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  • The first time I saw the campus, it was incredible.

  • There's volleyball nets and colorful umbrellas, and you see people walking their dogs.

  • It feels kind of like a playground, a big playground.

  • The atmosphere around Google, it's definitely very eccentric but also very academic.

  • 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.

  • It's an environment in which very few limitations are placed on where your mind can be during the day.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • I'm Grant Oakley.

  • I'm from Spokane, Washington.

  • Just the process of coding is actually surprisingly fun.

  • You kinda get like 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.

  • So we're headed upstairs.

  • I've always thought of work as just... as work.

  • This is going to be your desk right here.

  • At Google, it's completely different.

  • At Google, I was extremely excited to start at work.

  • Like I could barely sleep the first night.

  • Yeah, my inbox has like already been exploding.

  • How many?

  • Yeah, 45, you know, 45 emails for your first day's pretty good.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • From your first day as a Google intern, you're treated as a regular employee.

  • Don't presume that just because you're an intern as such that you're not a member of the team.

  • 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.

  • Paola?

  • How are you?

  • Doing good. I'm Chris.

  • Nice to meet you. I'm Paola.

  • I worked with a couple of interns last year, and every intern that I've seen come on has just exuded Googliness.

  • I'll get the hang of it eventually. You'll get the hang of it. Ok.

  • Don't be afraid to ask...

  • OK.

  • Is their work going to be challenging?

  • Yeah, because the most important work is challenging.

  • 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.

  • My code helps developers test their code very efficiently.

  • And that way, they can write good stable code for the products.

  • You will be working on something that not only your team, but the entire Google will see.

  • Basically, internship is like a good experience towards becoming a full-time hire, right?

  • 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.

  • Is this your first time at Google?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • What is brainstorming to you?

  • Tell me what you guys said.

  • It's focused on learning to put aside your judgments right away and avoid criticizing new ideas that may seem strange to you.

  • "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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • I would say meeting Sergey was definitely one of the highlights of my week, month, maybe year.

  • He's fine, just like stopped and shakes my hand.

  • And then he rode off on his elliptical bike.

  • It's pretty great.

  • 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.

  • If this is what being an intern feels like, I'd love to be an intern for the rest of my life.

The first time I saw the campus, it was incredible.

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