[imagination]

Cheer up! It's new beginnings , plenty of companies will hire with Google on your resume

[throw-away-goog]

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

[shawn-butler]

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.

[tima101]

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.

[amorphid]

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.

[flashman]

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!"

[JoshMnem]

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.

[vskarine]

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