A REAL Day in the Life of a Google Software Engineer

[@David-Codes]

When I heard the lo-fi soundtrack in the beginning I already thought oh no Clément is one of them, but then the plot twist made my day

[@AlexandrBorschchev]

53675626716 6908762096 stfu

[@jjhassy]

such a clever intro I loved it

[@jean-louismurphy8586]

lool amen

[@h0welss]

Trihardious Maximus Bruh what? I listen to lo-fi and I don’t even watch anime

[@thedoctor2880]

@@h0welss lmao, i dont think he listen/understand lofi even once

[@happynewyear6123]

1. Coding (20%-30%) 2. Code Review (large portion of the day) 3. Design Doc (Lot of time) 4. Meetings 5. Performance 6. Miscellaneous

[@parthsalat]

Ty

[@oopharb7237]

99%: Stack overflow

[@aseemsharan]

Coding includes testing.

[@kaustabpaul4514]

20% sprint work for coding our management will get a heart attack !!!!

[@bperez8656]

@@kaustabpaul4514 what do you mean?

[@harispapadopoulos4295]

This video was so much needed. Every person talks about this subject from a certain perspective. It’s nice to see how a real day looks like

[@ChristopherJereza]

I almost felt personally attacked by this intro 😂 but this was so informative I'm not even mad

[@nile7999]

Hey, you were right, turns out talking about a realistic day in the life is really boring

[@mouadsiraj2407]

Chris Jereza seeing you in person here just blows my mind

[@advaitmaduskar7102]

Definitely interested in the design doc video. Really love your "give it to em straight" style! Looking forward to seeing a lot more!

[@BiancaAguglia]

+1 for design docs video

[@lisandrob626]

+1

[@bowenlee3597]

+1 please share how Google uses design doc to scale.

[@bleepbloop6303]

Agreed. Seems non scrum. Curious how agile fits in as well as tdd (d for design)

[@aashisinghai7866]

+1

[@eliastefera8574]

I like how you roasted these pretenders in all the “day in a life of a software engineer” videos. Your explanation is very accurate because I also work in a big company similar to Google. Good job.

[@kunal_chand]

Best roast for other "A day at google" videos!!! Good one bro

[@Rachman01]

Next up: a day in the life of an Ex-Google engineer.. *DU DU DU DU DU.. DU*

[@dzalejandro]

Rachman01 and he becomes the new techlead xD

[@bryanfeliciano4102]

@@dzalejandro tech lead is the new tech lead Tech lead is the tech lead .

[@cpcallen]

Former Google FTE SWE & SRE. You forgot about spending 2+hours each week interviewing candidates and writing up interview feedback. Personally this was my favourite part of the job (maybe because I'm an extrovert, and this was the most sociable aspect of being a SWE or SRE at Google, at least on the teams I was on!)

[@bperez8656]

You’re handsome. What’s your IG? 😌

[@johnapple3471]

@@bperez8656 down horrendously

[@ryanm4769]

@@johnapple3471 😂😂

[@navikakapoor6447]

Me: I'm gonna be a Google software engineer Me: *watches the 1st sec of this video with his alarm set at 3:30am* Let's switch to a baker

[@thedoctor2405]

Still gotta wake up very early to bake stuff for cafes opening at 5 or (some) bakeries opening 6:30-7

[@TeamMD0]

You literally picked the worst job to not get up early haha

[@pranith.b24]

Haha may be overseas timings

[@eadrianbasila]

buuuuuuut u would also need to wake up early in order to bake goodies for breakfast

[@emilyrichardson86]

This is the BEST google career channel!! You need to watch his videos! I followed his recruiting job advice and I got in touch with a Google recruiter!! This man is a Genius!

[@officialnizam]

I paused the video to tell you that this is the best intro in any of the day-in-the-life videos on youtube!

[@ririparee]

Looking at your videos gives me so much encouragement to not give up. Sometimes my studies can be so demanding that I become discouraged. I’ll be applying to jobs soon 🙌🏽

[@donnelly5757]

What gets me is when I hear of people complaining that they often work 60-80 hours a week as software engineers. I'd much rather work 80 hours a week as a software engineer than 80 hours a week working two full time retail and or customer service related jobs at minimum wage!

