[olug] [OT] - Google positions filled in Coucil Bluffs?

[Ken Wehr]

Yep! Quite glad to have him, too.

Also... hello again, OLUG! :)

Cheers,
ksw

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 11:51 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T
<jeffh at dundeemt.com> wrote:
> I know a local guy who was just hired by G.  He's an olug member and a
> member of the omaha python users group.
>
> -jeff
>
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Bill Brush <bbrush at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think you're looking at this the wrong way Brian (sorry if that is
>>  mis-attributed).
>>
>>  Google is a global company who recruits the best possible people.  They can
>>  then convince them to move to Iowa.  Once they live there, they are "local"
>>  in that they live and work here.  Google pays them, they spend their money
>>  here on housing, food, etc.  So Google is not only injecting cash into the
>>  local economy, they are also creating jobs (by virtue of more cash in the
>>  local economy) and improving the quality of the local population by bringing
>>  the best and brightest people they can recruit here.
>>
>>  Sure we all wish we could work there for a bazillion dollars and have the
>>  added cachet of having Google on our resume' but having that datacenter in
>>  CB is still a benefit.  Personally I wish they'd put it in Lincoln so I
>>  could have a shot at a job there, but I'm not doing a commute to CB, not
>>  even to work for Google.
>>
>>  Bill
>>
>>
>>  On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Spencer Butler <underground at google.com>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>  > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Brian Roberson <roberson at olug.org> wrote:
>>  >
>>  > >
>>  > >
>>  > > So, that really goes to prove the validity of my orignal questions. :)
>>  > > Are you or arent you an implant just for the position?
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > I <3 the midwest.  But... yeah, I moved here because Google pays me to work
>>  > on really cool technologies :)  _and_ help build a DC for them.  I'm glad
>>  > to
>>  > be here any way your slice it though.  I live in a small town next to a
>>  > cool
>>  > city.  Life is good.
>>  >
>>
>>
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