I’m jealous, I’m grinding away for 8 hours at desk, not chilling on a roof, eating and dancing. I’d take that fake job. Plz…

Maybe you should find another job and grow out of this 1950s mindset.

Because you can be productive working outside, on a roof top, on a beach etc.

And making the time to eat well and look after your mental health has been proven to increase productivity.

I think you misunderstood his comment. There's no reason to lash out at him for his job situation. Many people don't have that many options of great jobs where you chill all the time.

Most jobs out there are sitting nearly 8h at a desk, with breaks of course, even in Europe. Not everyone has a hot jobs market where you get to set your terms.

Dicking around all day without doing much work is something I've never seen at any tech company I worked here but only in YouTube videos on life at top tech US companies.

Maybe I was born in the wrong county/continent.

Well why don't you apply then?

If you think you can get through the infamous Meta interview like she has then go for it. I probably couldn't pass that interview myself so she's better than I am.

I've often heard about how hard Google's hiring process is. And I like to think I have a really good knack at getting an idea of someone's proficiency.

I have a distant relative who was working in javascript as his main job. But he didn't know what typescript, coffeescript, or web assembly were; even though he was working with javascript as his primary language. Nothing he described or talked to me about gave me the impression that he was able to do any programming whatsoever.

But, he was 100% a "total frat bro". And of course he landed a job at Google. As a programmer. Am I jealous? Sure. Do I think he is capable of creating intricate things? Absolutely not. Do I think he will survive at Google for a long time? Definitely.

> Nothing he described or talked to me about gave me the impression that he was able to do any programming whatsoever.

Maybe he's just good at the job even if it isn't his whole personality?

Like how do you think someone would get through Google's interview without being able to program? You have to be the very top of your field to pass that interview.

I have known ex-Googlers who were not very good programmers. You definitely have to be smart to grind the FAANG interview process, but you can still be a bad programmer.

> how do you think someone would get through Google's interview without being able to program?

You really will be surprised if you have a decent standard