Re:Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job
by thedufer on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @03:13PM
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They don't reimburse travel expenses for interviewing? That's surprising, and a shame if its true.
Re:Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job
by thaumasiotes on Thursday May 23, 2013 @11:56AM
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They reimburse airplane tickets (well, actually they pay for the tickets directly), but they don't reimburse "private transportation", e.g. getting from the airport to the hotel.
Re:Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job
by objclxt on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @06:05AM
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I feel compelled to add to this: degrees are used as a filter for graduate level jobs. I do have a degree, but it's a studio art degree (i.e, painting, drawing, etc). I've had interviews with Google in the past, and like the parent it was just through recruiters getting in touch. At a certain point, your experience matters significantly more than the degree.
I also washed out, but it was pretty enjoyable. I certainly wouldn't describe it as a hazing.
Re:Always Be Coding – How to Land an Engineering Job
by justinlloyd on Thursday May 23, 2013 @02:49AM
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This presumes that a) You want to work at Google and b) You consider Google to be doing interesting stuff that it would be worth applying. I don't. They aren't.
Steve Yegge wrote that you should apply to Google, no matter whether you think they'll take you or not, because it's a desirable position and the cost of failing is low. I spent $200 on a hotel room (not reimbursable), $150 on transportation from and to the airport (not reimbursable), $50 on baggage fees (reimbursable), and two days of my salary (since I wasn't at work when interviewing) (not reimbursable) in order to apply. This could be described as "significant".