http://innocuous.org/ en-us 40 Nothing To See Here comments I dropped by MIT this weekend to check out the <a href="http://www.howeandser.com/">CalTech cannon hack</a>. This is <a href="http://web.mit.edu/admissions/mitcpw/">campus preview weekend</a>, when admitted students are invited to visit the MIT campus to be wooed by admissions officials and current students alike. As a rule current students drop what they are doing to provide entertainment for themselves and occationally even for the visiting high school students (who are generally called prefrosh). It's usually a good time to see what exciting things current students are up to.<br /><br />What I didn't expect to see were dozens of prefrosh wearing bright blue Google "I'm Feeling Lucky" T-shirts. Turns out Google has taken on-campus recruiting to the next level, and has started recruiting MIT students before they are even students. Smart move on their part. Given that it already feels like <a href="http://www-tech.mit.edu/V121/N31/31reshist.31n.html">MIT has moved Rush to CPW</a>, I wonder if this presages a move of recruiting to CPW as well. The Undergraduate Housing Office could start selling employers ad space in the <a href="http://web.mit.edu/i3/">i3 videos</a>. Then MIT can dispense with diplomas and the undergraduate experience, and simply hand out certificates of admittance which are sufficient to land one a good job in New York or Silicon Valley.<br /><br />Congratulations to Google for being ahead of the curve, and getting started on their recruiting efforts as early as possible.<br /> Sat, 8 Apr 2006 17:35:53 EDT <a href="/articles/2006/04/08/google-takes-college-recruiting-to-the-next-level">Google Takes College Recruiting to the Next Level</a> <a href="/articles/2006/04/08/google-takes-college-recruiting-to-the-next-level">Google Takes College Recruiting to the Next Level</a>