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		acchow on Dec 16, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google ... I'd say most of the people who drank the koolaid before even working there self-selected to be at Google because they hadn't tried a job anywhere else in the Bay Area (specifically SF). What makes Google better than, say, Dropbox? Github? Facebook? Etc? Disclaimer: former Googler. Currently FB.

limelight on Dec 16, 2016 [–]

> What makes Google better than, say, Dropbox? Github? Facebook? Etc?

Nothing, but they all pay well and are extremely rigorous in interviews.

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