To be an intern, the hypothesis is that you are required/forced to learn before you are allowed to continue with anything else inside the corporation. Being a task-oriented and obedient person is the minimum requirements for being a good intern, if not just a intern. Or at least, this is the very phenomenon happening in Singapore, NUS.
I select the wrong project, and I complained about the environment and I got sacked 
I have accidentally encountered some words of wisdom from the WTF forum
Some people are VERY good interviewers. I once had a co-worker who knew absolutely nothing, but was good at two things:
- Short-term memorization.
- Bullshit.
The former would last a couple of days. He was a certified EVERYTHING because of it, and could pass any interview or client meeting with one nights study, and would remember everything for about three days. Then he was useless again.
He was also the best bullshitter I’ve EVER met. Seriously. It was only matched by his incompetence.
Unfortunately they’re out there.
Upon these words, I start to ponder. Is he portraying a guy who is a bad interviewees for interviews today or really a role model we should follow. Many companies request certifications during the interview for very simple purpose: you ought to have the certificate if you have the talent to perform the job. Sadly, many truly talented people choose not to have the certificate but rather experiences in life, for they know the truth, from the education system we have today, they could always find someone better than him in certain areas.
What are they real pursuit for your life today? Is it to get a higher degree so that more certificates will bring you fortune on earth, or spin off a company around some ideas? I think I would rather choose something that is no exhausive before I am addicted to work for life.
PS I think being Christian is really fun, and I can inspect a problem from some undoubtedly solid ground.
I have attended Google’s recruitment talk in NUS on Wednesday. The talk is only for those who are interested in doing engineering. They talk about the well-know facts about Google, like those information easily found on the Google’s website. They talk about the free meals they have in Google, which spins off all the topics of the evening: what you will get in Google? Food. Interestingly enough, I am not particularly interested in doing engineering. So I raised several questions. One of them is
“Do you look to Yahoo! and Microsoft, talk to them or compete with them?” The answer was totally non-sense : “We don’t compete with them at all, we compete with ourselves only.”
And here is the quote from Times Magazine interview with the top three people in Google:
SCHMIDT: With all the headlines we’re making, we don’t want our announcements
to surprise or confuse anyone. We don’t want our partners to think we’re
competing against them.
So either the guy is really well brain-washed or he is simple carrying out the Google’s strategy, which is stated by Eric as follows:
SCHMIDT: We try very hard to look like we’re out of control. But in fact the
company is very measured. And that’s part of our secret.
I think a simple recruitment talk is part of the strategy as well. Techically the guy was on holiday. And he still chose to come to give a talk with a few colleges and brought T-shirt.
PAGE: We don’t generally talk about our strategy … because it’s strategic.
I would rather have people think we’re confused than let our competitors know
what we’re going to do. That’s an easy trade-off.
And I think being mysterious is the best way of describing Google in the strategy.
When he is being asked about his retirement plan besides 401K plan. He has a well-expected answer:
Stock Options.
