{"id":500,"date":"2007-11-29T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-29T07:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/finnur.net\/blog\/?p=500"},"modified":"2007-11-29T07:23:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-29T07:23:00","slug":"fimmtan-minutna-fr%c3%a6g%c3%b0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/fimmtan-minutna-fr%c3%a6g%c3%b0\/","title":{"rendered":"Fimmt\u00e1n m\u00edn\u00fatna fr\u00e6g\u00f0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00d3 gu\u00f0. \u00de\u00e1 er b\u00fai\u00f0 a\u00f0 birta vi\u00f0tali\u00f0<\/a> sem bla\u00f0ama\u00f0ur 24 stunda t\u00f3k vi\u00f0 mig. M\u00e9r skildist \u00e1 H\u00f6nnu Eyvinds sem skildi eftir komment \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0unni okkar a\u00f0 eitthva\u00f0 hafi veri\u00f0 tala\u00f0 um \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed \u00fatvarpinu l\u00edka. Gaaa, \u00e9g h\u00f6ndla ekki svona mikla athygli… \ud83d\ude42 Ef \u00e9g v\u00e6ri heima myndi \u00e9g ekki \u00feora a\u00f0 m\u00e6ta \u00ed vinnuna n\u00e6stu vikuna. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

\u00deetta vi\u00f0tal kom til \u00feegar \u00e9g sendi p\u00f3st<\/a> \u00e1 bla\u00f0amann 24 stunda til a\u00f0 lei\u00f0r\u00e9tta rangf\u00e6rslur<\/a> sem birtar voru um samstarfsf\u00e9laga minn, \u00cdslandsvininn hann Dalv\u00edkur-Dan. \u00c9g \u00e1tti ekki von \u00e1 a\u00f0 p\u00f3sturinn yr\u00f0i birtur \u00ed bla\u00f0inu heldur frekar a\u00f0 hann myndi hafa samband vi\u00f0 Dan sj\u00e1lfan (svona er ma\u00f0ur vitlaus).<\/p>\n

Bla\u00f0ama\u00f0urinn haf\u00f0i svo samband til baka og ba\u00f0 um vi\u00f0tal; sendi nokkrar spurningar sem \u00e9g svara\u00f0i svo \u00ed t\u00f6lvup\u00f3sti. \u00datkoman hefur svo valdi\u00f0 honum h\u00f6fu\u00f0verk \u00fev\u00ed sv\u00f6rin voru kannski \u00edtarlegri en hann \u00e1tti von \u00e1 og vi\u00f0tali\u00f0 var \u00fev\u00ed klippt ni\u00f0ur. \u00datkoman var kannski full miki\u00f0 “efnishyggju-vi\u00f0tal” a\u00f0 m\u00ednu mati, ef svo m\u00e1 a\u00f0 or\u00f0i komast og \u00e1herslurnar breyttust vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0. En, \u00feetta er \u00fea\u00f0 sem flestir spyrja um \u00e1 heims\u00f3kn sinni \u00ed h\u00f6fu\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0var Google og \u00fev\u00ed hef\u00f0i \u00e9g svo sem m\u00e1tt b\u00faast vi\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00feetta vekti mesta athygli.<\/p>\n

Til gamans er h\u00e9r vi\u00f0tali\u00f0 \u00ed heild sinni:<\/p>\n

Hva\u00f0 hefur\u00f0u b\u00fai\u00f0 lengi \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum og hva\u00f0 ertu gamall?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c9g fluttist til Bandar\u00edkjanna \u00ed september \u00e1ri\u00f0 2000 (\u00fe\u00e1 26 \u00e1ra gamall) \u00feegar konan m\u00edn h\u00f3f framhaldsn\u00e1m \u00ed rafmagnsverkfr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 Stanford h\u00e1sk\u00f3la. Meiningin var a\u00f0 vera h\u00e9r \u00ed 2-3 \u00e1r \u00e1 me\u00f0an h\u00fan kl\u00e1ra\u00f0i mastersn\u00e1m en 7 \u00e1rum og tveimur b\u00f6rnum s\u00ed\u00f0ar erum vi\u00f0 enn b\u00fasett h\u00e9r \u00ed S\u00edlikondalnum mi\u00f0jum og konan m\u00edn komin \u00e1 kaf \u00ed doktorsn\u00e1m.<\/p>\n

