> Forget Google etc. The truth is you will probably need to work 10 years at smaller places first to gain experience This is, IMO, highly presumptive. I have a

> Forget Google etc. The truth is you will probably need to work 10 years at smaller places first to gain experience This is, IMO, highly presumptive. I have a friend who's entire career after college was "competitive rock climber" (his degree was not in STEM). He went to a bootcamp, joined a small company, and 8 months later jumped to Google. This was in 2018, he's thriving there now and his been promoted to a mid level engineer. Not everyone can do that of course, but I wouldn't limit yourself.