Quite Different

I have seen so many ads in papers, but somehow liked the following very much which is as good as the company. The ad was published in "The Hindu" oppurtunities section along with the childhood picture of employee.

Google is looking for people with great aspirations. Take Arvind Jain for example. A soft spoken computer scientist with a jeweler’s focus and a nose-to-the-grindstone work ethic. Arvind manages Google’s R&D team in Bangalore.

Quite a change for someone whose boyhood dreams had oscillated between becoming a doctor and producing movies. Keen to leave his small town in Rajasthan province. Aravind had applied to IIT, alma matter of India’s engineering elite. Although he’d never been particularly studious as a teenager, Arvind faced a fiercely entrance exam, surprising himself – and dumbfounding his high school math teacher. Encouraged, Arvind began hitting the books in earnest, and graduated with flying colors.

Enchanted by a brochure showing a campus surrounded by snow-capped peaks – an image that brought to mind fond memories of challenging hikes he’d made in the Himalayan foothills – Arvind picked up the University of Washington to pursue his master’s degree. Following stints at Microsoft and Akamai Technologies, Arvind co-founded two startups. Then two years ago, he walked away from a successful company to become an individual contributor in Google. He wanted the opportunity to dream big and create products that can be used and enjoyed by millions of people.

It’s great to have Arvind at Google, but we need more engineers like him – people with passion and strong work ethic. (And for the record, a goldplated resume like Arvind’s, while it helps, is not an ironclad requirement for joining Google. We’ve been known to hire people whose career paths have taken some interesting twists).

Would you be happy at Google? The only way to find is to apply. Our engineers can use 20 percent of their time to pursue personal projects they are passionate about. The freedom to innovate has created Google News, Google Suggest, Adsense for content, and Orkut – products that might otherwise have taken entire startups to launch.

Visit www.google.co.in/engjobs to check out the opportunities at Google. See a job with your name written all over? Send us your resume. Cute childhood pictures optional.