Hvar starfa\u00f0ir \u00fe\u00fa \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00fe\u00fa byrja\u00f0ir a\u00f0 vinna \u00fear og hva\u00f0 hefur\u00f0u starfa\u00f0 lengi hj\u00e1 Google?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00dea\u00f0 t\u00f3k svol\u00edtinn t\u00edma a\u00f0 f\u00e1 bandar\u00edskt atvinnuleyfi en \u00feegar \u00fea\u00f0 var \u00ed h\u00f6fn f\u00f3r \u00e9g a\u00f0 leita m\u00e9r a\u00f0 vinnu sem h\u00e6f\u00f0i bakgrunni m\u00ednum og menntun sem t\u00f6lvunarfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur. \u00dea\u00f0 reyndist nokku\u00f0 strembi\u00f0 \u00fear sem t\u00e6knigeirinn var \u00e1 \u00feeim t\u00edma \u00e1 hra\u00f0ri ni\u00f0urlei\u00f0 (Internet b\u00f3lan svokalla\u00f0a a\u00f0 springa) og erfitt a\u00f0 f\u00e1 vinnu \u00fear sem fyrirt\u00e6kin voru m\u00f6rg hver a\u00f0 segja upp starfsf\u00f3lki \u00ed hr\u00f6nnum. \u00c9g s\u00f3tti me\u00f0al annars um vinnu hj\u00e1 Ensim, fyrirt\u00e6kis sem var a\u00f0 hluta til \u00ed eigu \u00cdslendingsins Snorra Gylfasonar, en stuttu eftir vi\u00f0tali\u00f0 f\u00e9kk \u00e9g a\u00f0 vita a\u00f0 \u00feeir hef\u00f0u sagt upp 30% af s\u00ednu vinnuafli og \u00fear me\u00f0 var s\u00e1 m\u00f6guleiki \u00fat \u00far myndinni. \u00dea\u00f0 reyndist \u00fe\u00f3 ekki f\u00fdlufer\u00f0 \u00fear sem Snorri setti upp vi\u00f0tal hj\u00e1 vini s\u00ednum, \u00dalfari Erlingssyni, sem var a\u00f0 stofna n\u00fdtt hugb\u00fana\u00f0arfyrirt\u00e6ki \u00e1 sv\u00e6\u00f0inu og f\u00e9kk \u00e9g vinnu \u00fear sem forritari; fyrsti almenni starfsma\u00f0ur fyrirt\u00e6kis sem nefnt var GreenBorder Technologies og vann a\u00f0 n\u00fdst\u00e1rlegri \u00f6ryggislausn fyrir Windows. Eftir um 6 \u00e1ra rekstur keypti Google svo GreenBorder og ger\u00f0ist \u00e9g starfsma\u00f0ur hj\u00e1 \u00feeim \u00ed kj\u00f6lfari\u00f0, um mi\u00f0jan ma\u00ed \u00e1 \u00feessu \u00e1ri.<\/p>\n

Ert \u00fe\u00fa eini \u00cdslendingurinn?<\/span><\/p>\n

Nei, \u00fea\u00f0 er handfylli af \u00cdslendingum a\u00f0 vinna hj\u00e1 Google, meiriparturinn \u00e1 h\u00f6fu\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0vunum \u00ed S\u00edlikondal e\u00f0a \u00ed Kanada en einnig nokkrir \u00e1 meginlandi Evr\u00f3pu e\u00f0a \u00ed New York. \u00dea\u00f0 er \u00fe\u00f3 aldrei a\u00f0 vita \u00fe\u00f3 a\u00f0 fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 s\u00e9 me\u00f0 \u00edslenska starfsmenn \u00e1 s\u00ednum sn\u00e6rum \u00e1 \u00f6\u00f0rum st\u00f6\u00f0um, enda er Google me\u00f0 skrifstofur fyrir verkfr\u00e6\u00f0inga og s\u00f6lumenn v\u00ed\u00f0s vegar um Nor\u00f0url\u00f6ndin \u00fear sem ekki er \u00f3l\u00edklegt a\u00f0 fleiri \u00cdslendingar leynist. Annars er erfitt a\u00f0 festa n\u00e1kv\u00e6ma t\u00f6lu \u00e1 fj\u00f6ldanum en svona til merkis um \u00fea\u00f0 vatt s\u00e9r a\u00f0 m\u00e9r ma\u00f0ur a\u00f0 nafni Paul fr\u00e1 h\u00f3pnum sem \u00e9g vinn me\u00f0, mj\u00f6g indverskur \u00ed \u00fatliti og \u00feegar vi\u00f0 f\u00f3rum a\u00f0 tala saman kom \u00ed lj\u00f3s a\u00f0 hann \u00e1 \u00e6ttir a\u00f0 rekja til \u00cdslands, me\u00f0al annars gegnum lang-\u00f6mmu og lang-afa m\u00f3\u00f0ur sinnar sem h\u00f6f\u00f0u flust b\u00faferlum fr\u00e1 Akureyri til Manitoba \u00ed Kanada upp \u00far 1880.<\/p>\n

