Friday, August 22, 2008

Peek Inside You Tube Headquarters

YouTube’s office space is located in San Bruno, California. These pictures range from mid 2007-mid 2008, so they are pretty accurate as to what it looks like.












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  1. That looks like a really fun place to work. Is it in California?

    Jason
    http://www.designerbay.com

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  2. >>Is it in California?

    What does it say at the top???

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  3. it was a soundstage on mars!

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  4. I think I read somewhere it was in Texas

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  5. Jason:

    You're pretty dumb.

    www.theinternet.com

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  6. That is a lot of wasted GOOG shareholder money for a company that hasn't made a nickel...

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  7. "all trolls should die or at least suffer chemical burns on their genitals..."

    I agree, but did anyone find out where this place is ?

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  8. That's cool, but where do the developers actually sit and do work?

    Lounge spaces are nice, but if they have to write code in a dungeon it loses its appeal.

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  9. I think it's funny that a post about YouTube is completely image based. no video?! hah.

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  10. THE LOCATION IS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE!!!! Ok, now I'm hoarse from yelling.

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  11. "I agree, but did anyone find out where this place is ?"

    I think it's in Google's headquarters, in Texas.

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  12. Yeah definitely in Texas

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=google%2C%20texas&mrt=all

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  13. Does anyone know of a place where I can search to find out where this is?

    I would prefer a search engine located in Texas.

    Ok thanks.

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  14. Texas, as at the top

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  15. "That's cool, but where do the developers actually sit and do work?"

    In Texas.

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  16. Where about is Texas? Is it near the YouTube headquaters?

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  17. If ya'll think this place is awesome you should check out YouTube's headquarters. I think it's somewhere in Louisiana.

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  18. Texas in the U.S. or the Russian Texas?

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  19. I used to work there - I can confirm it's in Texas.

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  20. "Texas in the U.S. or the Russian Texas?"

    Duh !
    Haven't you read ANY of the comments ?

    Anonymous 7:49AM is hoarse from yelling the answer. Even I can hear him from my booth in YouTube HQ

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  21. "If ya'll think this place is awesome you should check out YouTube's headquarters. I think it's somewhere in Louisiana."

    you don't have a link or like something do you

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  22. I would jump off a bridge before working in that Star Wars office.

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  23. "I would jump off a bridge before working in that Star Wars office."

    wouldn'tit be easier just going through the dor like everyone else ?

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  24. it says it's in SAN BRUNO California

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  25. The funny part is how much the comments thread resembles a normal youtube comments thread (no "fake!" or "first" comment yet?)

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  26. >> it says it's in SAN BRUNO California

    Is that in England?

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  27. how is babby formed?

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  28. When I lived in Texas, my apartment was right by the headquarters. I got to visit that building a few times, since my friend was a developer for Youtube.

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  29. It doesn't look like England, but I've only seen pictures of England on the web and that Friends episode where they went to London, or am I thinking of Las Vegas ?

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  30. so where is it located? texas or london?

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  31. Do those people actually do any work or do they just play all day? This whole "spoil me with toys and free food or I won't do any work" mentality has reached a level far beyond obnoxious. The sense of entitlement people have nowadays has gotten out of control. People used to take pride in their work. Now they take pride in whether or not their employer hands out free snacks and has a golf putting green in the lobby.

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  32. Wow the extent people can't read..


    At the top of the pictures
    "YouTube’s office space is located in San Bruno, California. These pictures range from mid 2007-mid 2008, so they are pretty accurate as to what it looks like."

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  33. It's definitely London.

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  34. "It doesn't look like England, but I've only seen pictures of England on the web and that Friends episode where they went to London, or am I thinking of Las Vegas ?"

    You can tell its not England or there would be fish'n'chip shop dishing out snacks.

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  35. "Do those people actually do any work or do they just play all day? This whole "spoil me with toys and free food or I won't do any work" mentality has reached a level far beyond obnoxious. The sense of entitlement people have nowadays has gotten out of control. People used to take pride in their work. Now they take pride in whether or not their employer hands out free snacks and has a golf putting green in the lobby."

    dude, I wish it was like that where I work - for us lot at YouTube HQ in California it's a far cry from that fun looking offica place.

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  36. Ah yes... The YouTube Generation. No one knows how to read anymore.

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  38. it must be located in one of those new fangled hi tech cities in china or india

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  39. It's strange YouTube having their HQ in in Italy but most of the clips they've filmed and shown are in English, not Italianish.

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  40. The guy who said it was in Italy has deleted his post - now I look stupid for my response above.

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  41. Where is this place?

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  42. They aren't speaking Italianish because the HQ are located in Chiantishire, obviously.

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  43. lol they have a Plasma TV just meant to display the YouTube logo! That amuses me.

