Re:An ex-Googler’s guide to dev tools
by breck on Thursday November 26, 2020 @11:05AM
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I agree that it isn't a perfect predictor of future success, but it is a free indicator that carries a decent amount of signal.
And I would encourage anyone who loves the field IMO should have a goal to do a stretch at one of the big ~5 (an internship may be enough). I speak as someone who was very anti-big tech until 2014 when someone convinced me to get my head out of the sand.
Your technical abilities can still improve (as long as you keep practicing yourself, because dev speed will slow down at a big org), you will gain tons of practice working with a lot of talented people, but irreplaceably you will understand more about how the industry is piloted.
And I would encourage anyone who loves the field IMO should have a goal to do a stretch at one of the big ~5 (an internship may be enough). I speak as someone who was very anti-big tech until 2014 when someone convinced me to get my head out of the sand.
Your technical abilities can still improve (as long as you keep practicing yourself, because dev speed will slow down at a big org), you will gain tons of practice working with a lot of talented people, but irreplaceably you will understand more about how the industry is piloted.