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“Great food also had the ability to attract great talent. "I don't know what to do," senior engineer Luiz Barroso moaned to Jeff Dean the night he had to decide whether to join VMWare or Google. "I've made these lists. I've assigned points to all the pros and cons, and it's tied at 112 to 112." Jeff knew that the day of Luiz's interview at Google, Charlie had served creme brulee for lunch. "Did you factor in the creme brulee?" he asked. "Because I know you really like creme brulee." "Oh no! I didn't consider that," Luiz admitted. The next morning he accepted Google's offer.”
― I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59
― I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59
“The high holy day of Google culture is April 1, when imaginations already encouraged to run wild are channeled into elaborate pranks requiring months of work. The effort involves considerable organization, as ideas go through an elaborate approval process to find a place in the company's ever-increasing roster of seasonal spoofs.”
― In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
― In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
Melvin’s 2025 Year in Books
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