First Day, First Impressions
July 16th, 2007 | by Reid |So, I had my first day of work at Google. A little crazy at first, since there were about 100 new people starting work this week, and only 4 total going into Search Quality, the division I am in. Can’t mention much about the work itself, since I signed a whole bunch of non-disclosure paperwork. On the other hand, I will say that I’m happy to get 2 24 inch monitors, a kitchen stocked of free food, and a game room with a XBox 360, PS3, Wii, and foosball. I haven’t got to play any of the games yet, and I don’t really want to ask people to play because then I’ll look like that’s all I want to do. I’ll give that a few weeks, then. As for the work itself, it seems very intriguing and it will be a good challenge, especially after an extensive background in historical research. It will be interesting to see how my skills in that area will translate into this position.
In the meantime, I’m trying to adjust to going to be early so I’m not tired in the afternoon. I was okay today but I don’t want to build up and sleep debt. I do, however, need to find things to occupy my evenings. Without a TV, you have to get creative. Of course, once Harry Potter comes out this weekend, I know what will occupy my time. Until then, I might as well read some books on my shelf that I haven’t looked at for a long time. Or surf the net some more. Probably the latter.
