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Google to Hold Worldwide Developer Day

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the there-better-be-punch-and-pie dept.

Incon writes "Google is holding a day for developers to meet and learn from Google staff at its various worldwide offices. Places at the event are sure to go quicker than hotcakes, so get in quickly. Locations that Developer Day will be held at are: Beijing, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Moscow, Paris, Sao Paulo, Sydney, Tokyo and of course at Google HQ in Mountain View."

60 comments

  1. NYC??? by MyDixieWrecked · · Score: 1

    Locations that Developer Day will be held at are: Beijing, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Moscow, Paris, Sao Paulo, Sydney, Tokyo and of course at Google HQ in Mountain View."

    what about their offices in New York City?

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    1. Re:NYC??? by Adhemar · · Score: 2, Informative

      There's nothing mentioned for the New York city offices on the official Google Deverloper Day website.

    2. Re:NYC??? by jimstapleton · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Have they found the python? Maybe they think it's a safety hazard?

      Personally, I say, it's google, if you haven't found the python, you haven't looked on the computers yet...

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    3. Re:NYC??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I don't know if you noticed this or not, but there already IS a location in the US. Why would the US get two locations and all other countries just get one?

      Besides, given that basically all the tech development in the US is based on the US west coast, why would they bother holding one on the exact opposite side of the US?

    4. Re:NYC??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I don't know if you noticed this or not, but there already IS a location in the US. Why would the US get two locations and all other countries just get one? Because there are three European locations within a smaller space than the US. It's ever-so-slightly easier to travel from London to Paris than from NYC to Mountain View, so why not axe one of those locations and add another in the US?
    5. Re:NYC??? by jrumney · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Language differences are more important than geographical ones. And I count 5 in Europe, not 3.

    6. Re:NYC??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      It's ever-so-slightly easier to travel from London to Paris than from NYC to Mountain View, so why not axe one of those locations and add another in the US? Well, maybe you haven't learned this in school yet, but they speak different languages in London and Paris. It may be easier to travel between those two cities, but it's not easier to go to a conference in one of those cities and get anything out of it if you're from the other city.

    7. Re:NYC??? by SoTuA · · Score: 1

      Because the one in Paris will be in french and the one in London will be in english? I know, I know, it sounds pretty farfetched...

    8. Re:NYC??? by hey! · · Score: 1

      Well, I don't think they have anything against NYC, but I expect it makes more sense to put all their eggheads in one basket.

      If a Google employee in NYC is working on something the tech world needs to see, they can fly him to Mountain View where he'll get more exposure, and can meet with his other Google colleagues. They'll get a lot more drop-in visitors in Mountain View than they will in NYC -- at least of the type they're looking for.

      In every other case there are geographic or language barriers to people served by that city visiting a different city. Anybody in the Northeast US can get to MV pretty easily if it matters enough to them.

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    9. Re:NYC??? by Nasarius · · Score: 0, Troll

      Well, maybe you haven't learned this in school yet, but they speak different languages in London and Paris
      If you've traveled around Europe at all, you should know that pretty much everyone but the oldest generation speaks good English. Especially at a multinational corporation like Google. So I wouldn't be surprised at all to find that the conference was being conducted in English.
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    10. Re:NYC??? by Rinisari · · Score: 1

      Or the office in Pittsburgh?

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    11. Re:NYC??? by partenon · · Score: 1

      By the first time in my life, I have the feeling that Sao Paulo is more important than New York City. YAY! :-)

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    12. Re:NYC??? by DavidHumus · · Score: 1

      Can't party - too busy working here...

    13. Re:NYC??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If you've traveled around Europe at all, you should know that pretty much everyone but the oldest generation speaks good English Have you been to Paris?
    14. Re:NYC??? by koreaman · · Score: 1

      They speak the same language in London as in Mountain View, what's your point? It's pretty hard to go to Mountain View (or London) for somebody living on the East Coast.

