building their own little kingdoms. Even if a group ends up with a new hire who lacks some domain knowledge, I'd bet that as long as they're generally smart, which the hiring process should guarantee to some extent, they'll adapt quickly.