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I asked Google Search in 2003 how to ace Google interview: Sundar Pichai
- Sundar Pichai asked Google Search in 2003 about acing a Google interview, highlighting the evolution of his queries over time.
- Pichai mentioned that Google has improved in answering questions since then.
- The first business to use Google Search was a mail-order lobster-selling company.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai shares 25-yr-old email interaction with his father
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently shared a 25-year-old email interaction with his father as part of Google's 25th birthday celebration.
- Pichai reminisced about the time when his father in India received his first email ID while he was studying in the US. He sent his father an email message to communicate faster and cheaper.
- The interesting twist in the story was the delay in his father's response, which took two full days. His father explained that someone at work had to print out the email, and he dictated a response, which was eventually typed and sent back.
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Google Street View photo shows man carrying 'dead body' on bicycle, claim Facebook users
- A woman named Tami shared a screenshot from Google Street View in 2019, featuring a man on Kent Street in Akron, Ohio, appearing to carry a mysterious object on his bicycle.
- Social media users speculated about the object, with some suggesting it looked like a dead body and others claiming to see "blood" on the man's boots.
- Some individuals suggested that the man might be homeless and carrying his tent on the bicycle, while others expressed hope that it was indeed a tent and not a body.
- As of a recent update, Google has blurred the man's face and the mysterious object in the Street View image at 126 Kent St.
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Google techie plans to retire at 35 and with savings of over Rs 41 crore; here's how
- Ethan Nguonly, a 22-year-old software engineer at Google, is trying to achieve financial independence and early retirement with a target of accumulating $5 million (roughly Rs 41 crore) by the age of 35, as reported by CNBC.
- He learned the importance of investing from his parents and pursued a rapid education path to avoid student debt.
- In 2021, he joined Google with an annual income of $194,000 (Rs 1.60 crore), including bonuses.
- Nguonly has saved $135,000 (Rs 1.11 crore), invested in various accounts, and acquired real estate in Florida and California.
- He faced a setback in cryptocurrency investments but remains committed to early retirement and expanding his real estate holdings.
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Tech Mahindra, Google join hands to launch GenAI powered Email 'amplifAIer'
- Tech Mahindra partners with Google to launch Generative AI powered Email 'amplifAIer', providing unified visualization and automation for contact centers.
- The Email amplifAIer offers end-to-end solutions for email automation, personalized responses, and improved customer experience.
- The solution is designed on the Human in loop principle, allowing users to review and make changes to generated responses before sending them.
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If I wanted to work long hours, I'd be at a startup: Google engineer who works 1 hour/day
- A Google engineer is making headlines by working just one hour per day and still earning an impressive annual salary of $150,000 (approximately ₹1.24 crore). This approach stands in contrast to traditional work norms.
- Expressing a preference for work-life balance, the engineer highlighted that if they desired longer work hours, they would have chosen to work at a startup.
- They also opted against pursuing higher-paying options like hedge funds or quant positions due to the expectation of demanding workweeks exceeding 40 hours.
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Google techie works 1 hour a day, earns Rs 1.2 crore a year: Report
- Devon, a 20-something software engineer at Google, claims to work just an hour daily and earns $150,000 annually. He got a sign-in bonus and anticipates a year-end bonus.
- Devon's approach involves coding a significant part of tasks at the week's start, ensuring smooth progress after sending them to his manager.
- Google, known for its perks like free meals and high salaries, has 97% employee satisfaction, while only 57% is common in typical US firms.
- During a tech hiring surge, Google and others hired extensively, resulting in overstaffed positions to retain talent and thwart competition.
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Google techie in Bengaluru gives top reasons for not moving to US
- Aanshul Sadaria decision was influenced by personal factors, particularly the desire to stay close to family after his father's passing in 2021.
- He highlighted the potential for an excellent standard of living in India, with lower costs, better healthcare benefits, and a favorable work culture.
- Despite the trend of tech professionals moving to the US, Sadaria plans to settle back in India and emphasized his love for the country.
- He mentioned the growing trend of Indian techies returning to India and the often-overlooked advantages of the Indian tech industry compared to Western counterparts.
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Google is offering an on-campus hotel ‘special’ to help lure workers back to the office
- Google offers a "Summer Special" deal at its on-campus hotel in Mountain View, CA, for $99 per night to entice employees back to the office.
- The promotion is for unapproved business travel, so employees must pay using personal credit cards and won't be reimbursed.
- Some employees are skeptical, as the hotel stay would cost around $3,000 per month, disrupting work-life balance.
- Employees prefer their current residences with better amenities and value for money. A lower price point could make the deal more appealing.
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Google engineer finds out college juniors he taught are working at Amazon; post goes viral
- Raj Vikramaditya, an engineer with Google, taught coding to his juniors in college in West Bengal.
- He shared that the first benchers in his college class are now all software engineers working with Amazon.
- The college, Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, was a tier-3 institution with limited placement opportunities.
- The students formed a coding club and took matters into their own hands to excel, leading to some of the best placement records in the state and students securing jobs in top tech companies like Google, Amazon, Swiggy, JP Morgan, and Microsoft.
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Meet Harshal Juikar, a non-engineering graduate who bags Rs 50+ lakh PA job at Google
- Harshal Juikar, a non-engineering graduate from MIT-World Peace University, secured a 50+ Lakhs per annum pay package at Google by pursuing an M.Sc. in Blockchain Technology.
- Harshal's achievement is remarkable because he chose an unconventional career path, defying traditional engineering routes, and stayed true to his passion for Blockchain Technology.
- He attributes his success to staying curious, being persistent, and fearlessly exploring uncharted territories in the pursuit of his passion.
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Surge in water consumption in Google data centers poses environmental concerns
- Google released its latest environmental report, revealing that its data centres and offices consumed a staggering 5.6 billion gallons of water in the past year.
- The amount of water used is equivalent to what is needed to irrigate approximately 37 golf courses in the southwestern United States annually.
- Data centres alone accounted for 5.2 billion gallons of water consumption in 2022, highlighting their significant impact on the company's water usage.
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Google Salary Data Leak Shows Employee Compensation in 2022
- In 2022, Google's median total compensation for employees was $279,802 (Rs 2.30 crore), according to leaked internal data.
- Software engineers at Google led the pack among the highest-paying positions with a maximum base salary of $718,000 (Rs 5.90 crore) in 2022.
- The top 10 highest-paying positions at Google, spanning engineering, business, and sales, all had maximum base salaries well into six figures.
- Google's 2022 median base pay trailed behind Meta ($296,320) but was higher than Salesforce ($199,130) and Adobe ($170,679) among other tech giants.
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Company fires top performer to teach a lesson to employees
- A Reddit user reveals that their company fired a top performer to send a message to other employees, indicating that no one is safe from termination.
- The post exposes a range of concerning practices, including commission theft by upper management and disregard for contractual terms.
- Reddit users express outrage, urging the original poster and colleagues to leave the company collectively and find alternative employment.
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Google sued for allegedly stealing data from millions of users to train its AI models
- Google, Alphabet, and DeepMind face a class-action lawsuit for allegedly stealing data without consent and violating copyright laws to train their AI tools.
- The lawsuit highlights Google's revised privacy policy, which allows the use of publicly accessible information to train language models, raising concerns about copyright issues and data exploitation.
- OpenAI and Meta are also facing copyright violation lawsuits from individuals, including comedian Sarah Silverman, for using their published works without permission to train AI models.
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