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I won't put Google on my resume. It's hard to explain to the next employer

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Then you are just compounding your mistake by lying to future employers about your work history.

You are not serving yourself well as you seem to have a strange relationship with the truth.

If what you say is true that you made an honest mistake and you have a good reference from your direct supervisor it would be ill-advised not to be truthful.

Buddy, I strongly suggest to add Google to the resume, it will let you find a new job pretty quickly.

If asked by the potential employer, just explain the situation.

Take it easy. Don't damage yourself to the degree when your future productivity is affected.

I suggest putting Google on your resume, too. Being Google-y is a highly desirable line item on a resums. If you really have to, just explain what happened. Maybe even show the hiring manager this thread on HN. There is a reasonable chance the next employer won't even bother checking your references.

Sounds like your boss would still make a good reference for future employees to call. "Oh, throw-away-goog? Yeah he consulted with us for a short while. It's a shame he's looking to go full time, we're sorry to lose his services!"

Why not put Google on your resume and try applying for five or 10 jobs to see how it goes? I bet that having Google there will be a very positive thing, and that many people would understand the situation.

If someone came to me with that story, the vetting by Google would heavily outweigh the story.

you can probably put that you contracted for Google and have your old manager confirm and give you reference

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