Introduction: Today we’re launching Young Innovators @ Google, a new blog series highlighting the great work of Googlers who, not too long ago, were students like you. In their short careers, these engineers and product managers have had an impact on Google and our products. For our first post, we sat down for a few questions with Jeff Chang, a Product Manager for Google Chrome. When did you first join Google, and why were you interested in being a product manager? Jeff Chang: My first position at Google was as an Associate Product Manager (APM) intern in the summer of 2007. At the time, I was studying computer science at MIT, with a minor in management. Though I had done a number of software engineering internships in previous years, I had the opportunity to take on a more product-management-like role at Akamai , an Internet content delivery company, during my junior year. I was immediately drawn to the idea of being involved in the entire product development life-cycle from design to launch, envisioning the “big picture” and working alongside various roles outside of pure engineering.Google Profiles . After the internship, I knew that product management was a good fit for me, and I joined Google full-time in the fall of 2008 after graduating with my bachelor’s degree.What was your first project at Google, and what impact did it have? Google Apps . This infrastructure work familiarized me with the various technologies and dependencies within the organization. Within a couple months, I had joined the Google Groups team, which consisted of only a few engineers and no product manager at the time. The Groups team was working hard to replace the internal mailing list system used within Google, but there weren’t really any concrete plans for developing it further after that.launched Google Groups as an enterprise product, and it’s used by millions of people today. Even though the team itself was quite small, we had plenty of computing infrastructure available to support our launch, as well as dozens of companies willing to beta test the product.How has your role evolved since then? Google Chrome team as part of the APM program rotation. At first, I focused on the technologies and APIs that make advanced web apps possible; now, I oversee all user interface features, Flash and PDF plugins, and privacy in Chrome. I also manage the feature set that goes into every Chrome release, and am coordinating the Chrome team’s presence at the Google I/O developer conference this year.Overall, how do you feel about your last few years here at Google, and what do you see yourself doing next? Any fun Google stories to share? Tsukiji fish market with my fellow APMs during our multi-city international trip in the summer of 2009. After dragging our bleary-eyed selves to the market and watching the raucous auction, we stepped into a nearby restaurant to feast on some of the fresh fish. It was without a doubt the best sushi I’ve ever had, anywhere. I remember, at one point, realizing we had missed the rendezvous time that Marissa had pre-arranged for the group -- only to look across at the other table and see she was still eating as well. So we just ordered more sushi.
7 comments :
google is just awesome, I hope that one day I'll be an employee at mountain view :)
Im having an interview with google today and i hope this will be the path for me too, to generate huge impact inside this awsome organization that supports young entrepreneurs...
Whish me Luck! :)
good luck!
go jeff!
How is it better to develope to attract Google as the employer?
The best way to attract a Google's attention is do do something out of your own initiative. Basically that is what you will be doing at Google anyways, so in turn that is what they are looking for as part of "fit".
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