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I'm offered a job in Google without a good degree, you can too!

Lawrence Tan 🇸🇬 on August 05, 2020

All of my illustrations come from freepik. Do you dream of working in a tech giant company like Google, but you seem to lose the confidence of ...

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Mary Dee • Aug 5 '20

Wow! Congratulations. I love your term, "Googleyness"! Good luck at Google :)

Lawrence Tan 🇸🇬 • Aug 5 '20 • Edited

It's not a term I came out with! Its actually from Google themselves and its one component they access candidates on. :)

Can check it out here.

Mary Dee • Aug 5 '20

You are so honest! It's still a great term! :) :)

Lawrence Tan 🇸🇬 • Aug 5 '20

I’m guessing there’s no word they could find to define a specific trait or characteristic that’s why! Anyway, if you watch The Internship (2013), they talk about it in the movie too!

ashutosh049 • Aug 10 '20

Well, it's sound great to hear this, congratulations!

What we struggle is getting out profile shortlisted. This account for 50% effort. Can you help us out here

Lawrence Tan 🇸🇬 • Aug 10 '20

Hey ashutosh, thanks for reading and posting your concerns. If you feel confident about your profile and experience, you could try getting on LinkedIn to check if one of your friends is also a Googler! Then find a role and apply through his or her referral.

ashutosh049 • Aug 10 '20

Surely he is now , Cheers :)

scroung720 • Aug 5 '20

Nice post. However I am reading this book called "Software Engineering at Google" and they are discouraging the use of the term "Googley" because it is subjective.

Lawrence Tan 🇸🇬 • Aug 5 '20

Thank you for reading the post and providing me your honest feedback. Yes I came across certain sources which have the same sentiments, I wrote purely based on my experience and the guide they provided me. I believe it’s still up to how each individual carry themselves and the approach they want to take. :)

Daniel Ziltener • Aug 5 '20

Imagine that. A subjective experience report.

Hung Nguyen Manh • Aug 5 '20

Congratulations <3 and good luck.
Make dream come true.

Lawrence Tan 🇸🇬 • Aug 5 '20

Thank you so much for your well wishes! All the best to you too! Keep striving :)

Nirbhay Vashisht • Aug 5 '20

Congratulations🎊
(It was a great article💯)

Lawrence Tan 🇸🇬 • Aug 5 '20

Thank you for reading. Glad it's helpful to you!

Swastik Baranwal • Aug 5 '20

What do you mean by a good degree? It means you don't have a 'reputed' college degree?

Lawrence Tan 🇸🇬 • Aug 5 '20

Firstly, thank you for reading! My definition of good is elaborated briefly in my first paragraph. Though it’s from a renown and reputable university, among my friends, I have the lowest cumulative score (without honours for a direct honours course). Only good enough to get me to a startup at the start and that’s because I picked up mobile development skill during my internship.