Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview

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Post by avinassh » Fri, Dec 16, 2016, 4:09 PM UTC

Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview
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Re: Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview

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Post by charlieegan3 » Fri, Dec 16, 2016, 4:29 PM UTC

This has been posted quite a few times in the last few days: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=why%20i%20studied%208%20months...

Most of the relevant comments are at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12649740

Re: Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview

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Post by ctvo » Fri, Dec 16, 2016, 4:44 PM UTC

Did he actually get hired?

Re: Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview

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Post by qntty » Fri, Dec 16, 2016, 4:52 PM UTC

ctvo wrote: post #3

Did he actually get hired?

According to his linkedin, he's still studying.

Re: Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview

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Post by trendia » Fri, Dec 16, 2016, 4:59 PM UTC

qntty wrote: post #4

ctvo wrote: post #3

Did he actually get hired?

According to his linkedin, he's still studying.

To be honest, studying for 8 months isn't so bad. A lot of us studied for 4 years (to get a degree).

Re: Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview

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Post by bshimmin » Fri, Dec 16, 2016, 4:59 PM UTC

I feel like this is some sort of promotional piece, but I can't quite get the angle - is he a fictitious individual made up by Google? Is this an attempt by Apple to make Google employees look weird? Is he a real person who's looking to publish a book?

Perhaps it's entirely legit, but it just seems so, so strange to me.

Re: Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview

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Post by Fluid_Mechanics » Fri, Dec 16, 2016, 5:04 PM UTC

ctvo wrote: post #3

Did he actually get hired?

Rejected for being over 30.

Re: Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview

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Post by minimaxir » Fri, Dec 16, 2016, 5:04 PM UTC

bshimmin wrote: post #6

I feel like this is some sort of promotional piece, but I can't quite get the angle - is he a fictitious individual made up by Google? Is this an attempt by Apple to make Google employees look weird? Is he a real person who's looking to publish a book? Perhaps it's entirely legit, but it just seems so, so strange to me.

There are very many engineers (e.g userbase of /r/cscareerquestions) whose sole purpose in life is to get a job at one of the Big 4.

Re: Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview

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Post by bshimmin » Fri, Dec 16, 2016, 5:10 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #8

bshimmin wrote: post #6

I feel like this is some sort of promotional piece, but I can't quite get the angle - is he a fictitious individual made up by Google? Is this an attempt by Apple to make Google employees look weird? Is he a real person who's looking to publish a book? Perhaps it's entirely legit, but it just seems so, so strange to me.

There are very many engineers (e.g userbase of /r/cscareerquestions) whose sole purpose in life is to get a job at one of the Big 4.

I can perhaps understand that sort of attitude from people fresh out of their computer science degree, or even after half a dozen years of miserable grind in the workforce - but this guy looks to be in his forties, has (apparently) already had a successful career... and yet he has a blog called "Googley as Heck" and his LinkedIn headline is "Future Googler". Is this not all a bit weird?

Re: Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview

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Post by sixtypoundhound » Fri, Dec 16, 2016, 5:12 PM UTC

Sorry, the concept here is mildly depressing.

Go study for 8 months to be awesome, focusing your time on subjects directly related to improving your awesomeness.

If your awesomeness happens to match a need at Google, great. Otherwise, you're still awesome and will wind up somewhere worthwhile....