It Was Awesome.
The title really says it all. Seriously. I recently had the chance to make a very special trip to the Googleplex. It is an event I definitely won’t forget for a *really* long time.
I met and socialized with a students and mentors from all over the world—including from Thailand, Russia, South Africa, the UK, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Belgium and the USA—to celebrate the conclusion of the first-ever Google Highly Open Participation Contest. In addition to all of this social interaction, I had the chance to ride roller coasters at Great America, tour the Googleplex, talk to other GHOP students and mentors, eat at two of Google’s famous cafés, and listen to a set of amazing presentations by various tech luminaries who work for Google.
Today, I decided to put together a recap entry about the activities of the two days and what we did during them: