Assignment 5

1. In your own words describe how the workplace culture at Google encourages innovation and unique creations for the company? How does working at Google and the environment there affect its workers?
The workplace culture at Google encourages innovation and unique creations for the company because the people that work there can get many of their ideas out and think about many fun and interesting things. You can't get many great ideas out if you aren't somewhere where you don't enjoy. To get your brain working and moving, you need a place where you can be entertained and be able to think about big and great things for Google. Google has a very unique environment and the people that work there I bet enjoy their job there because Google offers the people so much.


2. How does employee freedom, like the 20% of free time Google encourages its employees to spend on any project they want, deliver better business?
The employee freedom encourages its employees to spend on any project they want because on that 20% of free time that they have, they can rest, think about new ideas while having fun. They have so many things to do there that they want to work everyday. While they work the 80% of time, the 20% of time is maybe the time that they get there best ideas out by relaxing, sleeping, or having some quality time with their friends.


3. What are the requirements to work for Google? And what is different about the way they hire employees at Google?
The requirements to work for Google is that the person has to be able to do a lot of things. This person has to be able to get things done, and this person doesn't necessarily have to be smart, but has to have a good way of thinking and has a lot of strengths. This person has to be willing to work and come up with good and creative ideas for the company.


4. How many search queries does Google handle a day?
Google can handle about 5.2 billion search queries each day.


5. In your own words discuss how Google's constantly refined search algorithm changed the way we all access and even think about information.
It changed the way we access to the internet because it is a lot faster. When we look something up, we get so many sites that help us get the proper information that we need. We get a lot of more information than what we need. More is always better. When we think about looking up something, we always want to put as much information as possible so we can get to our answers faster.


6. Take a look at the following story about Google's top secret data center. Now why would Google want to keep its server room as a secret?
They would want to keep this server room a secret because that's the place where the data travels. If it becomes a place where people can just go in and walk around, something could go wrong. One of the people who can walk in there can touch something and the data that travels there could go wrong. What goes around in there is that the tubes and hubs that are in there is what contains the internet action going on via Google and it is very important to keep that safe.

7. What are the benefits of working as a Google employee?
There are many benefits for working as a Google employee. Google provides you with so many things including free food, gas for your car, a laundry where you can wash your clothes and so much more. That place is literally like a home for the employees. Not only do they enjoy that, but they also enjoy the time while they are working. They have fun working in different rooms of the building and that's what makes them want to get up every morning and get to work so they can spend a fun time there.

 8. Name at least 5 different positions at Google (ex: software engineer, Google tester, interaction designer) and describe what they do?
One of the jobs there would be account manager and that's a person who handles sales and marketing relationships with specific, bigger customers. Google has a business analyst which is the job where people make sure its financial operations are running smoothly. There are the network engineers whom are the people that make sure everything is running smoothly but with these people, check into code bases and communicate across the company effectively. The site reliable engineer is the person that makes sure that the site does not shut down for even a second because in that way, Google can loose a lot of money. The last but not least position at Google would be the sales engineers help Google's customers solve key technical issues with whatever product they're deploying.

9. Talk about at least 3 projects that Google is currently working on. What do they want to accomplish? How long will they take to complete?
A new project that Google is currently working on would be the Google Glass. This product allows us to look at information like if we were wearing it like glasses. We don't need to pull out our smartphones because the Google Glass will help us out with that. Google is also working on the Adroid@Home. This product helps us to connect your entire house to the internet like something out of a sci-fi movie. Google's smartphone company, Motorola is nearing a release for its first smartphone. The Moto X smartphone will be packed with the latest features and specs. It'll also run Google's mobile operating system Android.

10. Look at the following story about why recent college graduates should not work for Google. Why does the writer argue recent graduates should not work at Google?
Recent college graduates shouldn't work for Google because what they studied in college took a lot of hard work and anticipation. To be in college, you have to be a hard working person with good grades. Google doesn't look for smart people. Google looks for people who can think outside of the box and have big ideas. When you graduate from college, you should be able to work at better places other than Google. Somewhere where you wont spoil you and you will actually take what you learned in college and use it for a career in your future life.


11. How is Google the same or different than other search engines, like Yahoo or Bing?
Google is different from Yahoo and Bing in the aspects that it not only shows you more websites, but also offers you trustable websites. In Google, you can find your answers quicker. Google also offers you images, maps, Youtube, news, G-mail, Google drive, and so much more. Yahoo, on the other hand, isn't always a reliable source because people who might be students or uneducated people can put information in which isn't 100% true. They are the same in some ways because they give you lots of information but some of the sites might not always be reliable.