How to get a job at Google with Jack Franklin from Google
Jack is a twenty-something Front End Engineer at Google. In this episode, you will learn from his experience as he traveled an ambitious and twisty career path that, ultimately, landed him a high-impact job on the Google Chrome Developers team.
May 19, 202142m 1s
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Show Notes
Jack is a twenty-something Front End Engineer at Google. In this episode, you will learn from his experience as he traveled an ambitious and twisty career path that, ultimately, landed him a high-impact job on the Google Chrome Developers team.
Contents
- 00:00 How did the opportunity at Google come about?
- 02:39 What it's like working at Google?
- 04:01 The decision to become a professional developer
- 05:52 Do you need a computer science degree to work at Google?
- 9:23 Becoming a speaker
- 17:31 Publishing a book at 21
- 21:38 Finding work you love
- 27:00 Front end engineer vs. developer?
- 28:57 How Jack got into Google
- 31:20 Google developer interview process
- 34:08 How to change jobs when you already have one
- 37:03 What it's like at Google
- 38:41 Quick-fire questions 🔥
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Junior DevelopersSoftware DevelopmentProgramming