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Google Planning a Minneapolis Office Soon?
The following question was posed to me earlier today:
"Is Google making a big recruiting push in Minneapolis?"
That's an interesting question considering that Google doesn't have a Minneapolis office . . . yet.
This isn't based on an isolated incident. I know of programmers and people holding administrative positions who have been contacted by the Big G in recent weeks.
My open pitch to Google to buy the local Ford Assembly Plant fell on deaf ears. However, the apparently open positions don't sound like the data center operations jobs.
1,225 United States based openings are posted on Google's job board, but nothing shows up as Minnesota based today.
Let the speculation begin.
Does anyone working in commercial real estate have anything they'd like to share?
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2. Posted by: Rex on June 13, 2007 1:45 PM:
I'm guessing Google probably will open a Minnie office... but for sales, not engineering. Minneapolis is much more of an advertising hub than a tech hub. They would have a tough time filling enough engineering positions to warrant an office.
3. Posted by: Cariann on June 13, 2007 2:05 PM:
Rex, do you really think that Minneapolis is not is not that much of a Tech hub? 3M, Honeywell, ADC, Medtronic... I'm just surprised you would say that.
I think we are quite techie.
But, maybe I just think so because I am surrounded by it.
4. Posted by: Ed Kohler on June 13, 2007 2:55 PM:
Good point, Rex. Lots of interactive advertising comes outta this town. Maybe they'll lure people with hand delivered meals like you 'softies have these days?
5. Posted by: kj on June 13, 2007 7:41 PM:
anyone who doesn't think the Twin Cities are a
">tech hub...
there's more than just that article too...
Minneapolis is easily the most high-tech metro in the entire midwest, way more than Chicago.
6. Posted by: Ray Rolfe on June 14, 2007 1:43 AM:
MINNEAPOLIS IS THE CREATIVE CENTER OF INNOVATION IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
GOOGLE WILL OPEN AN OFFICE OF INNOVATION HERE.
HIRE ME - HIRE ME - HIRE ME - HIRE ME
We will have immersive temporal metaverse simulators ASAP!
Please and thank you.
Ray Rolfe
Director of Creative Innovations.
MinneapolisArtist@gmail.com
7. Posted by: Rex on June 14, 2007 8:06 PM:
I should have been more clear: Minneapolis is not know for its IT industry. (Yes, it's known in the fields of biomed and traditional engineering. Those talents don't help much when you're trying to build the next version of YouTube, or whatever.)
This, of course, was not intended as a diss. Minneapolis is my favorite city in America. It's just that if I were Google setting up engineering shops, it would fall pretty low on my list. I would love to be wrong about this, because then maybe I'd move back. :)
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1. Posted by: Damon Allison on June 13, 2007 11:18 AM:
Ed,
How ironic. I'm an independent software consultant in Minneapolis and was contacted by a recruiter from Google yesterday (6/12/07). Not sure if this adds to the validity to your rumor or just a coincidence.
I would love to see Google enter into MN. I'd love for them to increase demand for ruby, python, et al. It would help break up the dull .NET dominance we have here.
Thanks for the post, I do hope it becomes a reality.