Money | Google Google: The Next Generation Inside Google's unique program to find its future innovators By Peter Fearon Posted Nov 5, 2007 7:30 AM CST Copied Google co-founders Sergey Brin, right, and Larry Page speak with reporters in this May 10, 2006 file photo in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger,file) (Associated Press) They're brilliant young men and women just out of college, and they're handed more responsibility than many executives enjoy in a lifetime. They're the elite associate product managers of Google, parachuted into top management—like running Gmail or Google Reader—before they're tainted by anyone else's corporate culture. Newsweek tags along on a grueling around-the-globe training trip for the team, and gets an inside look at the Google premise that experience is overrated. "These are smart people, at the top of their class, but also who have done something entrepreneurial—editor of the yearbook, or started a company," said Jeff Ferguson, the recruiter for the program. "I can tell within five minutes if someone is right for this." One 25-year-old, who "owns" Google Checkout, recalls his father's reaction when he got the job: "They can't possibly be letting you do this." Read These Next Trumps ends trade talks with Canada. Gavin Newsom has filed a massive lawsuit against Fox News. New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. A man has been deported for kicking an airport customs beagle. Report an error