主题：请教关于工作方向选择的问题 -- krone

刚刚拿到Google山景城software developer的职位，要选择组。但是我对于各个组的细节没有完整的了解。我个人是理论计算机方向的phd，所有想找算法相关的，听人说搜索方向是Google的核心领域，可是我估计自己选了也不一定上，因为我没有做过intern，毕业学校不是太好，也没有任何内部联系。以下是可以选择的focus。我倾向于Search Technologies (ie Google Base, Image Search, Book Search, News)，Core Search and Ranking Algorithms，Systems Infrastructure (Clusters, Crawling/Indexing, Automation)。很想听听各位大牛的意见，谢谢先。

focus: AdWords / AdSense Business Productivity Applications (CRM, Billing & Payments, Reporting & Analytics) Checkout Communication and Social Networking (ie Orkut, Open Social, Blogger) Core Search and Ranking Algorithms Desktop Applications (ie Toolbar, Desktop Search, Gadgets) Engineering Productivity (Large-Scale Build Systems, Source Control, Debuggers, IDEs) Consumer Productivity Applications (ie Gmail, Calendar, Documents) Enterprise Applications and Appliances Geospatial Applications, Mapping, Imagery Google Developer Platforms (GWT, open source, APIs) google.com Reliability Engineering (production engineering, design, performance, monitoring, and service operations) International Search Mobile (including Android Open Mobile Platform and Mobile Applications) Network Infrastructure (OA&M, Measurement) Performance Analysis & Optimization Search Technologies (ie Google Base, Image Search, Book Search, News) Systems Infrastructure (Clusters, Crawling/Indexing, Automation) Video Serving and Analysis (including YouTube, Google Video) YouTube / San Bruno