From 110c16d064be160b2966e00868ce026b506dec20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Washam Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:53:41 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Removed personal portions. This belongs to all of us now. --- README.md | 31 +------------------------------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 30 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f8f5da3..79fd8ab 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ If you want to be a reliability engineer or systems engineer, study more from th - [Why use it?](#why-use-it) - [How to use it](#how-to-use-it) - [Get in a Googley Mood](#get-in-a-googley-mood) -- [Did I Get the Job?](#did-i-get-the-job) -- [Follow Along with Me](#follow-along-with-me) - [Don't feel you aren't smart enough](#dont-feel-you-arent-smart-enough) - [About Google](#about-google) - [About Video Resources](#about-video-resources) @@ -166,12 +164,6 @@ If you want to be a reliability engineer or systems engineer, study more from th ## Why use it? -I'm following this plan to prepare for my Google interview. I've been building the web, building -services, and launching startups since 1997. I have an economics degree, not a CS degree. I've -been very successful in my career, but I want to work at Google. I want to progress into larger systems -and get a real understanding of computer systems, algorithmic efficiency, data structure performance, -low-level languages, and how it all works. And if you don't know any of it, Google won't hire you. - When I started this project, I didn't know a stack from a heap, didn't know Big-O anything, anything about trees, or how to traverse a graph. If I had to code a sorting algorithm, I can tell ya it wouldn't have been very good. Every data structure I've ever used was built into the language, and I didn't know how they worked @@ -179,8 +171,7 @@ under the hood at all. I've never had to manage memory unless a process I was ru memory" error, and then I'd have to find a workaround. I've used a few multidimensional arrays in my life and thousands of associative arrays, but I've never created data structures from scratch. -But after going through this study plan I have high confidence I'll be hired. It's a long plan. It's going to take me -months. If you are familiar with a lot of this already it will take you a lot less time. +It's a long plan. It's may take you months. If you are familiar with a lot of this already it will take you a lot less time. ## How to use it @@ -217,26 +208,6 @@ Print out a "[future Googler](https://github.com/jwasham/google-interview-univer [![future Googler sign](https://dng5l3qzreal6.cloudfront.net/2016/Oct/Screen_Shot_2016_10_04_at_10_13_24_AM-1475601104364.png)](https://github.com/jwasham/google-interview-university/blob/master/extras/future-googler.pdf) -## Did I Get the Job? - -I'm in the queue right now. Hope to interview soon. - - Thanks for the referral, JP. - -## Follow Along with Me - -My story: [Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview](https://medium.com/@googleyasheck/why-i-studied-full-time-for-8-months-for-a-google-interview-cc662ce9bb13) - -I'm on the journey, too. Follow along: - -- **Blog**: [GoogleyAsHeck.com](https://googleyasheck.com/) -- Twitter: [@googleyasheck](https://twitter.com/googleyasheck) -- Twitter: [@StartupNextDoor](https://twitter.com/StartupNextDoor) -- Google+: [+Googleyasheck](https://plus.google.com/+Googleyasheck) -- LinkedIn: [johnawasham](https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnawasham) - -![John Washam - Google Interview University](https://dng5l3qzreal6.cloudfront.net/2016/Aug/book_stack_photo_resized_18_1469302751157-1472661280368.png) - ## Don't feel you aren't smart enough - Google engineers are smart, but many have an insecurity that they aren't smart enough, even though they work at Google. - [The myth of the Genius Programmer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SARbwvhupQ)