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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Being a woman in computer science, I can’t deny that I’ve seen some sexism over the years. Not the blatant “you can’t do this” sexism that was prevalent thirty years ago, but rather subtle assumptions from people within the industry. I’ve noticed, for example, that if I say that I work for Google and a [...]

So about a month ago, this guy walks into my office and actually starts to do “work.” It was my office first, dammit. I’ve been wondering who this guy he is thinking that he can just destroy my nice, peaceful, solitary office. Turns out that he’s Sean Egan, the lead developer on gaim . Yeah, [...]

The front page of the Seattle Times today featured an article on me (and some other people) in reference to employees leaving Microsoft to go to Google. After three internships at Microsoft and a two year stint as a Microsoft campus representative, why didn’t I go to Microsoft? I went to Penn’s career fair yesterday [...]

The Daily Pennsylvanian wrote an article about the class I teach, with a response from Fernando Pereira, the chairman of the Department of Computer and Information Science.

It’s official: I have accepted a full time position as a Software Engineer with Google. I’ll be in there Kirkland office though, so still right around the corner from all you microsofties