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title: "Talent hunting in the counterculture"
url: https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/09/03/talent-hunting-in-the-counterculture/
description: "If you want to make an appointment to see Larry Page and Sergey Brin this week, you’ll have a harder time than usual doing so. The Google founders are making their."
published: 2006-09-03
updated: 2006-09-03
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# Talent hunting in the counterculture

Published 2006-09-03

September 3, 2006 · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/)

> If you want to make an appointment to see Larry Page and Sergey Brin this week, you’ll have a harder time than usual doing so. The Google founders are making their annual pilgrimage to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada for the Burning Man festival.
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> Google’s known for its exacting hiring requirements, which include a degree from a top-notch university and a stratospheric GPA. But Page and Brin also have a preference for hiring Burning Man attendees - a practice that other talent-seekers would be wise to imitate.

[Business 2.0: Talent hunting in the counterculture - Aug. 31, 2006](http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/31/technology/BurningManTalent_futureboy.biz2/index.htm)

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