It was the first weekend, but...

Guys, This is the first weekend I get after joining Google, and I really miss the privileges I get in Google. I wish Google had no holidays at all. The work culture in Google says, you ought to miss it when you are not in Google for a day.
Went to Pub, went for a movie called 'Inception', though an amazing movie, I was down with fever after the movie and had to visit a doc who confirmed I'm suffering a viral fever. But his 3 powerful injections one each on my two sides of my butt and one on my arm confirmed that I'm not going to suffer more. I had told the doc that I need to be at the office on Monday morning for which his physician mind thronged him to go for 3 injections on me.

Finally, a moment where I am waiting for a Monday that I never waited for in my life has come! Behold, O my Google, I am coming soon, fit and fine!

Looking forward for a great week with the best employer on earth!

See you guys in the next post!

Introduction to my "Googley" life, but..

Hey Guys,

Life at Google is pretty awesome (as they say), But.. Its more than Awesome!

This might be my first blog post on record. I hope you enjoy reading it basically because I am termed a Googler but not exactly a Googler but gets atleast 50% of what "real" Googlers get.

Confused? Well, Let me explain.

I started working with Google, India's Hyderabad office on July 12th (I know, its just 3 days done, and you might think what I know). But.. I'm not on Google payrolls as I work on a contract and get paid from a consultancy or a 'vendor' (like Google calls it). Whenever anybody working here thinks of how the day went in Google, he/she first thinks of food! Yes! We get free food! And surprisingly we 'vendors' get that rare privilege too, other than the "real" Googlers.

"Googley" is the term used by Google which means (only for them) Friendly. The training sessions going on is pretty friendly I can see. We get breaks every hour.

I am posted to work for the segment/product called Google Maps & Mapmaker, or 'Geo Factory' (as Google calls it). Let me explain it in one line, OK, maybe five lines.

I have to review the content (places, roads,etc.) which are added/edited by the users from all over the world on Google Maps using the Mapmaker tool (Yes, you can please try it). This process is pretty interesting and challenging when we come to meet the "targets" set by our "pod leads" which is in numbers like 170 to 300 moderations per day. Yes, its per day basis! Not that simple? I really think it is simple as of now since my confidence is put on a high band as I just joined (Come on! Any Fresher would have this self-confidence, I don't blame only me for this high expectations from me).

That sums up my actual profile at Google I guess. And then I got the LDAP (supposedly, another "term" for Identification inside Google which only people with Engineering degree with a specialization of Electronics/Communications could abbreviate it, in other words, I could abbreviate it but.. never heard of it.)

I am pretty much looking forward for some stories to happen so that it can go to this blog.

Keep reading guys! I hope you will enjoy how a Googler's life is, but.. some strings attached.

You can always reach me for any information on Google office and its happenings at aswin.sil@gmail.com

Read On! (and Search On! as Google says)