This week we moved into the Google Chicago office. They had to build out some new space both for us and because they were growing so rapidly. So we’re located on a brand new floor. Today there was a ribbon cutting ceremony and media event. I don’t know exactly what happened except that there were a lot of office tours that went by. Everyone also got these Google Chicago shirts. Well, not this one exactly. Unlike New York and Mountain View where there are tons of employees in the engineering group, the office in Chicago is mostly all sales and business types. Before FeedBurner showed up there were only a few engineers. So, now that we’ve increased the size of the department and since there’s a big initiative to hire more engineers*, we got our own Chicago Eng t-shirts. Woot! Everyone not in Eng got a green version of the shirt that just says “Chicago,” not “Chicago Engineering”.

I’m happy to finally have a home after a few weeks on the road in the Bay Area and New York. It’s nice to have a desk and a chair and know where I’m going to be every day.

*If you’re interested in getting a job here, let me know. We have a referral program (wink, wink).

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