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  44. this is the google hq? if so it's in boston. i know i've been there.
    butt personally i think the images look shooped, i know this because i've done a few shoops in my time.

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  45. Please stop referring to the Bay Area as "California" ... it associates us too closely with LA

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  46. Yeah, looks exactly like Google. Well, the New York office anyway.

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  47. that's crazy. reminds me of http://stuffididlastnight.com

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  48. I only asked a simple question - and I'd add that no-one's given a straight answer - so, please - to get back to my original question - is it in California ?

    Jason
    http://www.designerbay.com

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  50. I think one of the earier posters might be right
    if you look close some of the photo's may be shopped
    it looks a lot like an office I know in San Bruno California but I think that's the Google HQ

    Anyone in San Bruno to confirm this ?

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  51. Looks like copyright infringement pays well.

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  52. I have confirmed that the HQ is located directly in your @ss.

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  53. I dont know, I drove around Texas all day looking for this place. I think its in Oklahoma.

    I wish there was a better way to look up where places were because driving around takes so long and with gas prices what they are!

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  54. It's in San Bruno next to the Bayhill shopping center and Carls Jr....

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  55. hmm that's added a new dimension to the debate

    if the office is located directly in my a$$ it's not in California, Texas, India, China, Italy, England or Louisiana - it's (currently) in Scotland.

    So, mystery solved - YouTube HQ is in Scotland - thanks to the last poster for that.

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  56. does san bruno sound like its in louisiana to you? no. its definitely in texas.

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  57. Look morons, this isn't in Europe. The only two Texas' in the world are located in the U.S. and Russia. I live in Texas, U.S., and the YouTube headquarters is right down the street from me, because I work there. In fact... hold on.

    DMITRI! TURN OFF THAT ACCURSED WESTERN MUSIC! Поверните вниз, что музыка, прежде чем я убить вас!

    So, I assure you, my comrades, that the headquarters is indeed located in the U.S. Texas and not Russian Texas.

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  58. so, is Google a Russian thing ?

    I always thought it was American

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  59. Holy Smokes dude that mucxh money for hosting free videos? Dang man unbelievable! That is totally CRAZY!

    RD
    http://www.crypt.alturl.com

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  60. This gets my vote as best comment thread of the year.

    And to Jason www.designerbay.com, your paintings look like you are trying to rip off Thomas Kindade. Except for the Mighty Mouse and Winnie the Pooh ones those look like you were trying to rip off Izzy Klein and Walt Disney. Oh, and in case you haven't figured it out, these pictures were taken in

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  61. Wow these comments have gotten ridiculous. It is probably the only thing to ever make it to the internets from San Bruno, California, a most pleasant place to live.

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  62. "I used to work there - I can confirm it's in Texas."

    I think it's safe to say we all used to work there.

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  63. definitely in Warsow Poland

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  64. Luego dicen que no tienen ingresos de youtube... venga vaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

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  65. Yes from Hungary.
    http://blogozin.com

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  66. The pictures above are from the YouTube Morocco Offices. You can tell by the second to last picture.

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  67. It is texas you can tell by the pixels

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  68. wow! that looks so nice!

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  69. Not as impressive as I had expected.

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  70. Very nice place to work,

    http://www.videotutos.com

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  71. I am happy to be able to clear this up.

    These are pictures of the sound stages and offices of the popular GoogTube, "How is Babby Formed?" series for young adults, and mentally challenged people of all ages. Just like you!

    And yes, we're in Texas, in a suburb of Moscow, London called Barsoom.

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  72. what? no diet coke and mentos??

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  74. CARAIIIIIIOOOO VEIIIIIIII

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  75. Definitely shopped. The shadows are all off.

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  76. I loved the swimming pool! :-)

    Alexis.

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  77. This thread is epic.

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  78. someone photoshopped texas

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  79. this place is in Texas, Russia, northeast of Moscow

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  80. Damn>>> this is place is Just Good 4 one person and that's HOOOOOMER Simpson.

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  81. Damn>>> this is place is Just Good 4 one person and that's HOOOOOMER Simpson.

    Dont you mean LLEEEEROY Jenkins? I knew it was in texas I though I passed it on the way to work.

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  82. Shopped. Look at the golf course. The shadows are all wrong.

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  83. So, this is the Real Jason,

    I only left the first comment at the top. Then someone posted more using my name.

    I found this with the stumble button originally, looked at the images, didn't read anything, left a quick comment, and hit stumble again.

    I just happened accross it again.

    Wow, now I know why I got so much traffic! :p

    You guys really toar me up for missing that first line.

    Either way I got a ton off traffic from it. And, learned of the location of Youtube offices.

