Oh, that's true. It may be different without a referral. If you get a referral, even just because you met someone at a meetup/conference and came off as a somew

Oh, that's true. It may be different without a referral. If you get a referral, even just because you met someone at a meetup/conference and came off as a somewhat intelligent person, you should be able to bypass that filter step for sure. You'll still need an academic understanding of software, but we're talking maybe a year of part time self study at max if you have no clue about this sort of thing. Just my opinion. I haven't worked at Goog/Amzn but was scheduled to interview before I took another job.