A nice thing about working at Google (#71 in a #436 part series)

Here's a quick transcript of the meeting with my new boss.

Me: Great to meet you. Hey, what'd you do before this Google thing came along?

Her, paraphrased: Just some work on various projects...

• (item 1)
• (item 2)
• I invented servlets...
• (item 3)

Me: Cool, that's- Holy- Snuh?

Here's a short (and woefully incomplete) list of things that co-workers have invented or had a major hand in inventing outside of their Google work:

• Python
• Java Collections API
• Servlets
• awk
• lex
• GIMP
• UTF-8
• Plan 9
• Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
• RDF and RSS (really!)
• Open Directory Project
• Macintosh Operating System
• TCP/IP

this one's my favorite:

• The Internet

There's more at the papers written by Googlers page.