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Author: Technomage
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Subject: Re: Google Phoenix Update
I wish someone over there would hire me already!
I put in the resume and filled out all the other paperwork a long time ago...

ah well, time marches on.

On Tuesday 31 October 2006 10:12, Michael R. Crusoe wrote:
> Howdy all,
>
> I was catching up on my PLUG mail the other day and I realized that I
> haven't seen y'all in a while. Yep, working at Google has kept me
> pretty busy -- but I can't complain: this is an exciting place!
>
> I thought you all might want to hear an update on the goings here at
> the Google Phoenix office. We have fully moved into our spiffy new
> Tempe digs, co-located with ASU. As a former student and former
> employee of ASU living in Tempe, this makes my commute very
> convenient! I'm especially grateful that we got our showers installed
> -- that's one less excuse not to bike to work (my other reason to bike
> to work? Our self-powered commuter reward program that recognizes
> employees for walking, biking, running, or 'blading in to work with a
> $1,000 donation to a non-profit of their choice).
>
> You may have seen some press about our official grand opening. I'm so
> proud of this office! We've grown so much from our temporary space in
> Phoenix to our new spacious digs in Tempe. We recently had a open
> house for everyone else in our building: it was great to see the
> reactions to the transformation our architect and contractors made!
>
> The only problem with this office? It isn't full yet! To help do that
> we've posted a slew of job openings on our site:
> http://www.google.com/jobs/phx
>
> Here are some Linux-oriented highlights:
>
> Software Engineer
> Information / Network / Systems Security Engineer
> Unix System and Applications Administrator / Corporate Reliability Engineer
> Linux Systems Administrator
> Database Administrator
> Tech Writer
> IT Field Technician
>
> And for all you managerial types:
>
> Internal Systems Engineering Manager
> Technical Project Manager
>
> Feel free to mail me with your questions and I'll do my best to answer
> them. I'm also available to review your resume and to submit it to our
> recruiters.
>
> So what's next for us? Keep a lookout for Googlers around town: Tom
> Limoncelli (who co-wrote the bestselling book on system
> administration) and local telecom expert Stacy Bowdish (both Googlers)
> will be speaking at next month's Phoenix Sysadm Days:
> <http://lopsa.org/SysAdminDays-Phoenix> and those at the desert code
> camp this last weekend may have seen Matt Alexander's BASH scripting
> class or Maulik Shah's & June Tate-Gans's Google Maps class.
>
> See you all around (I'll be at the devel meeting this Thursday)
>
> --
> Michael R. Crusoe
> Corporate Reliability Engineer
> Google Inc. / Phoenix
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