Here’s the deal: I’d love to speak at Google.
I admire the way they do business and I’d love to get a chance to speak at the happiest company in the US.
I know they have these Authors@Google talks all the time, and I’ve been told by my new pal Alan Gregerman who gave one recently, that the way you get to do one is by having a Google employee sponsor you.
I just happen to be an author myself so if you work at Google, or know someone who does, why not get me over there.
Hey – this approach got me to India. In May 2007 I wrote this post about how I’d love to go to India and speak. Regular reader S. Nand happened to know some of the right people and in December I spoke at a management conference in Indore and gave two workshops to leaders at Tata, India’s biggest corporation.
So… next stop Mountain View?
I just found a second cousin (we have a mutual cousin) who works at Google. Not entirely sure how helpful she’ll be, but if I have your contact details I can pass them on to her :)
Fantastic! My contact details are right here:
https://positivesharing.com/contact/
Sir jorge: Can’t blame you for wanting to work for them – they’re cool! And it’s funny how some companies must fight to attract the right employees, and some companies have people actively campaigning to work there.
Yet another advantage of happiness at work.
I have no connections to Google but one of the best things about the Authors@Google program is that we get to see and hear authors talk about what they do.
Do you have any video of your workshops/talks online?
If not, it’s surely something to think about.
I work at Google and have nominated you. I hope other Googlers do too. You seem Googley to me.
To the person trying to get hired by Google, I recommend getting a friend or friend-of-friend who works at Google to refer you, which will help you get past the initial screening. (You can used LinkedIn.com or a similar service to find one.) To improve your changes of getting through the interviews, I recommend the book Programming Interviews Exposed.