Google Phoenix Update

[Scott]

I applied to Google last year and didn't even get an interview, just an 
email telling me that they didn't want to have anything to do with me.  
Maybe it was because I didn't use a gmail account.  Or maybe it's 
because my main job isn't in IT anymore or because my education is 
smattered (is that a word?) all over the place.  At any rate, I may give 
Google another try at some time in the future, but I'm not holding my 
breath.  It sounds great, but there is obviously a lot that I need to 
learn first.

-Scott

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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