Google Ask Me Anything - Part 3

The third and final part of the Google Ask Me Anything series! I hope that this Q&A sheds a lot of light about what it's like to work as a Software Engineer at Google and general life at Google.

Part 1 of this AMA: https://youtu.be/TWsx9CouEZE
Part 2 of this AMA: https://youtu.be/7DeP4Xlw4Po
Why I Don't Have Impostor Syndrome: https://youtu.be/JnZvhzAX9IE

0:00 | Introduction
0:51 | Did you Google at Google?
0:53 | Do I think working at Google is overrated?
1:29 | How much experience do you need to work on some of Google’s main products like Google Search or Gmail?
1:53 | Is all the food at Google free?
2:04 | What was the youngest age of a Google Software Engineer that I saw?
2:41 | Does the work at Google become monotonous?
3:42 | Can someone with a not-so-great college but with ample time crack the Google interview? If yes, does Google only require algorithm-style questions that anyone can do with repetitive learning?
4:25 | Are the Google perks all that they’re made out to be? Did I get bored of them after a while?
5:20 | What’s the process for getting a raise? Do you have to explicitly ask for one, or do you get one after a certain number of good performance reviews?
6:54 | How long does it take to get comfortable with Google’s development environment?
7:07 | How many people did I work with who were incompetent?
7:42 | Do frontend developers at Google use Angular or anything else?
8:16 | How many meetings are in person and how many meetings are on Hangouts?
8:50 | Did I ever suffer from impostor syndrome while at Google?
9:00 | Is it normal to make as much money as I did working at Google when I had little to no experience?
9:32 | Is it true that you only learn Google-specific technologies and skills that have little to no carryover in the “real” world while working at Google?
10:39 | Is the free food at Google really tasty?
11:08 | Is there any realistic chance of someone without a degree becoming a Software Engineer at Google?
11:17 | Does age matter in the recruitment process at Google, or is it only skill that matters?
11:24 | Get a life.
11:26 | What’s the difference between the NYC office and the Bay Area offices? Can Googlers change locations (within a country or even to another country)?
12:10 | What surprised me the most about working at Google?
13:53 | In all honesty, how hard is the work at Google?
14:50 | What did I work during my last week at Google?!
15:25 | How easy is it to get a promotion, and is there an established pathway to do so?
16:23 | What was the most stressful day I ever worked at Google like?
16:59 | What the hell do Google engineers do and does the average Joe have access to more information about projects than exactly what they need for what they’re working on?
17:22 | Do the Google offices have a room to sleep, to work out, to play games, and to relax?
17:37 | How does a Google Software Engineer get “readability” in a programming language?
19:12 | Do all project managers at Google have a technical background?
19:31 | Did I ever have a sneak peek at the FooBar Challenge source code?
19:36 | What is it like being exclusively a frontend developer? Is it perceived as “equal” to being a backend developer?
20:04 | Is it true that Google has gotten so big that its culture has morphed into a bureaucratic-like environment similar to many big corporations?
20:59 | Can I describe the Google offices that I visited?
21:43 | What are my thoughts one the Engineering Residency program?
22:20 | Conclusion

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