where I think out loud
TL;DR A lot of people try taking notes, but give up: they are too long, they are not useful when reviewed later, they are too time-consuming to make, etc. In this article, I will try to explain how I take notes and still avoid these pitfalls, and share the notes I took for the purpose…
TL;DR I was successfully able to plan for and achieve a successful interview at Google. Here is my routine, the subject matter I studied, and some other tips. Introduction I have already written a number of posts on my first attempt at landing a job at Google. Though that attempt didn’t get me the job,…
TL;DR I interviewed for Google for a second time and got the job. Yay! I aligned my options carefully, negotiated well, and came out satisfied. Reading this might help you do the same. Introduction So, there comes a point in every engineers career where they ask themselves do they really have what it takes to work…
Background So, I have this 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display early 2013 lying around and am contemplating buying the 2016 one. But, to be honest, I’m not so sure that I will be getting the best bang for my buck. As such, I am looking to see if moving away from the macOS ecosystem…
Many of us have integrated our application with the wonderful Spring Framework over the years. This may have happened to you in the form of migrating an existing application to Spring, replacing an IoC container, or even starting a new application with Spring incorporated. The steps involved in each of these different scenarios, while wildly…
Being among those who have received an invitation to use Google’s Inbox service, I feel obligated to write my own review of its interface. It is basically that, an interface to the existing Gmail, not that I had expected anything different. I am not in the habit of reading long reviews, and as such, will…
I got the final call. I got called about half an hour ago, and the answer was that sadly I wasn’t chosen to be a part of Google’s big picture this time around. The good news, according to the calling person, was that I did do rather well and was very much close to the…
I went in for the face to face. The people were nice and friendly in the office. I did have a fairly nasty incident the night before, though. Needless to say, travel costs including taxi fare were all covered by Google, so I hardly spent a penny. I went out 10 something at night to…
As I’ve mentioned before, I am scheduled for an onsite interview for the position of Anti-Abuse engineer at Google. The interview will take place in about 9 days — fingers crossed — and right now I am preparing myself by going over many different materials. So as to leave a legacy of this effort behind,…
So, I heard back from my coordinator that I had successfully passed my third phone interview. I was told that the answer would come back in a week — if I was good — and maybe even later. And I was planning to have a month or two of exhaustive study and preparation before the…