Thursday, October 13, 2005

Don't be evil

Google Germany is offering an internship.

IT Web Developer, Internship
...
Google is looking for a creative, hardworking web developer with strong artistic skills, technical knowledge, and impressive portfolio.


Responsibilities include:

  • ...
  • Fulfill several projects requests simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
  • Day to day duties assisting the German IT Team.
Requirements:
  • High level of creativity and proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator applications.
  • Proven drawing/sketching abilities.
  • Expert HTML skills.
  • Technical knowledge of file sizes, types, and color formats.
  • Experience implementing and maintaining web content.
  • Keen eye for clean UI implementation and knowledge of website design best practices.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to iterate quickly and synthesize feedback from multiple sources.
  • Strong CGI scripting skills with experience in Unix environment highly desired.
For me, this dosn't look like an intership, more like slaveship. What happend to "don't be evil", or isn't this true for Google Germany?

I once heard tales about Google, how they treat their employees, that they have the chef from the Grateful Dead, that employees work for one day a week on their pet project, that milk and honey flow in vast streams on the Google campus.

This must be some other Google.

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