[@RONANAWAY]

honestlyyy

[@gary-xh1nl]

For the past 10 mins I learned that 20% of coding is good enough and 80% interactions and flying to countries is what I need

[@vishnukumavat7489]

I have been scheduled a telephonic interview (Software Engineering Internship)from google in upcoming month i.e 10/10/2019 . And I'm getting more nervous as a day is getting closer . Thank you clement for providing kind of all the useful information about GOOGLE !!!

[@navjot7397]

all the best

[@patricknebe6030]

Goodluck!

[@shivamd23]

All the best May u succeed 😊

[@shivamd23]

@@vishnukumavat7489 are u fresher?

[@shivamd23]

@@vishnukumavat7489 which college

[@sohhamm]

you deserve more subs, keep up the good videos clement

[@tha_oz]

Bro that ad placement was silky smooth

[@stevemcpherson3122]

Google software engineer here. I would say another category for a day in the life would be preparing for and conducting interviews, and then submitting feedback.

[@swatisingh2066]

Yes I like that there is no specific day described. Depends on the situation

[@jajanjisun]

Your videos are always on point. Thumbs up!

[@yaseenkhattak1845]

The moment he said software engineers spend only 20% time coding . . . I hit the like button, because we spend most of the time thinking about the problem

[@Zaraki705]

As soon as he said "NO" I hit that like button

[@hanguyen221]

this is really one of a kind, love the way you bring us such real insights. subscribed

[@milkonion]

Hearing this actually makes me want to become a Software Engineer even more. I am currently trying to land my first internship but boy is it tough! I will soon be using AlgoExpert to prepare myself for any possible coding tests set my way.

[@amenchoudhury8036]

I like waking up at 10pm the day before so I can ready for work at 6 am the next day

[@sumitmishra8449]

Clement to Other KZbinrs : He a little Confused, but he got the spirit.

[@ayushkishor3207]

Bruh I literally laughed. I love that meme template

[@krissh_the_dev]

By far the best.

[@dragonore2009]

Sounds close to my day at a fintech company before covid19, I work for as a software developer. My manager doesn't micromanage at all, all he cares about if I'm hitting deadlines and doing my tasks. I rarely ever talk to him. I could show up early or later, I typically show up at 8:00 AM, but I could show up at 9:30 AM if I want. I can leave at just about any time I like, again so long as I'm getting my tasks done. I too can go out and walk, go to the store that is close by or whatever. Same as you, obviously I have to be there for meetings and what not. I too have had some days where I spent late working on a project, other times I don't have much to do and left early. I too also do code reviews, and of course QA testing. After covid19, like allot of companies, I work remotely, so working from home is nice. Same standards as before, get your tasks done. Nobody really cares what you do during the day so long as your tasks are done. As a courtesy if I have to be out sometime I will usually message my team on a team chat that is always open, but I don't necessarily have to do that.

[@alic]

Thank you for being the only channel to actually describe a "day in the life"

[@gargamel8480]

probably the greatest plug ever witnessed

[@HolisticDeveloper]

Clement I must admit your video is so MUCH better then the video I recorded on this topic. Looking forward to seeing more.

[@Jdb63]

That intro just bumped my love for this channel up significantly

[@099watcher]

Love your content. Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge.

[@sumeetbhujang2756]

"No, no, no, no.." what a way to kickstart the video. Finally, my requested video is out.

[@comradepeter87]

Hey, just wanted to share with you all that I recently started learning Python, and I made a CLI-based messenger from where you can talk to your friends, that I'm going to install on my school computers tomorrow and test it out :) EDIT: My teacher was impressed with me! She then asked me why do I sleep during her classes if I am interested in programming. I simply didn't like C++ all that much.

[@sunset6958]

Hey I'm starting to learn python, any tips for beginners?

[@ryvrdrgn16]

@@sunset6958 Go through the initial chapters of the official tutorial then get some projects going. Helps to know some HTML/CSS for output. Grab a free web server somewhere and go to town.

[@TanUv90]

6:10 Yes to Design Docs explanation!

