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I guess I don't really know what "jumpstart" a career means. Does it just mean to start a career? If they are good programmers, sure, why not? It sounds like a
by rdouble 13y ago
I guess I don't really know what "jumpstart" a career means. Does it just mean to start a career? If they are good programmers, sure, why not? It sounds like a typical story, actually. Wasn't that Marissa Meyer's story? (except Google was the startup at the time)
- eli 13y agoI think you'd have to be a pretty exceptional candidate. Google reportedly [1] receives over a million resumes a years as of 2010. I'm guessing there are a pretty small number of positions open to people with minimal experience. [1] http://thenextweb.com/google/2010/09/14/one-half-of-one-percent-of-google-applicants-get-hired-heres-how-it-works/ http://thenextweb.com/google/2010/09/14/one-half-of-one-perc...
- rdouble 13y agoMost of those resumes are ridiculous and amount to little more than spam. The candidates from the pool of people Google actually wants to hire definitely have multiple offers.
- eli 13y agoSounds like a truism: it's easy to get a job at google... if you're the sort of person google wants to hire.