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Re:Has Google Hired Too Many People? The Food Line at the Go... by menloparkbum on Friday July 20, 2007 @01:06PM (#35669)
If you live in SF or Silicon Valley, it is obvious that Google's hiring was out of control last year.

I'm sure everyone living here, and working with a startup here can give an example of at least 1 person Google has hired recently whom they would never call in for an interview at their startup. Since I do a lot of the hiring work at my startup, I've seen 20+ such people get hired by Google last year.

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Re:Has Google Hired Too Many People? The Food Line at the Go... by hello_moto on Friday July 20, 2007 @05:01PM (#35724)
Isn't that people in Silicon Valley (especially those who work at Internet companies) never stick with their companies more than 3-5 years? (except the execs)
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Re:Has Google Hired Too Many People? The Food Line at the Go... by icky on Saturday July 21, 2007 @06:48AM (#35829)
That's 'cause execs get pay raises by staying (regardless of their impact on the company), whereas nerds get pay raises by leaving (regardless of their impact on the company).
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