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  • Back to West Point

    August 10, 2010

    By: Cadet Kyle Carlson


    Well my fairytale experience has ended and its back to ACUs and new cadets. I can't believe my time went by so fast out in California working for Google. It was truly a great learning experience. In particular, I learned a great deal about leading individuals by inspiring them. Google does not have a rank structure like the Army does. It is a very flat organization, enabling the newest and lowest employees to contribute to decision...read more

  • Google week three

    July 27, 2010

    By: Cadet Kyle Carlson


    We are going into our final two weeks here at Google. It has been a great experience thus far. We have met many tremendous people and continue to learn about the future of technology and its applications in the military. We are making great head-way on our two projects and will present them at the end of next week with our managers and a few executive sponsors. Our project is to design a proposal to bring Google Apps back to West Point. Hopefully West Point...read more

  • Jimmy got a job at Google

    July 16, 2010

    By: Cadet Kyle Carlson


    Hey all, this is my first blog about my experience out in Cali with Google. First off, I'm not a CS major nor do I know anything about computers or coding. I'm working on the business side of things, jumping around from team to team learning about Sales and marketing. I'm here with three other cadets who I'm sure will be blogging soon. It has been a tremendous experience so far (we arrived this past Sunday and started on...read more