Google Day 1
What a long day. Very tiring but very exciting! Got to campus around 8 and went through a ton of training presentations and HR hoops, the highlight of which was a short (and humorous!) speech by this guy welcoming us to Google. Finished all the presentations around 5, and I got to meet my manager (this guy) and my computer (named azaka <3 and decked out with a quad core and 30” monitor). Both he and the team seemed really energetic and happy to see me and I got my first assignment - yay. Doesn’t seem like I’ll have much time to get on it this week though - my calendar is full of workshops and training sessions ><”
Quick Thoughts:
- I don’t like my badge picture. I think I look confused. Which I was. (The lady took the picture 3..2..1……….*click* so the delay perplexed me)
- The food is every bit as amazing as everyone says
- Being surrounded by amazingly smart people makes me feel: excited! So much to learn! So many geeks to absorb brainpower from nehaha
- Being surrounded by amazingly smart people makes me feel: kinda lost. Gotta work harder omgomgomg
- Previous statement partially comes from sitting at the table with the MIT kids at lunch
- Every employee I met seemed really nice!
- And many seemed really laid back (Wii by the microkitchen anyone?)
- The 150 feet rule (Noone should be more than 150 feet away from food) seems to directly relate to the Google 15 (think college 15 but more delicious)
- Gonna try biking to work to prevent this ^
