After visiting Google Ireland , I put the challenge to go to the mother of the eggs to see who was able to lead a company like Google. Said and done:)
Building
Dollar-Euro equivalence , convinced Cristina , my partner, for a route through the west coast of USA. Where reserve 1 whole day to visit Mountain View and everything that moves there.
Here is the detailed route on Google Maps , Note: The route was designed jointly with my sister (Ambassador Tours) and my brother (TopTraveler Agency)).
After this lengthy introduction, I will come to the point in the day August 18, 2008.
Mountain View Day: visit to Google, Apple, Facebook and eBay
The day began with a visit to Googleplex , a visit that I have to thank López Alvar, Alvar Catalan is a crack that we have been working at Google, in its day and I opened the door to Google Ireland. I'm sure you will succeed in Google:)
An anecdote before the visit, stayed with Alvar, in the lobby of visitors, but Google is so great that had it not been for the parking Free Wifi Google and Google Maps on the iPod Touch we would have taken hours Cristina ...
Alvar To start we showed typical GooglePlex sites:
- If I remember correctly in the block 43 where the founders Google, there is the famous Google's board of brainstorming, a replica of the aircraft from NASA, the screens with Google searches and several inventions, etc.
- Several 18 restaurants that have spread throughout the campus, we for a change, we ate at a English restaurant, "The Thorn")
- The volleyball courts, terraces, orchards used to cook healthy food restaurants, swimming pools, games room, where I lost the football, etc. Typical of any company going.
- One of the healthiest things that have bike is like bicing in BCN, but free, to go from one block to another, it's fun.
- What if they ask in everis is to bring all free wifi buses to and from work.
Googleplex Alvar and I
Cristina on the terraces
In volleyball courts
To end the visit, stayed with Bernardo Hernández to make a coffee , was interesting to talk to the responsible worldwide Geolocation Google , and tell us their adventures. Now we just need to send the shirts:)
We take the day to visit other companies in the sector and that are leaders worldwide as
Apple blocks Complex serious as they come. Obligatory visit to his shop to buy some souvenirs.
Facebook: Hard to find, as we expected a similar complex to other companies, and currently is a simple building in the town of Palo Alto, roll startup.
To end the visit, stayed with Bernardo Hernández to make a coffee , was interesting to talk to the responsible worldwide Geolocation Google , and tell us their adventures. Now we just need to send the shirts:)
We take the day to visit other companies in the sector and that are leaders worldwide as
Apple blocks Complex serious as they come. Obligatory visit to his shop to buy some souvenirs.
complex in Apple
Facebook: Hard to find, as we expected a similar complex to other companies, and currently is a simple building in the town of Palo Alto, roll startup.
The block
Facebook
eBay: It is located in San José, a little away from the others, but it's funny because each block of the complex is a section of the Web (Sports, Music, Books. Etc.)
To close the day we visited the spectacular University of Stanford, we like more than Berkley, very serious and UCLA in Los Angeles.
All very similar to ours, amazing space with these Americans.
At the entrance to Stanford University
Cristina at the entrance to Stanford University
In short: I have crossed Googleplex Mountain View, now I have to go and see Eduardo Manchon of Google Switzerland, and so I think that I'll be convinced that Google can be a good option to change Company:)
Edu if you look, I took the shirt of Panoramio in Googleplex, in order to create brand with friends from USA:)
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Edu if you look, I took the shirt of Panoramio in Googleplex, in order to create brand with friends from USA:)
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