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Re:Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by tastythrowaway on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @05:19PM (#20099358)
Hey,

So... not that I think it's necessarily easy but how did you score such a lucrative gig at google? How can I do the same? Do they hire generalists? Thanks.

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Re:Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by onlyrealcuzzo on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @06:17PM (#20099795)
I'm a generalist as well. I can't help you out too much. It's mostly luck.

If you study Cracking the Coding Interview, and you know that book inside and out, and you feel confident you can solve all of the questions in it (you can ignore the Java/C++ stuff if you're not applying for one of those jobs) -- you have a /chance/ to get hired.

But there's lots of smart people with those skills who fail the interview every day.

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Re:Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by tastythrowaway on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @07:57AM (#20103451)
Just wanted to say thanks for your reply. This (CtCI) seems to be the most frequent advice. I guess I'll get cracking (ha!).
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