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    15. Re:NYC??? by koreaman · · Score: 1

      Are you a retard? Try coming to where I live (Western France). "All but the oldest generation" might be able to give you directions on the street, but they won't be able to understand complex topics.

      Computer developers probably have a good reading knowledge of computer-related English, but that doesn't mean they'd be able to understand a conference given in real-time.

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    16. Re:NYC??? by dintech · · Score: 1

      Are you a retard?

      Amen. I was about to reply to him with the same thing but I scrolled down and saw your joyous statement. I can't imagine that guy would learn much from a Google developer conference anyways.

  2. Blogspam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Link without blogspam:
    http://www.google.com/events/developerday/index.ht ml

  3. Will they have by jimstapleton · · Score: 2, Funny

    a mechanical Steve Balmer throwing chairs and shouting "Developers! Developers! Developers!"?

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  4. Reading the article, I'm disappointed by hey! · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought it was going to be a day when people were supposed to bring me flowers and cards, or take me out to lunch and things like that.

    But it turns out to be educational stuff that's supposed to be good for me. I'm sure Google means well, but I already know enough to be dangerous. People should put more effort into appeasing me and less into pouring oil on that particular fire.

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  5. Are they serious? by PHPNerd · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What do they expect people to learn from Google? Any company with their heads on straight won't be giving away trade secrets, and even tips and tricks on how to develop software are either already known or it's something that Google has an edge on and doesn't want to lose. It's not like Google has any "secret knowledge" or anything like that. They just made a great business plan and it payed off.

    1. Re:Are they serious? by jrumney · · Score: 4, Informative

      Its mainly about developing using Google's APIs. KML, AJAX, Atom, that sort of thing. Sure, the tips and tricks are already known, but its still useful to have an intensive session where they are presented to you by the people involved in their creation, rather than spending untold hours filtering through the crap on online forums to find the useful tips.

    2. Re:Are they serious? by jackv · · Score: 1

      It's probably a method to attract more talent.

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  6. Yo, MSFT. Let's kick it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Stop, collaborate and listen
    Google's back with a brand new convention
    Ballmer can't sleep, every time his cot breaks
    Because he knows those tickets are going like hotcakes

  7. Why does Google hate America? by Mr2001 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not really, but... come on, one event in the entire US, compared to three in Europe within 1000 km of each other? We don't even get one on each coast?

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    1. Re:Why does Google hate America? by yootje · · Score: 0, Troll

      America isn't the centre of the world. There's no conference in Africa too. And Where's New Delhi in the list?

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    2. Re:Why does Google hate America? by i_should_be_working · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Those 3 in Europe are in coutries which speak different languages. How would you like your only option to be the one in Madrid? Think you'd get anything out of it?

    3. Re:Why does Google hate America? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If you happen to click on the little dots on the map, you might notice that the ones in Europe are in different languages (English, French, Spanish, German, and Russian).

      The vast majority of tech in the US is on the west coast. Why would they bother with the other coast, given that there are very few (if any?) developers on the east coast.

    4. Re:Why does Google hate America? by OldeTimeGeek · · Score: 1
      Maybe Google's giving us an unintentional peek at the future.

      Or maybe it's not quite so unplanned...

    5. Re:Why does Google hate America? by Evro · · Score: 1

      Come on, this is Google we're talking about, they're probably strapped for cash.

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    6. Re:Why does Google hate America? by jrumney · · Score: 0, Troll

      one event in the entire US, compared to three in Europe

      Obviously Google consider an ability to count to be a prerequisite for holding a developers' day in your area. Do your homework, and you might have better luck next time.

    7. Re:Why does Google hate America? by Rakshasa+Taisab · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Fortunately you'll have a hard time finding someone in Europa that is monolingual. So it wouldn't be that much of a problem as you claim.

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    8. Re:Why does Google hate America? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      But Europe is? Shut the fuck up with your Eurocentric bullshit.

    9. Re:Why does Google hate America? by ClosedSource · · Score: 2, Funny

      Fortunately, Google verifies that their developers speak at least 3 languages as part of their legendary interview process just for situations like this.

