Comparison of Working at the 3 Big Search Giants 179
castironwok writes "Finally, everything you've ever wanted to know about being an employee at Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. Tastyresearch describes his (or her) past few years interning and working at the three companies. Things I didn't know from before: Bill Gates wears old shoes, Google's internal security watches you like a hawk, the office styles of each company, and how to fill your suitcase with Google T-shirts. He calls the few select companies the 'prestigious internship circle', noting 'once you have worked at one, it's a lot easier to get into another'."
big three? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:big three? (Score:5, Funny)
Lincoln 6 Echo and Jordan 2 Delta in the movie "The Island". Oh, you meant REAL people? Sorry...
Re:big three? (Score:2, Funny)
I've worked at all three... here's my take (Score:5, Funny)
When I worked a Microsoft, I had to wear a suit, but the suit was in camoflage colours. My supervisor (I never did find out his name, I only knew him as "XZ95") was in charge of BTLIME.DLL, the subroutine that made sure that the system clock didn't accidentally exceed the number "6"...a big responsibility.
Finally, I got a job at Google... I don't know how it's going because I've spent all my time trying to win the "special day" competition to remake the "Google" web page logo on those "special days"
Thanks for listening
Re:Maybe a tamed, blind hawk? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Interesting random fact (Score:4, Funny)
Pretty good actually (Score:5, Funny)
When I worked in the military everyone was supposed to have badge-on-display and everybody was supposed to look at badges all the time. The top security guy rigged a test: He had an arbitrary soldier replace his picture with one of a baboon. He walked past security points at least 6 times a day and was only discovered after 6 months when he dropped his card and people had a really close look at it.
Re:big three? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:big three? (Score:5, Funny)
This is exactly like sitting in a Yugo as it is dropped straight down into a Mustang convertable, and then busting out the windshield of the Yugo so you can shift.
Re:big three? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Pretty good actually (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Pretty good actually (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Pretty good actually (Score:3, Funny)
Feh, that's nothing. I made a counterfeit badge for myself, changing the 'Mitel Networks' (i.e. my employer's) logo to 'Myhell Networks'. Not only did I never get caught, but I never even got disciplined for having the same image flapping merrily in the OpenGL breeze as my screen-saver.
Did I mention that my unit had absolutely fantastic management? They invested trust in us, and relied on everyone to be creative, to challenge assumptions and to work hard. We were glad to do all that, and more. There's a moral in there somewhere....