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

[Brian Roberson]

That's a pretty wide statement, but I guess I should explain the premise of
the questioning a little better ;-) I am curious about the pre-existing local
talent pool and what the effects Google may have on it. I am by no means against 
the recuitment of best talent and movement into the community, Ive done it 
myself from both ends of that statement. Economic stimulus is
good no matter how you slice it. But there is something to be said about sheer net
gain on total number of high-end technical jobs and their effect on the local 
employment scene. That's really what I am curious about... John Doe left 
Ameritrade to work for Google and Jane Doe transfered into John's position 
from First National.




On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:22:14PM -0500, Bill Brush 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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