Landing a job at Google can be the greatest thing for engineers and programmers. It would be like a dream come true for those in search of improving their tech career.
Every year, 2 million applicants hope to be chosen, The Guardian reports. The sad truth is only 5,000 lucky ones are hired. They're the cream of the crop, so they say.
There are a lot of fields to choose from in Google. Robotics, automobile and life sciences studies are just parts of the company. Many more careers have opened up under the scope of Google. One of the most unique jobs ever: the Google Doodler.
There are different careers involved in the group, Time reports. There are engineers, artists, and designers that comprise the Doodle team. These people are in charge of creating the most extraordinary, funny, and entertaining doodles that show up on Google's main page.
We might think that it's just a mere drawing or animation. However, truth be told, it's harder than it looks. There's a lot of pressure involved, too.
One of the engineers, Jordan Thompson, tells Time, "The big challenge for Doodles is the hard deadline." He further states that the Doodle should be ready on a particular day to commemorate a certain event or person. It has to be specifically on that day or the Doodle won't be released at all or it will be unveiled after a year.
Aside from the troublesome deadlines, some added struggles for the team are to compile the ideas and the short window they can collaborate together.
The evolution of the designs can prove to be difficult for the artists, too. From the simple drawings the site previously depicted, to the more elaborate ones they've shown recently, it can get challenging for them to produce something as interactive and unique.
No matter how hard it may get for the Doodle team, they still find their jobs worthwhile. Leon Hong, an artist on the Google Doodle team says, "The best part is being able to learn a lot of new things on the job, being able to research different topics, and learning about Beethoven's life, or all of these other people."
