>After all this work and enthusiasm, I didn't even get a chance to prove myself.
Is this his first time applying for a job or, you know, interacting with the world in any way?
I Didn't Get Hired to Google
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Re: I Didn't Get Hired to Google
#22Title says: "I Didn't Get Hired. Here's Why." Body says: "Why didn't I get hired? I don't know why." Real question to HN readers: Do you believe this type of inconsistency also affects writing code ? In other words... if a hiring manager notices this muddled writing in a blog post, is it fair to think the programming output will also be muddled? (e.g. function names, architecture, engineering the organization of micr…
Its just how journalism / clickbait is today. You want someone who writes docs to contemporary style.
I admit I do not look forward to the future when manpages will be titled "Top five sprintf format string length modifiers they don't want you to know; the last will shock you"
Re: I Didn't Get Hired to Google
#23Posts of people crying so much about not getting hired by a company (usually Google) are top cringe. It's like writing on Facebook that you feel miserable because a girl rejected you. Just move on, kid.
I respect a lot of awesome work from Google. But this is just really bad press.
Not that Google initiated this kind of cult in the first place, the spontaneous worship is a little overwhelming TBH.
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#24This whole journey has been so weird. Why does this guy care so much about Google? Did Google turn him down for prom? Was "Google" the last word of his dying grandfather? He's been on a years-long vision quest to... be an employee of a place.
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#25He made an extensive repository of information on how to get hired at Google[1], gave talks on the subject[2], and studied full time for 8 months[3]. And it's not that he interviewed and didn't get the job...they didn't even let him interview, not even the phone screen. That's pretty rough. [1] https://github.com/jwasham/google-interview-university [2] https://googleyasheck.com/presenting-at-code-fellows/ [3] https:/…
I can definitely see how preparing in such a public way would raise flags at the lower recruiter level.
Re: I Didn't Get Hired to Google
#26Posts of people crying so much about not getting hired by a company (usually Google) are top cringe. It's like writing on Facebook that you feel miserable because a girl rejected you. Just move on, kid.
This is exactly what I thought when I heard about this guy. He's undervaluing himself bigly. If you obsess over one company, or girl, or whatever else, you take all of your own power away and hand it over to chance. An interview or conversation could fall through for any reason at all. Meanwhile if you're intense enough to study algorithms for 8 months you can probably get a pretty good job at any number of places without wrecking your self-worth if you get rid of the tunnel vision.
Re: I Didn't Get Hired to Google
#27Posts of people crying so much about not getting hired by a company (usually Google) are top cringe. It's like writing on Facebook that you feel miserable because a girl rejected you. Just move on, kid.
I respect a lot of awesome work from Google. But this is just really bad press. Not that Google initiated this kind of cult in the first place, the spontaneous worship is a little overwhelming TBH.
I don't even understand this kind of cult, Google is a shady company and most of the software from them I've ever used was of a substandard quality
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#28I wonder if his lack of CV (of any kind), no matter how much he studied was what made recruiters discard him right away. You can learn a lot in a year, but you can't create a CV containing a career that may look attractive. (Google process is pretty much optimised to quickly discard applications)
The guy has an awesome CV and 15+ years experience as a self-employed developer/entrepreneur...
Re: I Didn't Get Hired to Google
#29He made an extensive repository of information on how to get hired at Google[1], gave talks on the subject[2], and studied full time for 8 months[3]. And it's not that he interviewed and didn't get the job...they didn't even let him interview, not even the phone screen. That's pretty rough. [1] https://github.com/jwasham/google-interview-university [2] https://googleyasheck.com/presenting-at-code-fellows/ [3] https:/…
pretty depressing
He instructed people on how to be hired at a company he was never hired at. I don't think I would ever hire someone making claim like that.
Re: I Didn't Get Hired to Google
#30Title says: "I Didn't Get Hired. Here's Why." Body says: "Why didn't I get hired? I don't know why." Real question to HN readers: Do you believe this type of inconsistency also affects writing code ? In other words... if a hiring manager notices this muddled writing in a blog post, is it fair to think the programming output will also be muddled? (e.g. function names, architecture, engineering the organization of micr…
I do wonder what the parallel equivalent of headline clickbait in code is. Functions with very few LOC? :P