Gayle Laakmann McDowell | Technology Woman

Yesterday was my intern’s last day, and we took Julia out for an amazing sushi lunch (so… much… sushi…) to say goodbye. She did a great job this summer on all three projects. The first two I can’t talk about unfortunately because it’s a confidential project – but I can provide a detailed look into [...]

The Seattle Scalability Conference was held on June 23rd in Bellevue. One person posted their notes a while back, and videos of some of the talks were recently made available. Enjoy! Scaling Google for Every User by Marissa Mayer Abstractions for Handling Large Datasets by Jeff Dean MapReduce Used on Large Data Sets by Barry [...]

I just started subscribing to Microsoft’s Job Blog – I figured it might have some info related to CareerCup (my own site related to interviewing, with lots of technical interview questions). The most recent post gives a Top 10 No-No’s when you contact a recruiter. The basic points are: Do your homework. Call with relevant [...]

Google’s Scalability Conference was held this past Saturday in Seattle (ok, ok, Bellevue…). It seemed to be very well received. I’m told that videos will be posted shortly, and I’ll update when this happens. Until then, however, someone has posted their notes on the conference. Notes on the Scalability Conference Tweet

Sigh… why do I always get sucked into these things? By now, it seems like everyone has read Life at Google – The Microsoftie Perspective. And now, I too am getting sucked into this discussion… The email pretty much states that one of the primary goals of this article is to give pointers for how [...]

Recently a few friends of mine have applied to Google – without letting me refer them. It makes me cry inside. So, I’ll make the following statements: If I know you (or you know someone I know), and you want to apply to Google, send me your resume. I’ll submit it for you. If I [...]

On June 23, Google is hosting a conference on scalability. Speakers will include Google folks like Marissa Mayer (a Google VP) and Jeff Dean, as well as people from Symantec, Amazon and other outstanding companies. Go here to find out more: Seattle Conference on Scalability Tweet

When I joined Google last year, I was simultaneously thrilled to be building innovative applications and bummed to be leaving behind my college years. No, I’m not talking about dorm life and late night pizza runs – I’m talking about teaching. I started teaching as a Sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania and loved every [...]

Tee hee. While true, Google can tell you the answer to life, the universe and everything. Tweet

A lot of people ask me what it’s like to work at Google. Instead of using the same old words like “it’s a lot of fun”, here’s a little snippet from the Google Talk Blog There’s only so much silly putty you can play with before you start finding globs of red goo under your [...]