Why I decided to work for Google
I had 4 very good job offers, from which I've finally this week chosen: Google.
Why Google? Not just the benefits, the technological problems, the research-friendly 20% rule, or the don't be evil philosophy. Ultimately what really tipped the scales for me is the application: Google's primary focus is spreading information, knowledge, and wisdom. Their mission is to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." In the academic world, Google scholar is another tool increasing the efficiency of scientific research. In the sociopolitical sphere, Google news helps people see an international perspective, bringing together and making accessible news sources from around the world. In the everyday world, people use Google all the time to learn about everything. And these services are, more or less, free to many people around the world. Perhaps it's glamorizing, but I feel working at Google is indirectly working for global education.
posted by E-Rock @ 6:36 PM
1 Comments:
I can think of a few answers. A philanthropic POV is: it's a great and useful service for people which aids in efficient communication and retrieval of knowledge. A profit POV is: when people read their mail, we could show them relevant advertisements. There's a research POV I have as well, but it's more speculative.
I think Google actually has a lot of "tangents" even more tangential than gmail (especially in Google labs, or in "20% rule" projects), and a lot of them are just cool things that do not yet necessarily fit in to a social-good or profit plan...
What did you come up with?
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