Google did not err when it went on its mad cap 1,548-employee hiring spat this quarter. Call it a Mind-Grab. Everyone I know who is bright, motivated, creative, brilliant, and connected has been hired by Google.
Looks like the Googlers got a little ahead of themselves with spending. Specifically, it appears the culprits were payroll and data center construction, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said in a conference call with analysts. The company hired 1,548 employees during the quarter, bringing the total number of employees to 13,786. “We overspent against our own plan in the area of head count,” Schmidt said. “We will watch this closely going forward.” Via C|Net
The only reason Eric Schmidt even said that is because he has employed everyone worth a damn already! Buahahahaha buahahahaha buahahahaha!
Goodness, two from NMS, Peter Greenberger and Marty Bryant. Also, from my past, all of the best Python rockstars, including Mr. Python himself, Guido Van Rossum. Why?
Well Yahoo!, AOL, Microsoft, hedge funds, private equity, and startups are doing the same sort of land grab for talent.
(I get a call from Yahoo, AOL, and MS all the time… but never from Google… sigh )
I know you don’t like hearing this but while there are not that many intelligent, trained, passionate, hireable people in the world, there are fewer intelligent, trained, passionate, hireable engineers, and they’re commanding a gogolplex salary and Googleplex has been willing to pay.
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