I think it's interesting to see their early focus on hiring the right people. They are even hiring for a College Recruiting Program Manager already- even when they only have about 50 people at the company. That's thinking big from the beginning.

Also- given all the MBA hate on HN, I thought it was interesting that they asked all their "business" positions to have MBAs.

It was funny to see them explicitly mention "casual dress atmosphere" - I don't think many software startups would even bother to say that these days.

The only Chef job with stock options!

"Several years of industry or hobby-based experience." -> Wow. Nowadays it's just "industry experience".

"Experience programming in Python a plus " -> Keep in mind, this was 1998, and Python was young.

Kind of ridiculous they require the VP of engineering to have a PhD. I haven't heard great things about Google's culture, and if this is the kind of requirements they had to put the technical leadership in place, a lot of what I heard is starting to make sense.

I wonder who filled these positions at that time in particular.

Can anyone remember how they first heard about and started using Google?

Heh. For fun - we should all apply for these jobs via the fax number they list.