[@pencil42_43]

The card flip was on point. Très bien.

[@TonyTekInsights]

This is what I call an extremely informative and realistic video.

[@sportschamp56ya56]

I was gonna say there’s no way in hell my lazy ass is getting up at 330 hell I stay up till 5 normally

[@_mobix_gaming9064]

what about 8am

[@juangaxd]

Great video! One question: how much time of your life takes working at Google? I mean, maybe you would want to do other activities, spend time with your family, etc. Is that possible, or working at Google or this big tech companies becomes like the main part of your life and thus not letting to enjoy other things in life? I hope I explained well what I meant. Maybe it's a good topic for a video! Thanks for everything, keep it up and greetings from Argentina!

[@ankurharitosh1708]

Hey Clement, love your channel. I will be applying for Software Engineering, Machine Learning internship positions. Do you know about how different the interview process would be from a normal position? Is it difficult for a fresher after Masters? And any tips on getting a return offer? Thank you so much.

[@yoloking1616]

Where you from man?

[@ankurharitosh1708]

I am originally from India. I will be doing Masters in the US. I'm just preparing myself for the challenges that come next. XD

[@clem]

My understanding is that Machine Learning interviews at Google tend to include typical coding interview questions (like the ones for general Software Engineers--I'd of course recommend AlgoExpert for this) as well as some more Machine-Learning-specific stuff. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about Machine Learning interviews to say much more. Good luck!

[@ankurharitosh1708]

@@clem Okay, thank you so much :)

[@ksun8993]

@@ankurharitosh1708 what happened? Did you attend interview and get selected for internship?

[@naveenperpaga5101]

This video should have much more views than other videos about day in the life of an google engineer. This was so much informative..

[@mouadsiraj2407]

i dont even think this dude really is an ex-google software engineer he just tryna talk bout how unreal those vids are

[@mir4334]

Hi Clement, please include this question into your upcoming Q&A video. I have only one question. In one of your previous videos you told us that front-end code of AlgoExpert was total mess which led you not being able to add new features thus you had to rewrite the code totally. Please can you tell by following what programming patterns or best practices you rewrote AlgoExpert's code. I mean what mistakes did you make when you writing AlgoExpert's code initially? Thank you. I really hope that my question will be one of those you will pick up:)

[@clem]

Oh no! I literally *just* finished filming editing the Q&A, which I'll be posting in a few hours! 😢 This is a really good question though, and I think I'll make a full video out of it. Stay tuned!

[@joseortiz_io]

Haha yeah sounds like my day. That's a real day in life of any software engineer. I spend so much of my day in meetings and documentation. Thanks for the video!😊

[@BlueTreeCode]

I like that your content is always real, man. Hope you continue to see much success!

[@4bbiss]

I love your sense of humor

[@jakeschlottag932]

I'd be interested in hearing about design doc stuff. It's something I don't think a lot of schools touch on, but found it really important.

[@muazothman7416]

you are great at talking! very engaging! keep it up man!

[@elonmusk501]

Now you become my favourite

[@othnielonyoutube]

That ad slide in was so smart

[@caichentube]

First 3 minutes, I am already a great fit to work at Google.

[@dsinghr]

Day of engineer include 1 hour meeting daily, 4 hours of coding/debug/testing/designing/documentation/peerreviews, 1 hour lunch , 1 hour chit chatting and coffee

[@BobcatMoviesInc]

Well now that I've Falcon Punched my phone into oblivion, I would definitely like to add my vote to the 'Please make a video on design docs' pile. I don't have a lot of experience with them, but I know I will need it, so from a personal perspective I'd find a video about that super helpful, as I'm sure others would, too 👍

[@robertfox6394]

Starting Fullstack here in NYC soon. Love your channel. Very helpful for someone trying to enter the industry. Looking forward to crushing some AlgoExpert as soon as I have the time. :)

[@parvanehhadi2287]

Thank you for sharing your experience in your all Videos, I'm improving my Coding, I hope can go to the Google next year. I love Coding.

