How to get a job at Google (according to a Googler)

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๐ŸŽ“ View our courses: https://scrimba.com/links/all-courses Jack is a twenty-something Front End Engineer at Google. In this episode, you will learn from his experience as he traveled an ambitious and twisty career path that, ultimately, landed him a high-impact job on the @ChromeDevs team. CHAPTERS 00:00 How did the opportunity at Google come about? 02:39 What it's like working at Google? 04:01 The decision to become a professional developer 05:52 Do you need a computer science degree to work at Google? 9:23 Becoming a speaker 17:31 Publishing a book at 21 21:38 Finding work you love 27:00 Front end engineer vs. developer? 28:57 How Jack got into Google 31:20 Google developer interview process 34:08 How to change jobs when you already have one 37:03 What it's like at Google 38:41 Quick-fire questions ๐Ÿ”ฅ LINKS Scrimba swag give-away terms: https://www.notion.so/TheScrimbaPodcast-weekly-giveaway-9bbba9482fa044559eddfa56dc1ee24a BE OUR FRIEND ๐ŸฆJack Franklin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jack_Franklin ๐ŸฆAlex Booker from Scrimba on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bookercodes WHAT IS SCRIMBA? https://scrimba.com is an interactive coding platform and community for anyone aspiring to become a hireable developer. Instead of spending $15,000 on a coding bootcamp, subscribe to Scrimba. Our career path helps motivated students become hireable frontend developers for 1% of the cost #Scrimba #TheScrimbaPodcast
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