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Come to Google! No forced management track so you can code for as long as you want, no ageism (colleague just turned 60; I'm 40 myself), will probably let you s

Come to Google! No forced management track so you can code for as long as you want, no ageism (colleague just turned 60; I'm 40 myself), will probably let you support a family, great WLB :)

tonetheman 6y ago
I would love to work at google. I am an older coder and founder but I doubt highly I could pass the tests to even get an interview. :(
- ggambetta 6y ago
  Give it a try :) I interviewed twice and was hired twice, at 30 and at 39. Don't believe the naysayers, the interviews are actually super reasonable! It's algorithmic, but not leetcode; it feels like "let's figure out this problem together in the whiteboard, colleague".
  - _0o6v 6y ago
    Having to reverse a binary tree or some other associated nonsense for a frontend UI role meant I turned the interview process at Google down. That and about 6 prospective hours of interviews for my application to then be sent to a "hiring committee" who ultimately decided if I was worthy enough of a job at Google, it just wasn't worth the hoop-jumping.
    - foogazi 6y ago
      What was the TC difference between GOOG and the job you have? Might be worth it for some people out there
- foogazi 6y ago
  > but I doubt highly I could pass the tests to even get an interview. I don’t get this “won’t even try” attitude for a job interview - what is the worst thing that could happen?
  - PenguinCoder 6y ago
    Waste of time, effort, energy, and fear of rejection. Plenty of downsides.
    - monster_group 6y ago
      And also they can't interview at Google for another year after rejection. So failing the interview has multiple costs associated with it. It's better to prepare well and then appear for the interview.
      - lensopra 6y ago
        I feel like if you interviewed with Google, you should put "interviewed with Google" on your resume.
asdev 6y ago
fine print: must leetcode for a year before entering. results are not guaranteed. along with the fact that you'll feel like an insignificant cog in a gargantuan machine
systemBuilder 6y ago
fine print2: Google is a place where love of software goes to die. A place where PhDs work on CI/CD systems and edit robots for text config files.
practicalpants 6y ago
Thought this was sarcasm at first :)

Come to Google! No forced management track so you can code for as long as you want, no ageism (colleague just turned 60; I'm 40 myself), will probably let you support a family, great WLB :)

tonetheman 6y ago

I would love to work at google. I am an older coder and founder but I doubt highly I could pass the tests to even get an interview. :(

ggambetta 6y ago
Give it a try :) I interviewed twice and was hired twice, at 30 and at 39. Don't believe the naysayers, the interviews are actually super reasonable! It's algorithmic, but not leetcode; it feels like "let's figure out this problem together in the whiteboard, colleague".
- _0o6v 6y ago
  Having to reverse a binary tree or some other associated nonsense for a frontend UI role meant I turned the interview process at Google down. That and about 6 prospective hours of interviews for my application to then be sent to a "hiring committee" who ultimately decided if I was worthy enough of a job at Google, it just wasn't worth the hoop-jumping.
  - foogazi 6y ago
    What was the TC difference between GOOG and the job you have? Might be worth it for some people out there
foogazi 6y ago
> but I doubt highly I could pass the tests to even get an interview. I don’t get this “won’t even try” attitude for a job interview - what is the worst thing that could happen?
- PenguinCoder 6y ago
  Waste of time, effort, energy, and fear of rejection. Plenty of downsides.
  - monster_group 6y ago
    And also they can't interview at Google for another year after rejection. So failing the interview has multiple costs associated with it. It's better to prepare well and then appear for the interview.
    - lensopra 6y ago
      I feel like if you interviewed with Google, you should put "interviewed with Google" on your resume.

asdev 6y ago

fine print: must leetcode for a year before entering. results are not guaranteed. along with the fact that you'll feel like an insignificant cog in a gargantuan machine

systemBuilder 6y ago

fine print2: Google is a place where love of software goes to die. A place where PhDs work on CI/CD systems and edit robots for text config files.

practicalpants 6y ago

Thought this was sarcasm at first :)