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> How many line engineers at Google And this is engineers at Google we're talking about: usually people with advanced degrees from hard-to-get-into colleges an

> How many line engineers at Google And this is engineers at Google we're talking about: usually people with advanced degrees from hard-to-get-into colleges and years of experience along with very specialized knowledge. In other words, very hard to replace people. How must more difficult must it be for people who could be replaced tomorrow?

bogwog 6y ago
> we're talking about: usually people with advanced degrees from hard-to-get-into colleges and years of experience along with very specialized knowledge I thought Google just hired recent grads that play the leetcode game.
- skybrian 6y ago
  Google hires lots of different kinds of people, including new grads, graduate students, experienced engineers, people with PhD’s, and professors. Your previous experience is going to affect what kind of work you can get.
shemnon42 6y ago
> usually people with advanced degrees from hard-to-get-into colleges and years of experience along with very specialized knowledge. Maybe 2005 Google, but not anymore. A good bachelors degree or enough YoE at most companies gets you the interview, and then the interview result usually does the rest. Those are the "line engineers" that move on to other faangs or unicorns when psychological safety becomes an issue. Typically it's the people from the hard-to-get-into colleges, or with years of company tenure, or with specialized knowledge causing the psychological safety issues.
- thanhhaimai 6y ago
  > Typically it's the people from the hard-to-get-into colleges, or with years of company tenure, or with specialized knowledge causing the psychological safety issues. This is an extraordinary claim that requires extraordinary evidence.
  - HarryHirsch 6y ago
    Smith College?
  - maybelsyrup 6y ago
    What's extraordinary about the claim?
  - lmm 6y ago
    How so? It seems common-sense that people in a less secure position would be more careful of others' feelings, and so issues would likely come from those in a more secure position.

bogwog 6y ago

> we're talking about: usually people with advanced degrees from hard-to-get-into colleges and years of experience along with very specialized knowledge I thought Google just hired recent grads that play the leetcode game.

skybrian 6y ago
Google hires lots of different kinds of people, including new grads, graduate students, experienced engineers, people with PhD’s, and professors. Your previous experience is going to affect what kind of work you can get.

shemnon42 6y ago

> usually people with advanced degrees from hard-to-get-into colleges and years of experience along with very specialized knowledge. Maybe 2005 Google, but not anymore. A good bachelors degree or enough YoE at most companies gets you the interview, and then the interview result usually does the rest. Those are the "line engineers" that move on to other faangs or unicorns when psychological safety becomes an issue. Typically it's the people from the hard-to-get-into colleges, or with years of company tenure, or with specialized knowledge causing the psychological safety issues.

thanhhaimai 6y ago
> Typically it's the people from the hard-to-get-into colleges, or with years of company tenure, or with specialized knowledge causing the psychological safety issues. This is an extraordinary claim that requires extraordinary evidence.
- HarryHirsch 6y ago
  Smith College?
- maybelsyrup 6y ago
  What's extraordinary about the claim?
- lmm 6y ago
  How so? It seems common-sense that people in a less secure position would be more careful of others' feelings, and so issues would likely come from those in a more secure position.