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What was it like to be a 41 year old  English major working 18 hour days, 7 days a week, for almost 6 years in an organization that only valued genius software engineers?  Doug Edwards (as employee #59) takes us inside his world as he labored within Google as the first director of consumer marketing and brand management.  Mr. Edwards was a former journalist and writes with a wry wit and nuanced style that will have you laughing out loud as you begin to grasp  his understated explanations of how Google became the icon that it is today. Relive the glory days of yesteryear when "high-tech gold was all around us...houses sold overnight [in Silicon Valley] for a million dollars above the asking price, paid in cash."  He describes what it was like to try and please the co-founders of Google - Larry Price and Sergey Brin.  It began with Doug's first interview with Sergey who told him "I'm going to give you five minutes.  When I come back, I want you to explain to me something complicated that I don't already know."  Sergey's philosophy was that" an hour wasted with an unqualified candidate wasn't a total loss if he gained insight into something new."  After reading this book, you will definitely gain insight into many new things.