Comments on: Google’s Advice To Students: “Keep Learning” http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/google%e2%80%99s-advice-to-students-%e2%80%9ckeep-learning%e2%80%9d.html Ideas & Trends Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:23:35 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jack http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/google%e2%80%99s-advice-to-students-%e2%80%9ckeep-learning%e2%80%9d.html/comment-page-1#comment-39052 Jack Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:30:01 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=12428#comment-39052 <i>"Knowing that Google only hires the best of the best..." But, obviously, this doesn't lead them to producing the best software in a category. Both Google Calendar and Google Mail seem like Beta's rather than Final products; why aren't these products more advanced and polished? Why aren't they improved more frequently? Why are these aps still awkward to use at times? I mean, you can't even sort your mail by sender, like you can with one click on AOL. “Knowing that Google only hires the best of the best…”

But, obviously, this doesn’t lead them to producing the best software in a category.

Both Google Calendar and Google Mail seem like Beta’s rather than Final products; why aren’t these products more advanced and polished? Why aren’t they improved more frequently? Why are these aps still awkward to use at times? I mean, you can’t even sort your mail by sender, like you can with one click on AOL.

]]> By: josh http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/google%e2%80%99s-advice-to-students-%e2%80%9ckeep-learning%e2%80%9d.html/comment-page-1#comment-38994 josh Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:15:45 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=12428#comment-38994 If you're a savant who graduated from Stanford in the last 10 years, nothing is more routine than working at Google. And doesn't every company look for passionate team players with strong communication skills? Every large company requires conformity to a corporate culture, and the genius of Google's is that it makes you feel like a non-conformist before you even start working there. If you’re a savant who graduated from Stanford in the last 10 years, nothing is more routine than working at Google. And doesn’t every company look for passionate team players with strong communication skills?

Every large company requires conformity to a corporate culture, and the genius of Google’s is that it makes you feel like a non-conformist before you even start working there.

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