{"product_id":"im-feeling-lucky-the-confessions-of-google-employee-number-59-9780547737393","title":"I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An exciting story  that] shines light on the inner workings of the fledgling Google and on the personalities of its founders.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn its infancy, Google embraced extremes--endless days fueled by unlimited free food, nonstop data-based debates, and blood-letting hockey games. The company's fresh-from-grad-school leaders sought more than old notions of success; they wanted to make all the information in the world available to everyone--instantly. Google, like the Big Bang, was a singularity--an explosive release of raw intelligence and unequaled creative energy--and while others have described what Google accomplished, no one has explained how it felt to be a part of it. Until now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs employee number 59, Douglas Edwards was a key part of Google's earliest days. Experience the unnerving mix of camaraderie and competition as Larry Page and Sergey Brin create a famously nonhierarchical structure, fight against conventional wisdom, and race to implement myriad new features while coolly burying broken ideas. \u003ci\u003eI'm Feeling Lucky \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the self-created culture of the world's most transformative corporation and offers unique access to the emotions experienced by those who virtually overnight built one of the world's best-known brands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Edwards does an excellent job of telling his story with a fun, outsider-insider voice. The writing is sharp.\"--\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An affectionate, compulsively readable recounting of the early years of Google.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780547737393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Douglas Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638713413788,"sku":"9780547737393","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8d8997ca-0a1e-412b-8cce-a10bc8741c99.jpg?v=1603847995","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/im-feeling-lucky-the-confessions-of-google-employee-number-59-9780547737393","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}