    10. Re:Why does Google hate America? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Mainland Europe, perhaps; since the UK is part of Europe and is famed for having some of the lowest rates of multilingualism in the Western World, that qualifier is necessary.

    11. Re:Why does Google hate America? by arivanov · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Well...

      We may get them in many places, but at least some of them have nothing to do with development.

      For example let's take London - there is a nice round zero worth of development there. If you want to work as a developer for Google you have to agree to relocating to Dublin (or in more rare cases Mountain View) as a preliminary condition before any further conversations have happened.

      So Google is not hating anyone. It is just doing Google recruitment. Featured on el-Reg and many other internet news sites. Makes quite a laugh reading about it.

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    12. Re:Why does Google hate America? by D-Fens · · Score: 2, Funny

      Fortunately you'll have a hard time finding someone in Europa that is monolingual. So it wouldn't be that much of a problem as you claim. "ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE."
    13. Re:Why does Google hate America? by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 1

      Considering the amount of staff they've hired recently in Kirkland, WA, and the fact that we have a huge and healthy tech industry I'd expect a Seattle (or western-Washington) event. Very disappointing.

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    14. Re:Why does Google hate America? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If everybody in Europe speaks five languages, it still sucks for the many who still don't know Spanish. It's a bigger problem than you claim.

    15. Re:Why does Google hate America? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The other American events have been outsourced to Asia.

    16. Re:Why does Google hate America? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why? Because they were founded by a couple of leftists? No wonder they like bowing to the Chinese!

    17. Re:Why does Google hate America? by snowtigger · · Score: 1

      Look at it the other way: The Mountain View office is really cool. They've got 14 different cafeterias, all serving great food. plus a number of other nice features.

      If you want to visit a nice working environment for computer geeks, this is the one :)

    18. Re:Why does Google hate America? by Jorgensen · · Score: 1

      You make it sound like you need a reason to hate America!?

      Joking aside: Please notice that "Yourup" (thanks a lot Mr Bush!) is not a single country. It is lots of different countries, with separate identities and (mostly) with their own languages.

      A european country in europe does NOT compare to a state in the US - such a comparison shows ignorance and is borderline offensive.

      For example there is not a "european" language, which makes for fun and games for all sorts of meetings and conferences: Ever tried to have a bi-lingual conference? Tri-lingual? Good luck...

  8. Siberia... by ruffnsc · · Score: 0

    I thought I saw an editorial a few days ago stating that Siberia could be the next silicon valley. While not surprised one of the sites is in Moscow, even less surprised its in Russia, I thought that they would consider the amount technical vocations in Siberia. I guess travel there would be tough, I've never been but I've heard its a little remote.

  9. Watch out not to leave any LOOSE CHAIRS around by unity100 · · Score: 1

    just in case someone comes up unexpected ....

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  10. Day for developers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    More like GAY for developers, amirite?

  11. hemispherical challenge by Forget4it · · Score: 1

    Worldwide Day - huh. Sounds like that might be even more hemispherically challenging that the Summer (not Winter) of Code initiative.

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    1. Re:hemispherical challenge by Dragonslicer · · Score: 1

      Which hemisphere are they missing? I see China, America, and Europe in the list, so that covers the east/west divide, and Sydney covers the north/south divide. I guess developers in central Africa and Antarctica will have to wait until next year.

    2. Re:hemispherical challenge by Forget4it · · Score: 1

      What I meant was it could as well be Worldwide Night.

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  12. In Soviet Siberia: +1, Helpful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny


    Worldwide Developer Day holds Google.

  13. Sales offices? by PietjeJantje · · Score: 1

    What are they doing in all those other offices around the globe? Developing? I thought they were sales offices, put into life to serve the local advertisement market better. Maybe some people for translations and such, but that's it.

  14. Yahoo! Hack Day? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Does this sound suspiciously similar to Yahoo!'s Hack Day last year? http://developer.yahoo.net/hackday/

  15. Google European HQ not included? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Why not in Dublin?