I just finished my MS project… in a week. I had three months to do it.

In other news, Google did not offer me the job after all those months of interviewing. Pity; I could have done the same for them. If they behave like they did during the Summer of Code, I’ll find them using the ideas I presented at the interviews a few months from now despite this. Apparently one interview (of about 10 – the only one I didn’t solve the problem for, and even then I had the right idea) really is enough to screw up the entire process. A series of consensus interviews seems more a test of luck than actual ability.