Ask HN: I was just acquired by Google. What should I expect?
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Unless you are uniquely valuable, you will undoubtedly go through a standard hiring process. Expect to not be hired for your "own job" -- it's not yours any more, it's theirs.
Seriously. For most people at an acquisition, this is the end of the road. They get a couple of weeks or months and then they're gone.
Go look at what happened with Skud. She didn't fit their idea of an engineer, so she got a "fixed term", no bonus, and in July that was it. She was out.
http://infotrope.net/2011/07/21/a-note-to-google-recruiters/
Also, look up what happened with AppJet/EtherPad and Wave. Some of it is right here on HN:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2320172
Seriously. For most people at an acquisition, this is the end of the road. They get a couple of weeks or months and then they're gone.
Go look at what happened with Skud. She didn't fit their idea of an engineer, so she got a "fixed term", no bonus, and in July that was it. She was out.
http://infotrope.net/2011/07/21/a-note-to-google-recruiters/
Also, look up what happened with AppJet/EtherPad and Wave. Some of it is right here on HN:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2320172
Any idea what happens if you don't meet their requirements? (Eg, no university diploma) - can you get acquired but not hired?
I don't have a college degree and I was offered a job. Believe me, there's no chance in hell google would hire me if I put in a resume. Hell, even if they like my resume, they wouldn't have likes my crap interview performance. :-)
Email me (address in profile), I joined Google in 2010 from Slide. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised :)
have you already seen the post by an operations developer at Zagat ... http://blog.falconindy.com/articles/google-bought-me-the-fir... ?
Can someone hear give me an idea of what to expect? Are there any habits I may have to break? How does the Google Experience tend to be different for "acquired" engineers versus "hired" engineers?