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Diary of a Summer Intern - Pablo
July 30, 2012
Hello, hello (Hola!)
I’m not at a place called Vertigo but there is so much going on at Google that it is easy to feel dizzy.
This morning, my host (the manager at Google I’m working with) and I were counting the weeks that I have left before the end of my internship and we realized that in two weeks I’ll be done. What that means is that I’ve been at Google for nine weeks. Nine weeks that have passed by so fast that I feel like I won’t have enough time to finish all the things I need to finish and enjoy all the things that I wanted to enjoy at Google before the end of the internship. And I’ve enjoyed quite a few already.
From playing in one of the soccer leagues that are organized at Google (in a full-size natural grass field), to playing laser-tag, participating in a sushi contest, listening to very interesting and candid Googlers speak just to a small group of graduate interns (speakers included Bill Maris, Google Ventures Managing Partner, and Kristen Gil, VP of Business Operations), attending
Google I/O
(don’t miss the
Project Glass demo
!), listening to Larry and Sergey at
TGIF
... the list is neverending.
And I have many other things left for the last two weeks: a wine tasting trip, playing with fellow interns a bowling game in Google’s alley (yes, there is a bowling alley in Google’s HQ!), going to a Giants game this Saturday with other interns, meeting with even more Googlers to learn about what they do and how they contribute to improving the world through tech...
I don’t think I’m going to have time for everything. And that’s a great sign.
Sometimes it feels that Googlers get paid to have fun. And, although it’s not
exactly
like that, there’s a lot of truth in it. Googlers are brilliant people who work hard to have a big impact in the company and in society. And they are lucky to do it in a company that deeply cares about their people. Working hard on something you enjoy while being taken care of is the perfect mix. And Googlers have it. And Google is better off with happy brilliant Googlers. It’s clearly a win-win.
- Pablo
Fun Google Fact:
Google said in its S-1 form that it hoped to raise $2,718,281,828 in the IPO in August 2004. The number seems random but there are few things that are random at Google. 2,718,281,828 are the first 10 digits of the
e constant
. A bit geeky, I know. But we engineers like these things. Sorry about that! :)
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