43-year-old Mark Boardman thought he was too old to work at Google when he landed a $320,000 offer.; Prior to accepting it, Boardman worked at BCG and had taken Google on as a client.

Google is consistently one of the best companies to work for in the US. Thanks to some of the coolest and most generous perks we've seen, it's easy to see why.

To work at Google, you may need to be patient and find out where you can best contribute to the company, Allen said. “For most who make it to Google, it takes a lot of effort and a lot of time.

Working at Google may not prepare you for future jobs. “The downside is that after doing that for a few years, you may very quickly lose touch with the real world on how to scale things via open ...

Does working at Google really make you deliver your best as a software engineer? This question was originally answered on Quora by Edmond Lau. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip.

We already know that Google employees get a ton of perks to keep them happy at their jobs. However, the actual work people do at Google is fun as well, as a new thread posted over at Quora reveals ...

3. You’ll need to be “on” at all times. Just because you got a job at Google doesn’t mean you’ll keep it. Working with the brightest minds in the world who are driven daily to reach new ...

But working at Google isn't all free food and bike rides around campus. We checked out a Quora thread where people claiming to be current and former employees dish on the down sides of working there.

We already knew that working for Google had certain advantages, but, believe me, this giant of the search motor takes the welfare of its employees seriously, as shown by this decompression (stress ...

What's it like to work at Google? Ask a Microserf A former Google employee tells all to his new colleagues at Microsoft. Allegedly. By Farhad Manjoo. Published June 27, 2007 4:34PM (EDT) -- ...

Google’s meager counteroffer was final proof that this job was just a job and that I’d be more valued if I went elsewhere. After I quit, I promised myself to never love a job again. Not in the ...