    Let me make sure I got it though
    It's on mars in a land that they call Russia that's located in America, the Texas portion of America not London America and in a sound stage?

    Is that about right?

    BTW
    Mighty Mouse and Whinnie the Pooh were gifts for people who like those characters.


    Jason
    http://www.designerbay.com

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  84. So did anyone find out where it is?

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  85. ...It's on mars in a land that they call Russia that's located in America, the Texas portion of America not London America and in a sound stage...

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  86. Wow i want to live in those headquarters holy those are NIIIIIIIIICE conditions



    THEY'RE SICK

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  87. [i]That is a lot of wasted GOOG shareholder money for a company that hasn't made a nickel...[/i]
    Hasn't made a nickel? this is Youtube [b]NOT[/b] the London Tube!

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  88. nice place to work for a company that doesn't make money

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  89. Mensaje desde 'Colegio Profesional de Ingenieros en Informática de Andalucía'

    Mensaje:
    Estimado ingeniero,

    El pasado 23 de octubre el Ministerio de Educación presentó las fichas de los nuevos títulos de grado y master de todas las ingenierías menos la de informática cumpliendose así los peores presagios. La excusa ha sido que nuestra ingeniería no tiene atribuciones y que la informática es una materia transversal y por lo tanto no debe de concentrarse en una titulación concreta.

    Las consecuencias de esta situación son:

    - Desaparece la ingeniería en informática. Se cumple el deseo de muchos. Por fin desapareceremos y dejamos el camino libre al ejercito de aficionados y "reciclados" para erigirse como los nuevos y verdaderos informáticos. Dejaremos de ser un problema.

    - Nuestros títulos no serán homologables a ninguno al no existir correspondencia con los nuevos títulos.

    - Nunca tendremos atribuciones profesionales. No la hemos tenido hasta ahora y al desaparecer ya no las tendremos nunca. No sabemos que pasará con los nuevos títulos aunque por su caracter local a cada universidad no parece posible que lleguen a tener atribuciones.

    - Los títulos actuales no tendrán validez. Al no poder homologarnos con los nuevos títulos que pudieran aparecer en el futuro nuestros actuales títulos iran perdiendo validez y se quedarán como el recuerdo del mayor engaño del sistema educativo español.

    - Los actuales estudiantes están siendo objeto de engaño. Las universidades no informan temiendo una huida en masa que dejarían vacías a las escuelas de informática.

    - No podremos trabajar en Europa. Al no existir por lo dicho en los puntos anteriores, nuestros títulos no se corresponderán a ningún título europeo. Las nuevas fichas de ingenieros de telecomunicación recogen las competencias de la informática por lo que serán ellos quién se queden con nuestra parcela de trabajo.

    - Las universidades tendrán autonomía para inventar títulos relacionados con la tecnología de forma local y diferente entre ellas. Las universidades privadas harán su agosto y por fin todo el sistema universitario cumplirá su sueño de que todo el mundo pueda ser informático con independencia de sus estudios.

    Evidentemente no nos vamos a quedar quietos viendo como nos pisotean. El próximo sabado 8 de noviembre nos reuniremos todos los Colegios de España en Madrid para coordinar las medidas a tomar. De igual manera nos estamos coordinando con la CODDI (COnferencia de Decanos y Directores de Informática), con ALI, AII2 y RITSI. Las acciones que se barajan pasan por todas las posibles, desde acciones legales a movilizaciones.

    Pero hay una actividad fundamental que hay que realizar y que está en mano de cada uno de nosotros. Hay que DIFUNDIR esta información entre nuestros compañeros. Ahora más que nunca pido tu colaboración para que dentro y fuera de tu entorno difundas esta información. Es necesario que todos sepamos lo que está pasando. La táctica que ha seguido el Gobierno ha sido la de la desinformación. De hecho la incredulidad ha provocado que muchos ingenieros en informática no hayan creido que esto se pudiera producir y estoy seguro que tú mismo puedes dudar ante semejante barbaridad. Te puedo garantizar que esta situación es real y está ocurriendo ahora mismo.

    Te pido también que estés atento al portal del Colegio (http://www.cpiia.org) ya que en los próximos días iremos dando más información.

    Un cordial saludo,

    Gregorio Ambrosio Cestero
    Decano del CPIIA
    Presidente de la Comisión Gestora del CPITIA

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  90. That building is located on Cherry Ave. in San Bruno, California. It used to be the Gap corporate hq. Next door to a small shopping center and the shortest highway in America, Interstate 380.

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  91. Estan expectaculares esas oficinas, llegaran a ser las de universogym ?? Ja! Con la demanda de Polar que tenemos...puede ser! Saludos! Naty

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  92. wow...wow
    *jaw drop*
    *covers mouth*

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  93. oh no they are crazy commentator dont believe it.

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