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Thoughts from Google

Steven Convery — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:17:00 GMT

By: Steven Convery
After 4 amazing weeks, I have finally returned back to West Point from San Francisco, California. I learned a lot over the last four weeks, and I think that I grew as a person throughout the experience, too. One of the interesting parts of the whole experience was learning how aspects of the organization fit with things we have learned in classes thus far in my Cadet Career. Everyday in Mountain View, we sat with the ads team,...read more

Leadership Lessons From. . . Google

Steven Convery — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:06:00 GMT

By: Steven Convery
For the last three weeks, I have been living in San Francisco, California and working at Google in Mountain View, California. While the drastic change in surrounding initially caused a small culture shock, as I have began to settle in I have realized that many aspects of Google are not all that different from the Army. At first this may sound crazy, but I hope that as I elaborate on it, you will agree. At the end of last week we had the privilege of meeting one on one with a senior manager...read more

How did you pull that off?

Steven Convery — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:33:00 GMT

By: Steven Convery
That is the question that I would hear every time I told someone about the last portion of my summer: A month long internship at Google where I would live in San Francisco and work out of the Mountain View “Googleplex”. It was an easy one to answer; I would explain the AIAD system, point out that Google has a veterans network and a summer internship program, and explain the interview and scheduling processed involved. The next question, which would inevitably come, was more...read more