Strange, could’ve switched teams and had 1 and 2 without the hassle. Given what’s happening with the markets I doubt the equity will end up turning up much.
I worked at Google for about six months. Met some amazing folks and saw some amazing stuff, but the intro to Beverly Hillbillies kept intruding into my thoughts. Search felt like the bubbling crude that fueled everything, it was interesting.
>"Met some amazing folks and saw some amazing stuff, but the intro to Beverly Hillbillies kept intruding into my thoughts."
I thought this was laugh out loud funny. I was in need of a good laugh so thanks for that.
I'm curious though did you just walk away because it wasn't for you or something else? Isn't just getting in there a colossal months-long interview affair?
It was an experiment to see if we could relocate the family out west. It truly was a dream job, i got to work with some true phenoms and trailblazers in my industry and had many options to grow despite being much older than the average Googler.
Family circumstances just changed and it wasn’t going to work out. It was a heartbreaker but i was glad to have done it.
For that role i think i did ten interviews. The previous attempt was 14 and i didn’t get an offer. Its a bit shorter loop for xooglers and in the past six years I’ve had two other offers but there was always a confounding factor. One was comp, I’m not SWE and in every case i did or would have taken a pay cut.
>"Its a bit shorter loop for xooglers and in the past six years I’ve had two other offers but there was always a confounding factor. One was comp, I’m not SWE and in every case i did or would have taken a pay cut."
Interesting you've had two other offers from Google since leaving? Why would they require a pay cut? If you don't mind my asking what's your area if not SWE? Are you on the AI or research side?
