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Jaime Casap
Project manager, Google Phoenix

Tucked away in an ASU “University Services” building, Google’s Phoenix office is surely one of the most colorful workplaces in the Valley—both literally and figuratively. “Sometimes it feels a bit like a daycare,” Project Manager Jaime Casap says jokingly of the spectrum of décor.

Google employees enjoy free beverages of every imaginable sort, meals, game room privileges and electric Razor scooters for office races. Today they’re even offering free massages for employees in need of a break. Casap, an ASU graduate, says Google Phoenix is ever on the prowl for talented software engineers.

Qualified candidates can apply at www.google.com/jobs. As you might expect, the site has a pretty decent search feature.
Chris Bianco
1.“This lava lamp is the first thing I turn on.”
2. The Intellectual Devotional
3. Mug from Google HR in Ireland/UK
4. Macbook Pro
5. IBM Thinkpad
6. Inspirational Yoda clock
7. iPod. Current song is “All I Want Is You” by U2
8. Noise canceling headphones
9. Argentina flag. Many of Casap’s family still live in Argentina.
10. New York map
11. Wall Street Journal
12. Fortune Magazine, Google again listed as one of the “100 Best Places to Work”
13. The Scottsdale Times
14. Photos: Girlfriend/kids/ co-worker
15. Personal ping pong paddles for competitive showdowns in the Google game room
16. Books: The Google Story, Orbiting the Giant Hairball and Good to Great are Casap’s favorite titles.
17. RAZOR scooters provided by office. My daughter says, “You’re an adult. You’re supposed to hate your job.”
18. Water bottles by Google, saving environment
19. Roboguy, a gift from 30th birthday
20. Google ski trip announcement and photos
21. “Everyone gets 20 percent of work time to work on ‘other projects.” That creative freedom has produced Gmail, Google’s email program as well as the search spelling help feature, “Did you mean?”
22. Art, from a local artist, Matt Mays
23. Google-style chair
24. Leftover Christmas lights
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