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filkertom ([personal profile] filkertom) wrote2006-07-11 04:02 am

Boy, The Universe Wants Me Back In The Job Market

Okay, SE Michigan techies, it's about to get reeeeeal interesting.

Google is bringing 1,000 jobs to Ann Arbor.

[identity profile] thingunderthest.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm, short commute and you could do google jingles as well.

Don't be evil,
be Peter Lore

[identity profile] drzarron.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm... It might be worth the commute to work for Google.

[identity profile] kender42.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Applied!

Tom, you want a roomie? :)

[identity profile] rook543.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Right now it appears all the jobs are for ad sales...

Becaus eif Google needs ANYTHING it more ads and sponsors!!! Maybe we can swing a deal with China...we won't bitch about them cesoring google in their country, if they will force them to censor out the ads and sponsors in ours...

[identity profile] filkertom.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
The entire center is gonna be for AdWords, apparently. On the other hand, average starting pay is about $47K.

[identity profile] giza.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Hopefully Google is hiring CUSTOMER SERVICE positions for AdWords. Gee, that'd be nice.

Cringly has some lovely things to say about their customer service, or the lack thereof: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060601.html

[identity profile] selenesue.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know if there's a cooler company in America than Google"

and I don't know if there's a cooler guy to work for them than Tom! Well, the pay could be better but on the other hand, I'm not sure how well the full-time musician thing is keeping you afloat. Just being meddlesome here, ignore me if you want.

[identity profile] unclelumpy.livejournal.com 2006-07-11 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude, Google refused to turn their records over to BushCo when all the "cool" companies were doing it!

You practically OWE them!

[identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com 2006-07-12 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I suppose it wouldn't hurt you to have a steady income...

[identity profile] figmo.livejournal.com 2006-07-13 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
The trick to Google is getting in, which is easier said than done.