Oh man... if you hate that arrogant attitude and false hubris, you're going to positively "love"... [that other place you were going to interview at].
The best part about it there is that it's sorta under the surface... so it'll be interesting to see if you notice it upon interviewing there.
As... someone who joined very recently, upon we were talking about why they were doing something that was entirely stupid and a waste of time, said: "[that other place you were going to interview at]: because we're all geniuses here!"
Not bitter, though!johnreenDecember 2 2005, 19:35:55 UTC
MOST PEOPLE WOULD MOVE ACROSS THE WORLD TO WORK FOR [that other place you were going to interview at] BECAUSE THEY'RE SO WONDERFUL TO WORK FOR AND THEY'RE ALL SO SMART!
So I was just reading an article in forbes today about google and their interviewing process, it sounded lame and rather childish. And the article about them definately reeked of 'eau de Netscape' or perhaps the tolitte water version of it. Those wings melt baby! There must be somewhere nicer you'd like to work don't you think?
(by the way you aren't suggesting *we* aren't geniuses though are you?)
I've had a couple more days to think about it, and essentially I screwed up the interview 6 ways from Sunday. I shoulda had it, but like I said, it's better that I didn't.
I'm not saying that we weren't geniuses. What I'm saying is that the feeling of invulnerability and "we're so cool we have to pinch ourselves every morning" is a very dangerous place to be. Maybe they can keep it up. But I doubt it.
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The best part about it there is that it's sorta under the surface... so it'll be interesting to see if you notice it upon interviewing there.
As... someone who joined very recently, upon we were talking about why they were doing something that was entirely stupid and a waste of time, said: "[that other place you were going to interview at]: because we're all geniuses here!"
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Err... *cough*... sorry about that.
Probably a good decision in the end.
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Those wings melt baby! There must be somewhere nicer you'd like to work don't you think?
(by the way you aren't suggesting *we* aren't geniuses though are you?)
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I'm not saying that we weren't geniuses. What I'm saying is that the feeling of invulnerability and "we're so cool we have to pinch ourselves every morning" is a very dangerous place to be. Maybe they can keep it up. But I doubt it.
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those wax wings melt eventually... and I don't think that kind of environment is sustainable for anyone, a recipe for burnout at best.
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I cited your experience in their comments section (with no particular attribution).
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