Google Pitching Kirkland To Engineers

For virtually everyone who dreams of working in the wonderful world of technology, Silicon Valley draws them like a mosquito to a bug zapper. Google would like some of those aspirants who dream of working for the search advertising giant to consider a landing point some 800 miles north of Mountain View. Like Microsoft's Redmond campus, Kirkland is in the Seattle area. Unlike Microsoft, Google doesn't have thousands of people populating its offices in the suburbs there, but the company is trying to remedy that. "The engineering development team in Kirkland mirrors Google's other engineering offices," Google Clash title with a reportedly become a little less picky about who it hires these days. Instead of rigid education-based limitations like GPA, they want more well-rounded candidates. That may be more of a reflection on the burgeoning startup culture, fueled by new companies cropping up constantly in Google's Silicon Valley backyard. Why take a paycheck and stock options in a distant city with worse weather when a smart graduate can stay in Northern California and fantasize about YouTube-like fortunes instead? Tag: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for murdok covering technology and business.