Bamgoogled

Long time no post. More than a month. Tisk, tisk to me but these past few weeks have been quite a spin. I finished another book or two/three, traveled to New Orleans for spring break, and have had interviews for summer internships.

My summer goal was to land an internship with one of the most exciting and fun companies, Google. The company is amazing. The world is familiar with their search engine but that is just a brush stroke in the painting that is Google. There is much more to Google than a good search engine. They are constantly creating new products and programs and improving on past creations. This blog is on a Google owned service. Just today I came across a new feature on Google Maps where they now have My Maps section where you can see an interactive geographical time line of an event. It's really cool, check it out.

Back to the interviews. I applied all over for internships but my wish was to be at Google. I knew Google was extremely selective in its hiring approach recruiting heavily from Ivy Leagues but my fingers were crossed. Incredibly (this cannot be stressed enough), I heard back from Google! Jumping up and down in my room an adrenaline rush overtook my body from the happiness derived from that email. To get a response for an internship position was thrilling. They say luck comes from hard work, this is an attestation to that. While I knew Google did not know how much of my time was involved with their products I had a feeling the more effort put into learning about the company the luckier I may be. After an e-mail screen and several phone interviews it was time to wait and see if I made the next cut. For several weeks my life was completely wrapped around my Gmail notifier waiting to see it turn blue and watch a pop up from Google appear. Unfortunately this never happened. After many days and nights filled with Google dreams, my anticipation of what may be was ended.

While it is disappointing not being able to live in Mountain View this summer I am still ecstatic that I made it that far. The experience is full of positives. At first I was devastated but looking back that was a irrational feeling where my emotions took control. Through my experiences, writing, and work I was able to accomplish something most people can ever say they thought about doing. I was able to learn first hand about several Google products from employees and getter a deeper understanding of the company. What more could I ask for? To borrow a Taoist saying, A 1000 mile journey starts with a first step. While I did not have much control on whether I would be able to take the first step it has happened and I will make the best of it. That first step is the hardest and it has brought me closer to the goal of working at Google.