[TriLUG] Positions with Google in NC

[Israel J. Pattison]

Aaron,

Sounds cool!  As for me, I'd never be so naive as to reply to the whole list
*again* when I interested in a job offer.  That would just be silly!

I really do appreciate they way you continue to think about us TriLUGgers.
Thanks much, Aaron.

Good day.

Israel


On 2/15/07, Aaron S. Joyner <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:
>
> Yes, as you've possibly heard both in the news, or on this very list,
> Google is opening a data center facility in North Carolina.  No, this
> facility is not in or immediately near Raleigh, and for that I do
> apologize.  :)  The location is in Lenoir, NC, which for those who might
> not know is around 3 hours west from Raleigh, proper(1).  It's a
> reasonably small town, not too far from Hickory which isn't that much
> larger, but I hear they have good broadband out that way.  :) (0)  To
> boot, land and housing is also quite cheap (dirt cheap compared to what
> I'm now used to out in Silicon Valley).  I suspect it will become quite
> the happening place as there will be at least several dozen very sharp
> Linux Geeks moving into the area in the near future.
>
> We are already beginning to interview and hire for this location, and
> will be doing so aggressively over the next several months.  We're
> hiring for all manner of positions, from what we call "Data Center
> Technicians (DCT)" on up through "Systems Administrators (SA)".  The DCT
> positions are a good fit for persons with some to moderate Linux
> user-level and administration knowledge, and a fondness for hardware and
> interesting hardware-related problems.  It is also often a good career
> path towards the SA positions, as well as the NetOps, Project
> Management, traditional Management, and other interesting areas of
> work.  The System Administration position is for persons with at least
> intermediate to senior SA skills.  To put that sentence in perspective,
> I use the terms junior by the definitions you'd expect to find used
> outside of Google.  Don't think because it's Google that you're batting
> out of your league, I turned down resume requests from recruiters for a
> long time over that, and I often wonder what it would have been like if
> I hadn't.  :)
>
> Having said all that, let me tack on two things.  The Google interview
> process is both highly educational, and a real treat in-and-of itself.
> Even if you're not sure you would be interested in moving to Lenoir, or
> if you'd make it through the interview process, I'd strongly encourage
> you to try it.  I promise you'll learn at least a dozen things you'd
> never thought of along the way.  In addition to the sheer educational
> value, it's really quite a fun experience to just geek out for a few
> hours with some of the smartest, most technically challenging and
> interesting people you're likely to meet this year.
>
> So, what now?  Send me a resume, and I'll punch it into our internal
> recruit-tracking system, along with a friendly recommendation.  You'll
> likely hear back from a recruiter by mid next week, at the latest.  As a
> friendly reminder, you probably want to reply directly to me, not to the
> list.
>
> Aaron S. Joyner
>
> 0 -
> http://www.trilug.org/pipermail/trilug/Week-of-Mon-20070115/046024.html
> 1 - http://tinyurl.com/3cwowy (Google Maps showing location of Lenoir)
> 2 - http://joyner.ws/Google-Interview.html
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