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

[Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T]

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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