[ Thanks to James
Maguire for this link. ]
“”But I can just Google it.” I was staring across my
desk at a mop-haired young man who was interviewing for a Java
software developer position on my team. He was responding to a
question about memory management, but he wasn’t really answering
the question. He hemmed and hawed for a few seconds and that’s when
he blurted his Google answer. This young gun obviously didn’t know
the answer to my question. Yet from his perspective there was a
feeling of “who cares?” because the answer could always be Googled.
(Doesn’t “Googled” sound better than “Binged” – which is
actually a real word with bad connotations? Something Microsoft
overlooked in their focus groups! But I digress…) Back to the
young man sitting in my office. Actually, “young dude” would be
more appropriate. He showed up to the interview in sandals, baggy
pants, and a very colorful button-down shirt with a skinny tie.
“