Er ekki miki\u00f0 og langt ferli a\u00f0 komast a\u00f0 hj\u00e1 Google?<\/span><\/p>\n

M\u00edn reynsla af atvinnuferlinu er \u00ed sj\u00e1lfu s\u00e9r ekki alveg s\u00fa sama og almennur ums\u00e6kjandi \u00f6\u00f0last eftir atvinnuums\u00f3knarferli\u00f0 \u00fear sem Google keypti fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 sem \u00e9g vann fyrir. \u00c9g kynntist \u00fe\u00f3 vissum \u00fe\u00e1ttum eins og sj\u00e1lfu atvinnuvi\u00f0talinu en ums\u00e6kjendur eru skuldbundnir til a\u00f0 gefa ekki uppl\u00fdsingar um \u00fea\u00f0 sem fram fer \u00ed sj\u00e1lfu atvinnuvi\u00f0talinu og \u00fev\u00ed best a\u00f0 segja sem minnst um \u00fea\u00f0. \u00c9g veit hins vegar a\u00f0 \u00feeir leggja mikla \u00e1herslu \u00e1 a\u00f0 velja h\u00e6ft f\u00f3lk og geta leyft s\u00e9r a\u00f0 vera vandl\u00e1tir enda f\u00e6r Google v\u00edst um 3000 ums\u00f3knir \u00e1 dag v\u00ed\u00f0svegar a\u00f0 \u00far heiminum (yfir millj\u00f3n ums\u00f3knir \u00e1 \u00e1ri) og hafa \u00fev\u00ed \u00far n\u00f3g af h\u00e6fu starfsf\u00f3lki a\u00f0 velja. M\u00e9r s\u00fdnist jafnframt af \u00feeim mannskap sem \u00e9g hef kynnst \u00e1 \u00feessu h\u00e1lfu \u00e1ri sem \u00e9g hef unni\u00f0 fyrir Google a\u00f0 \u00feetta s\u00e9 almennt s\u00e9\u00f0 mj\u00f6g \u00f6flugt starfsf\u00f3lk sem er mj\u00f6g f\u00e6rt \u00e1 s\u00ednu svi\u00f0i.<\/p>\n

Hvernig er a\u00f0 starfa hj\u00e1 Google?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00deetta eru mikil vi\u00f0brig\u00f0i fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 vinna fyrir l\u00edti\u00f0 sprotafyrirt\u00e6ki eins og GreenBorder sem \u00feegar mest l\u00e9t var me\u00f0 um 25-30 starfsmenn. Google, svona til samanbur\u00f0ar, er v\u00edst me\u00f0 um 16 \u00fe\u00fasund starfsmenn \u00e1 s\u00ednum sn\u00e6rum v\u00ed\u00f0svegar um heiminn og ma\u00f0ur er \u00fev\u00ed bara p\u00ednul\u00edtill fiskur \u00ed st\u00f3rri tj\u00f6rn. \u00cd raun er \u00feetta \u00fe\u00f3 a\u00f0 m\u00ednu mati draumafyrirt\u00e6ki a\u00f0 m\u00f6rgu leyti – s\u00e9rstaklega fyrir \u00fe\u00e1 sem hafa eitthva\u00f0 me\u00f0 hugb\u00fana\u00f0ar\u00fer\u00f3un a\u00f0 gera. \u00dea\u00f0 eru \u00f3tr\u00falega fj\u00f6lbreytt og spennandi verkefni \u00ed gangi og mikill samgangur \u00e1 milli verkefna sem spanna v\u00edtt svi\u00f0 t\u00f6lvunarfr\u00e6\u00f0innar, allt fr\u00e1 gervigreind yfir \u00ed vi\u00f0m\u00f3tsforritun svo f\u00e1tt eitt s\u00e9 nefnt \u00feannig a\u00f0 allir \u00e6ttu a\u00f0 geta fundi\u00f0 eitthva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 sitt h\u00e6fi. Jafnframt er m\u00e6lst til \u00feess a\u00f0 20% af t\u00edma hvers starfsmanns fari \u00ed a\u00f0 sinna \u00f6\u00f0rum verkefnum innan fyrirt\u00e6kisins sem h\u00e6gt er a\u00f0 n\u00fdta s\u00e9r til a\u00f0 kynnast \u00fev\u00ed sem sem er \u00ed gangi innan fyrirt\u00e6kisins e\u00f0a \u00fatf\u00e6ra einhverja snilldarhugmyndina sem kannski er b\u00fain a\u00f0 gerjast \u00ed huga manns \u00ed langan t\u00edma en aldrei reynst vera t\u00edmi til a\u00f0 \u00fatf\u00e6ra. M\u00f6rg verkefni eru runnin undan rifjum \u00feessa \u00e1taks eins og til d\u00e6mis Google News fr\u00e9tta\u00fej\u00f3nustan sem \u00ed upphafi var a\u00f0eins hugarf\u00f3stur eins starfsmanns.<\/p>\n

