If you've not already been there, take a look at Xooglers - a new blog written by ex-Googlers recounting life at the search company. There are now two contributors, Doug Edwards (the original Xoogler) and Ron Garret (who also writes at Rondam Ramblings).
What I find interesting about this blog is both the no-holds-barred expose with detailed descriptions of events and opinions (certainly well beyond anything a current employee could get away with) and the occassional bouts of, well, admiration:
First, I accept that Larry and Sergey really are brilliant. I'm sure that on IQ tests, they're off the charts, but that's not the kind of brilliance I mean. I mean brilliant in the sense that they have a vision that burns so brightly within them it scorches everything that stands in its way. The truth is so obvious to them that they have no patience for the niceties of polite society when bringing that vision to life.
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