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Google Opens Sydney Office, Internship Program

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the coming-soon-to-a-theater-near-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet is reporting that Google has kicked off an internship program that will see Australian university students work in projects in the company's Sydney office. Google's local head of engineering, Lars Rasmussen, said 5-10 spots would be made available, with both technical and non-technical positions on offer. ZDNet Australia also has pictures of the official opening of Google's Sydney office."

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  1. Re:Who cares? by phrasebook · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not me. Am I the only one who hates the idea of working at Google? The primary colours, the shapes, the cushions, the free food, the nerd-funk graduates. Ugh. I'd go insane. Or do I just sound bitter? I have no reason to be, it just makes me gag.

    Besides, the only thing they'll be doing in the Australian office is marketing and advertising. Always the way.

  2. US WAS ALSO A PENAL COLONY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_colony

    so quit and stop re-inforcing US stereotypes.

  3. Good for Aussies! by e-r00 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So now Australian students can also enjoy the benefits of internships at Google. On the other hand, if you try hard enough, you can find an internship position in e.g. Mountain View even if you're not American. So all of you people that would like to try working for Google and don't have a Googleplex around, just give it a chance. Another thing - now only one continent is Google-free. That's Africa. I wonder if any of the major software companies will eventually try to establish an R&D office over there.

  4. Re:Motto by shitdrummer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually it was the the Royal Navy as reperesentatives of the Queen of England who founded Australia*. (After the Dutch and Macassans (and others) had been trading with the locals for decades, if not centuries.)

    It took the convicts to make it the greatest country on Earth. Yeah... you heard me... the Greatest Country on Earth! :)

    How about that! England sends all their undesirables off to far away Van Diemen's land (as Australia was known then) as punnishment for minor crimes (e.g. stealing a loaf of bread to feed a starving family) and in retaliation the convicts (and their decendents) help to establish the greatest country on Earth and in time manage to best their historical gaol masters at almost every sport known to man. As final retaliation, Australia sends their brightest and fittest young men and women "home" each year to drink the bars dry, bed the local women and men, and take all the good spots in their County cricket teams, leaving nothing but chaos, broken hearts and smashed records along the way.

    Not to mention the weather. :)

    *Although it was the British who founded Australia, upon arrival the they discovered some curious locals who later turned out to have probably settled in some 20,000 - 40,000 thousand years earlier. They weren't considered important at the time though, mostly because they had the unfortunate misfortune to have been born black. Sadly, they're still not generally considered important, mostly due to the fact that they are still mostly black.

    P.S. Sorry. You will know what I mean if this is meant for you.

    Shitdrummer.