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The Google mind

The Internet powerhouse’s secrets for hiring the best

By Michael B. Farrell

 |  Globe Staff  

  November 06, 2011

It’s not just high-concept design that makes Google Cambridge seem exciting and hip, or why it’s the number one medium company in this year’s Top Places to Work survey, it’s the sense among employees that they are among the brightest minds in technology working together to change the way the world communicates. Googlers often credit their smart colleagues with making the workplace vibrant and interesting. And across its locations that span the globe, the talent pool is legendary.

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