Hvernig er gert vel vi\u00f0 starfsmenn hj\u00e1 Google? Nudd? Golf? G\u00f3\u00f0ur matur? M\u00f6tuneyti\u00f0 eins gott og \u00e9g hef heyrt?<\/span><\/p>\n

Google leggur sig miki\u00f0 fram vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 gera vel vi\u00f0 starfsmenn s\u00edna, \u00fev\u00ed ver\u00f0ur ekki neita\u00f0. M\u00f6tuneytin eru v\u00ed\u00f0sfr\u00e6g fyrir \u00farval og g\u00e6\u00f0i og or\u00f0i\u00f0 m\u00f6tuneyti \u00ed raun rangnefni \u00fear sem \u00feau eru l\u00edkari veitingast\u00f6\u00f0um a\u00f0 g\u00e6\u00f0um en hef\u00f0bundnum m\u00f6tuneytum fyrirt\u00e6kja. M\u00f6tuneytin eru alls 17 \u00e1 h\u00f6fu\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0vunum sem hvert og eitt s\u00e9rh\u00e6fir sig \u00ed \u00e1kve\u00f0inni ger\u00f0 r\u00e9tta \u00far ferskum l\u00edfr\u00e6num hr\u00e1efnum. Eitt m\u00f6tuneyti\u00f0 s\u00e9rh\u00e6fir sig \u00ed sp\u00e6nskum sm\u00e1r\u00e9ttum (svokalla\u00f0ir tapas r\u00e9ttir), anna\u00f0 b\u00fdr til austurlenska r\u00e9tti og matrei\u00f0ir sushi \u00e1 sta\u00f0num og svona m\u00e6tti lengi telja. Bo\u00f0i\u00f0 er upp \u00e1 morgunmat, h\u00e1degismat og kv\u00f6ldmat og ve\u00f0urfari\u00f0 gerir \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 verkum a\u00f0 ma\u00f0ur getur seti\u00f0 a\u00f0 sn\u00e6\u00f0ingi \u00fati undir s\u00f3lhl\u00edf og noti\u00f0 Kaliforn\u00edu-bl\u00ed\u00f0unnar st\u00f3ran hluta \u00e1rsins. Og ekki spillir fyrir a\u00f0 maturinn er me\u00f0 \u00f6llu \u00f3keypis fyrir Google starfsmenn sem og gesti \u00feeirra.<\/p>\n

Tv\u00e6r l\u00edkamsr\u00e6ktarst\u00f6\u00f0var eru \u00e1 sv\u00e6\u00f0inu – gjaldfrj\u00e1lsar – og s\u00e9r Google um a\u00f0 \u00fatvega hrein handkl\u00e6\u00f0i fyrir starfsmenn. Tv\u00f6 \u00fevottah\u00fas eru einnig til sta\u00f0ar \u00fear sem Google \u00fatvegar \u00fevottaefni og rukkar hvorki fyrir notkun \u00e1 \u00fevottav<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00d3 gu\u00f0. \u00de\u00e1 er b\u00fai\u00f0 a\u00f0 birta vi\u00f0tali\u00f0 sem bla\u00f0ama\u00f0ur 24 stunda t\u00f3k vi\u00f0 mig. M\u00e9r skildist \u00e1 H\u00f6nnu Eyvinds sem skildi eftir komment \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0unni okkar a\u00f0 eitthva\u00f0 hafi veri\u00f0 tala\u00f0 um \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed \u00fatvarpinu l\u00edka. Gaaa, \u00e9g h\u00f6ndla ekki svona mikla athygli… \ud83d\ude42 Ef \u00e9g v\u00e6ri heima myndi \u00e9g ekki \u00feora a\u00f0 m\u00e6taRead more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-container col-md-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}