[@therealgraeme]

It's not just Google. I work for a FTSE100 company in the UK. Our work days are pretty much identical to what he described. Best job I've ever had in my 25 year career as a software developer (aka Software Engineer). 😊

[@parvanehhadi2287]

@@therealgraeme Yes you're right, there is too many technical and big companies, I will send my resume to them. Sorry may I ask a question? I'm planning for the future, I don't know they accept to do an interview with me or not because I don't live in their country, I'm Iranian, do you know about their decisions about foreign programmers? Thank you

[@therealgraeme]

I can't speak for Google, but where I work, Ocado Technology in the UK, we have people from all over the world. We embrace diversity and employ young and old, experienced or not.

[@parvanehhadi2287]

@@therealgraeme that's great, thank you so much for your guidance 😊🙏🏻

[@roliverma5851]

The best video on the subject !

[@nahyanmemon8384]

Good job!! Man you are really informative and a motivation for new comers, please donot stop making more videos.

[@enriquerenteria6089]

Thinking about doing software engineer bootcamp?? Any advice or alternative routes?

[@dokwme1211]

You really nailed it dude, this is honest review for engineers who want to get in google

[@jrajesh11]

Best intro and down to earth !!!

[@0xredact3d]

I’d love to see you talk more about design docs please!!!

[@trevorlang666]

Your AlgoExpert was a clutch plug! You're hilarious.

[@shikomatlala]

You did it again... Thanks for making my day

[@sangamsingh818]

You are a pure soul !

[@ethan3169]

That was the best add placement I've ever seen in my life of watching KZbin videos

[@itscozy]

I'd actually like to know how many hours you actually code or used to code before Google? (figures)

[@tacopinata605]

He did a tech boot camp for 6 months that’s all it took but at those type of places they work your ass off so hard and they just cram information into your head and if you don’t understand something you will be very behind everyone however if you can learn u dear those circumstances then you can learn years of information in 6 months

[@Antnierv]

Lmao the beginning made this so worth a sub

[@DipperSlipper]

Can't you sleep at Google at night without returning home? No need to rent an apartment 😅

[@clem]

Let’s put it this way: the amenities would certainly be comfortable enough for you to do that (unlimited food and beverages, fully stocked showers, nap areas, etc), but I do believe that it’s against official policy to sleep there (at least on a recurring basis) 😂

[@itscozy]

😂😂😂 someone would actually save on the ridiculous rent around mountain view and palo alto

[@blasttrash]

@@clem why is it a policy? wouldnt it improve their productivity by avoiding time to travel etc?

[@comradepeter87]

@@blasttrash yeah but result in a lot more being spent on grooming stuff and other stuffs people need in their daily life.. Unnecessary load plus the risk of being defamed as trying to prison their employees into a vicious work cycle.

[@ryvrdrgn16]

@@blasttrash There's a lot of crap that happens in a person's personal life outside of work and letting people live there means Google would have to deal with it. Not to mention possible higher chances for harassment cases and violence.

[@Alaska-mk4ok]

I was about to exit when I saw the intro but then you stopped it I am glad this is more realistic thanks

[@monikageczo]

Clément! Thank you for this video! Loved that intro. 😂 Yes, please make a video on your thoughts on design documents. I'm writing my first one in school for a weather data analysis project in Python. Congratulations on 25K subscribers!!

[@jocalvo]

Thanks for sharing... quick question.. do you guys follow agile or more like waterfall process? I am asking because a month desing looks like waterfall... but not sure... may be a combonation?

[@siddhantantala2686]

your videos are very useful for me. i'm currently doing computer science and i want to go to google.

[@CiprianHanga]

Hey Clement, I keep hearing about the design doc thing but I think it's something that's not that well covered. Could you do a video explaining that? Maybe with some examples. I have no idea what's that about but seems like something I might enjoy actually, as I'm the kind of person that enjoys reading/writing documentation, believe it or not.

[@bonorojo]

Nice intro, very real.

[@chaitanyaphalak9846]

Can you tell us what goes into these design docs? Like an overview of what all things are considered?

