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Re: Jobs at Google (1999)

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Post by godelmachine »

throwawaymath wrote: post #90
throwaway0255 wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How true is this today?

Not really true at all. Having no degree at all may present an obstacle in entering the interview process if you don't have strong experience to make up for it. But once you've entered the process as a candidate, the type or lack of degree will have absolutely no bearing on whether or not you're given an offer. It may be used past the decision phase when the hiring committee is deciding how to level you, but if so th…

Maybe things are changing these days.

How necessary is a Masters in Computer Science degree?

Re: Jobs at Google (1999)

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Post by danmg »

chubot wrote: post #88

Senior Operations Analyst -- Knowledge of scripting languages (Korn Shell, Perl and/or Python) Korn shell surprises me! I thought that Google was always a Linux shop, and never used any other Unix. Was Korn shell ever popular on Linux, as opposed to bash? I didn't use shell back in 1999, but I thought that bash was already popular back then. bash was apparently the first program that Linus Torvalds got running on Lin…

pdksh was a thing. Using ksh meant they could use the odd solairs machine without having to maintain third party tools on them.

There's a lot of overlap between bash and ksh scripting, but it's not 1:1.

Re: Jobs at Google (1999)

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Post by joshuamorton »

vkdelta wrote: post #75
skj wrote: post #47

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I work at Google. I get in at 8, leave at 4, because I value my family time more than my work time and it has not held me back whatsoever. Not even an eyebrow raised.

What position? If you want to disclose.

Similarly, I get in at 10 and leave at 5. I'm a generic swe.

Re: Jobs at Google (1999)

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Post by megaman8 »

throwawaymath wrote: post #90
throwaway0255 wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How true is this today?

Not really true at all. Having no degree at all may present an obstacle in entering the interview process if you don't have strong experience to make up for it. But once you've entered the process as a candidate, the type or lack of degree will have absolutely no bearing on whether or not you're given an offer. It may be used past the decision phase when the hiring committee is deciding how to level you, but if so th…

This will vary widely based on job function: it may be true for engineers, but it's not true for marketing. From what I hear, at Facebook and google, if you apply for a marketing job, You absolutely don't stand a chance unless you've come from a top 10 school or ivy leage school

Re: Jobs at Google (1999)

#106

Post by elcomet »

scarface74 wrote: post #53
fenwick67 wrote: post #50

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This is a common pattern that companies follow; make a good product now, make money later. Many products become crappy and companies go sour when they turn this corner.

If a profit seeking company makes a product that isn’t profitable, how can it be considered “good”?

What if it provides positive value for whole society ?

Re: Jobs at Google (1999)

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Post by throwawaymath »

megaman8 wrote: post #105
throwawaymath wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not really true at all. Having no degree at all may present an obstacle in entering the interview process if you don't have strong experience to make up for it. But once you've entered the process as a candidate, the type or lack of degree will have absolutely no bearing on whether or not you're given an offer. It may be used past the decision phase when the hiring committee is deciding how to level you, but if so th…

This will vary widely based on job function: it may be true for engineers, but it's not true for marketing. From what I hear, at Facebook and google, if you apply for a marketing job, You absolutely don't stand a chance unless you've come from a top 10 school or ivy leage school

Yes, I'm only speaking for engineering and other technical roles. I can't speak for marketing roles.

Re: Jobs at Google (1999)

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Post by nerdnumerouno »

ddurkin wrote: post #100
mahmoudhossam wrote: post #27

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That would be Charlie Ayers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Ayers

He was super nice too. Would be serving food with a smile, greeting everyone. That was after he was a millionaire too.

Really? He smiled after he became a millionaire? Tell me more!

Re: Jobs at Google (1999)

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Post by afandian »

cs02rm0 wrote: post #23
joe-user wrote: post #12

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> This seems like a good reason not to work somewhere. I'm curious; why do you feel that way?

I worked somewhere with free coke and kit kats. Turns out, I've got willpower when in the supermarket, but not when there's a fridge in the office. I could just about limit myself to 1 of each a day, but even that was too much.

We had chocolate covered digestive biscuits (both kinds of chocolate!). I got through them like nobody's business, but I only ate the chilled ones from the fridge (marginally healthier).

Re: Jobs at Google (1999)

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Post by mikestew »

godelmachine wrote: post #62
inerte wrote: post #59

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Rarely, but yes. Overall Google was notorious for demanding degrees from top universities.

That's informative. Thanks! I had read an article where they elaborated how getting into Google is a lot more difficult than getting into Harvard.

Google has twice come to me for interviews. I can't say the same about Harvard.
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