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He is setting himself up for a business\consultancy\bootcamp where other people will pay him to help get hired at one the big four. He is already making his pi

He is setting himself up for a business\consultancy\bootcamp where other people will pay him to help get hired at one the big four. He is already making his pitch: I read x books but you only need x-6 books to succeed. Sign up today, space is limited.

cpeterso 10y ago
That his post is on a website called freecodecamp.com and he is promoting his googleyasheck.com website, yet hasn't actually interviewed at Google yet, does strongly suggest he is looking to build a training service. If he doesn't get hired at Google, he can pivot and say he can "make a bigger impact helping other people learn" with his training service. Here is another promotional post from two months ago: https://startupnextdoor.com/introducing-googley-as-heck/ https://startupnextdoor.com/introducing-googley-as-heck/
- yongjik 10y ago
  I'm not sure I understand the plan: 1) If he's not hired, how is he going to sell his service? People will say "He couldn't even get himself hired!" 2) If he is hired and does a side job of teaching others for Google Interview, that's a gigantic conflict of interest (and probably a breach of NDA). He will be fired. Is he planning to get hired, quit on the spot, and then start his tutoring service? (Well, stranger things have happened...)
  - antoniuschan99 10y ago
    If he is hired, doesn't Google make you sign a contract that says all your work is now owned by Google?
    - jiaweihli 10y ago
      IANAL, but I've heard in California at least, companies can't claim ownership over work you do on your own time on your own resources, that don't directly compete with the company. Of course, things get muddier since Google does almost everything. But I doubt they'd want to engender ill will by suing an ex-employee for ownership.
  - dgacmu 10y ago
    Or just decline the offer, and say "This got me a job offer from Google, but I turned it down to <sell>^H^H^H^Hhelp others get offers too!"

cpeterso 10y ago

That his post is on a website called freecodecamp.com and he is promoting his googleyasheck.com website, yet hasn't actually interviewed at Google yet, does strongly suggest he is looking to build a training service. If he doesn't get hired at Google, he can pivot and say he can "make a bigger impact helping other people learn" with his training service. Here is another promotional post from two months ago: https://startupnextdoor.com/introducing-googley-as-heck/ https://startupnextdoor.com/introducing-googley-as-heck/

yongjik 10y ago
I'm not sure I understand the plan: 1) If he's not hired, how is he going to sell his service? People will say "He couldn't even get himself hired!" 2) If he is hired and does a side job of teaching others for Google Interview, that's a gigantic conflict of interest (and probably a breach of NDA). He will be fired. Is he planning to get hired, quit on the spot, and then start his tutoring service? (Well, stranger things have happened...)
- antoniuschan99 10y ago
  If he is hired, doesn't Google make you sign a contract that says all your work is now owned by Google?
  - jiaweihli 10y ago
    IANAL, but I've heard in California at least, companies can't claim ownership over work you do on your own time on your own resources, that don't directly compete with the company. Of course, things get muddier since Google does almost everything. But I doubt they'd want to engender ill will by suing an ex-employee for ownership.
- dgacmu 10y ago
  Or just decline the offer, and say "This got me a job offer from Google, but I turned it down to <sell>^H^H^H^Hhelp others get offers too!"