I'm Feeling Lucky

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• Book review: I'm Feeling Lucky: the Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 by Douglas Edwards

  The rise of the Google empire has inspired awe. A pair of geeky grad students invent a new kind of search technology. They set up a business in a friend's garage, and within a decade it has become a $200 billion corporation relentlessly transforming ... (read full critics)

  thescotsman published on Sat, 3 Sep 2011

• I'm Feeling Lucky by Douglas Edwards

  In Douglas Coupland's 1995 novel Microserfs, the twentysomethings who work at Microsoft are so cossetted by perks and freebies that they barely have lives outside the office "campus". Reading this book's picture of the early days at Google, one is te ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 29 Jul 2011

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  Lucky, but overworked

  To read my review in Spanish, click here: http://lunairereadings.blogspot.com/2012/04/im-feeling-…
  Working for Google is rewarding, but not near as romantic as it sounds. It sucks the life out of its employees and makes them feel guilty for not giving even more. People there ... (continue)

  To read my review in Spanish, click here: http://lunairereadings.blogspot.com/2012/04/im-feeling-…
  Working for Google is rewarding, but not near as romantic as it sounds. It sucks the life out of its employees and makes them feel guilty for not giving even more. People there work typically between sixteen and eighteen hours a day, they do not have weekends, they sure have free lunch and dinner, and at some point they also had free massages. They have endless milk, naked juice, cereal, etc. But Google expects more than good performance in return. It expects everything and more. Not everyone is suitable for working in such a demanding environment, and this book written from inside shows that reality in a blatant way. This guy worked for Google for several years and in the end the company grew so big that there was not place for a "Brand Manager" any more. He went home with a great experience between his ears, and a good idea for an entertaining and funny book.

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• English Books
• Others 304 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1846145139
• ISBN-13: 9781846145131
• Publisher: Lane, Allen
• Pub date: Aug 29, 2011
• Also available as: eBook

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