MATT MALONE: The first time I saw the campus, it was
There's volleyball nets and colorful umbrellas.
And you see people walking their dogs.
It feels kind of like a playground, a big playground.
KIM DAY: The atmosphere around Google, it's definitely very
eccentric, but also very academic.
MALE SPEAKER 1: At Google, we actually do have the ability
to make more of an impact on people and more of a change in
one year than many people do in their lifetimes.
FLORIAN KOENIGSBERGER: It's an environment in which very few
limitations are placed on where your mind can
be during the day.
MALE SPEAKER 1: You're all starting your teams this week.
And some great advice is to not to be afraid to fail.
But we want to flip that around a little bit and say
don't be afraid to succeed.
MATT MALONE: My name's Matt Malone.
I'm a graduate intern here at Google in Consumer Operations
this summer.
I have a background as a Infantry officer in the Army.
I thought leading people directly on the ground as a
combat leader would provide the
greatest leadership challenge.
And then I switched over to working in Intelligence.
That's where I really started to fall in love with
technology.
PAOLA CORREA: My name is Paola Correa.
I go to the University of Miami.
And I study advertising and marketing.
When I was little, I used to collect ads.
I used to get a kick out of going to different places and
seeing how the same message would impact differently and
would look differently.
KIM DAY: My name is Kim Day.
I'm from Melbourne, Florida.
I'm studying physics and computer science at the
Florida Institute of Technology.
I grew up on the space coast of Florida.
And I always grew up watching the shuttles take off from the
Kennedy Space Center.
And I knew that I really wanted to work with technology
and be able to be on the cutting edge.
FLORIAN KOENIGSBERGER: My name is Florian Koenigsberger, and
I'm from New York City.
Google as a company was attractive to me because they
are a tech company that's been so much more than that.
There isn't a place that Google is not.
GRANT OAKLEY: I'm Grant Oakley.
I'm from Spokane, Washington.
Just the process of coding is actually surprisingly fun.
You get this epic win at the end of the day, where you
throw up the arms in celebration.
It's exciting to work at Google because unlike a lot of
software companies, I use Google products every day.
That's pretty exciting.
FEMALE SPEAKER 1: So we're headed upstairs.
MATT MALONE: I've always thought of work as just--
as work.
FEMALE SPEAKER 1: This is going to be
your desk right here.
MATT MALONE: At Google, it's completely different.
At Google, I was extremely excited to start at work.
I could barely sleep the first night.
Yeah, my inbox has already been exploding.
FEMALE SPEAKER 1: How many?
Yeah, 45 emails for your first day's pretty good.
MATT MALONE: I'm working in the Online Help Center.
And my project is part of an effort that will completely
change the way Google is reaching out to consumers and
helping them with Google products.
FEMALE SPEAKER 2: Our help centers are not just the US.
But we have them in 40 plus languages.
So you have to think about how we're going to manage that
complexity.
MATT MALONE: From your first day as a Google intern, you're
treated as a regular employee.
MALE SPEAKER 2: Don't presume that just because you're an
intern as such that you're not a member of the team.
FLORIAN KOENIGSBERGER: One usually expects as a new
person to be at the bottom of the knowledge totem pole.
The fact that I'm not is an illustration of how much
responsibility is given to us as interns across the board.
CHRIS: Paola?
PAOLA CORREA: How are you?
CHRIS: Doing good.
I'm Chris.
I'm Paola.
CHRIS: I worked with a couple of interns last year.
And every intern that I've seen come on has just exuded
Googliness.
PAOLA CORREA: I'll get the hang of it eventually.
CHRIS: You'll get the hang of it.
Don't be afraid to ask.
PAOLA CORREA: OK.
CHRIS: Is their work going to be challenging?
Yeah, because the most important work is challenging.
KIM DAY: This summer, I'm working on an email
notification for Google Accounts.
And it's going to be sent out to thousands of users.
And it's going to make their accounts more secure.
GRANT OAKLEY: My code helps developers test their code
very efficiency.
And that way, they can write good stable
code for the products.
MALE SPEAKER 3: You will be working on something that not
only your team, but the entire Google will see.
FEMALE SPEAKER 3: Basically, internship is like a good
experience towards becoming a full-time hire, right?
KIM DAY: The one thing that all the interns definitely
have in common is passion and motivation to get
these things done.
Because you don't necessarily have to know everything.
But you have to be willing to learn.
FEMALE SPEAKER 4: Is this your first time at Google?
INTERNS: [CHEERS].
PAOLA CORREA: The week has been unstoppable, restless, a
bunch of activities.
There's always something new.
And the next activity or the next person that we meet is
more exciting than the last.
FLORIAN KOENIGSBERGER: They do a really, really good job of
making you understand the way this place thinks.
I think, specifically, of an exercise we did that gave a
completely new perspective on how to brainstorm.
MALE SPEAKER 4: What is brainstorming to you?
Tell me what you guys said.
MATT MALONE: It's focused on learning to put aside your
judgments right away and avoid criticizing new ideas that may
FLORIAN KOENIGSBERGER: Impossible is not a word
that's thrown around very often.
I think it helps you imagine.
I certainly did not associate imagination with productivity
before coming here.
But I think this place makes that real.
PAOLA CORREA: For the rest of it, I know that there will be
a lot of work involved, maybe some work that I
don't know how to do.
But a little bit of fear is good.
MATT MALONE: I do feel a lot different after being here for
my first week.
I guess I've always identified myself very
much with the military.
I was in the military for five years.
But I'm starting to see myself as a Googler.
I see myself as someone who fits in here.
I don't feel like an outsider.
I feel Googley.
GRANT OAKLEY: I would say meeting Sergey was definitely
one of the highlights of my week, month, maybe year.
He's fine, just stopped and shakes my hand.
And then he rode off on his elliptical bike.
It's pretty great.
KIM DAY: Maybe it is a little early to say that after I've
only been here a week or so, but I just feel like there's
always going to be something new you're going
to learn every day.
And that's really the best part about being an engineer.
FLORIAN KOENIGSGBERGER: If this is what being an intern
feels like, I'd love to be an intern for
the rest of my life.
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