[@dhirajbarman9899]

Bro any Software Use possible Any youtubers Scheduled Video Advanced Playing ? Reply

[@robertosala1974]

Hi Clément, I want to thank you for all your videos, they are insightful and very valuable. I have a question in case you have not done a video about it, not sure: what is the extent of “external” help you are allowed in a google/Facebook(Meta)/Amazon coding interview? Can you have a blackboard in front of you with code example for all data structures and algorithms? Is that considered cheating?? Thank you

[@PhatOof]

8:00 in and no Algoexpert ad... Had me guessing when it'd happen and got it exactly right haha

[@humairaatiaraisa3977]

Ur “NO, No nooooo” at the intro got the real twist n fun !!!!😂

[@SportSync_official]

I am a googler and i don't spend a lot of time in meetings. I do spend a lot of time trying to figure out HOW TF I SHOULD CENTER A DIV

[@zeynabt.2854]

Awesome👌🏻..very realistic..it helped me to realize what other things I need to know to be a software engineer..please make videos for every phase..🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@andrei_3363]

hei Clement,are any of ur Parent romain because Mihăilescu sounds kinda Romaniam to me :)))))

[@OnLifeandLove]

I have a question though: If everyone is working at very different hours, how does the team sync their work? I'm a American remote learning in a French exchange program (école d'ingenieur), and working in a team project is hard because of the 6 hours time difference? PS. Thank you for building algoExpert! Really helps

[@itsrasterize8898]

My dream is to work on big companys one of them is google.this videos insights me on what a software engineer do on daily basis not only on google but it some tech companys. I wish you have a video for wordpress.

[@comradepeter87]

Was this recorded during your time in Google or did you simulate it?

[@jazz3695]

Are u a software engineer or a magician??? INTRO!

[@MaratAmanzholov]

Very informative!

[@yaboybware]

He looks like the man in the song believer

[@balazsban96]

Hey Clément. Great informative video. I'd be also interested in a video about the design docs.

[@CardinalHijack]

You say they dont mind what times you get in and leave, so long as you "get sh*t done". How do they measure "getting sh*t done"? Simply by closing tickets or having to demo things or?

[@clem]

Yeah--basically, so long as the project you're working or the tasks you're handling are getting done. It's certainly not formulaic (i.e., it's not "if you don't get X done in Y time, you _must_ be slacking off), but overall, especially with Google's feedback-driven culture, it's pretty easy to assess whether someone's getting sh*t done or not.

[@jessicatrickett5517]

what are the requirements (as in schooling) that you need to work at google? ive wanted to do it since fourth grade and now i’m a freshman at a trade high school trying to figure out what shop to take. i’m thinking computer aided design but what will i need in the future?

[@damiansiretech5829]

Hi Clement, can you answer a question? What is the importance of the university degree when being chosen for the jobs in your area?

[@yasassrijayawardena4319]

What I can say is It's the same alarm tune I use

[@thesteampunkeye1696]

Thanks so much for this video I made this for school I hope I will get a good grade for this

[@aznewstube]

Maybe interview candidates too? Are you doing that?

[@hariharankm3401]

Hi Clement ,does Google warn their employees to keep a low profile if in case their KZbin channel turns out to be successful ?

[@revan6614]

Lol so true, these other people work like 3 hours a day with 9 hours a day of mealtimes and socializing, 8 hours sleep and 4 hours of working out and meditating.

[@itsNightlen]

Hello Clément, I don’t know any other way to direct message you this question so unfortunately I have resorted to posting this question in the comments in hopes that you see it. I am a third year computer science major at my university in Canada, transferred from a biological sciences major. Because I am a transfer I am behind on my computer sciences courses and I’m taking my algorithm course next semester. I’m wanting to apply to summer internships, but to pass some of the key word checks as well as show that by the time I take the internship I would have completed my algorithm course. Many companies, like google, end their acceptance for applications end of December for the summer internships, and thus I would not have began taking my algorithm course and I will just be wrapping up my current semester. My question is, how can I convey on my resume that I am taking an algorithm (as well a data base course) next semester, but will be completed before the internship begins? I feel like putting “in progress” would be miss leading as they may interpret that as in taking it in this current semester and will be finish the course in the end December. I love the informative videos and keep up the work dude!