> Also, given that i am in London, it would have meant working on AdWords, which sounds dull.
That's the main reason I'll never apply to Google. Not that I won't get in, but that I won't have the political klout to actually get to work on some of the fun stuff.
They're employing tens of thousands of very bright people; yet the truly interesting stuff will have been done by a few hundred / thousand of those.
What reason do I have for believing that I'll be in that small percentage rather than the other 90+% doing boring grunt work...
That's the main reason I'll never apply to Google. Not that I won't get in, but that I won't have the political klout to actually get to work on some of the fun stuff.
They're employing tens of thousands of very bright people; yet the truly interesting stuff will have been done by a few hundred / thousand of those.
What reason do I have for believing that I'll be in that small percentage rather than the other 90+% doing boring grunt work...