Go Back or Go Out – Stories from 10 Years at Google
My job was now very far from my official role. If anything at all, I was learning “the game”, but I didn’t like playing it. I didn’t want to like playing it.
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She is in charge – Stories from 10 Years at Google
To say they were wearing suit and tie would be an understatement. All men, all at least 10 years older than I. My t-shirt was suddenly feeling itchy.
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Changing Google for Changing Diapers – a Review
In the end, these are other peoples’ words and beliefs. We, my husband and I, were more interested in our own thoughts.
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The Great disappointment – Stories from 10 years at Google
It was too late. I was already in love with the company. But that day, I felt stunned, and that feeling remained for a while. I had invested a lot to make “this” happen and, it turns out, “this” was something very distinct.
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Doing it for free – Stories from 10 years at Google
“If you are doing this for free, in your spare time… you might as well do it for real. How do you feel about being the Marketing person for Portugal?”
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Great Managers – Stories from 10 Years at Google
My manager, trying hard to help, had the brilliant idea of giving me a paper and a pen to write it down. I picked a pencil, instead – it was less permanent – and wrote the words: “my mother has cancer”.
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