The 2 Biggest Lessons I Learned While Working At Google

[@clem]

When you realize that you’ve dug yourself a hole because you can’t sustain doing a new magic trick for every single video 🤯 (but you can include the word “magician” somewhere in your video 😎)

[@WeirdAlSuperFan]

Can you make a video about your product development process and compare it to Google's? Eg how you use or skip design docs/requirements docs/specifications/testing (both of software and of products). I'm cofounding a company (CTO) and I'm worried that without getting this experience from Google that I won't know how methodical or not I need to be. I'm definitely planning on studying the basics of product management online, but it'd really ease my imposter syndrome if I could hear about the different approaches used at big vs small companies from someone who's been there before. m(_ _)m

[@gaieepo.jeffrey]

0:46 and 7:13 in short. You are welcome.

[@masuzun6546]

Thanks!

[@unkanian8371]

we need you for all of his videos tbh

[@BobcatMoviesInc]

Took a sip of tea every time Clement said "at the end of the day". Now I have to pee.

[@andreswang6666]

I just started my first job as software engineer for about a month, and i can kind of relate to your first point. Sometimes I feel frustrated or insecure that I can't know all the components of this huge code base and how everything work together, even though i only work on this small part of it and this small part is all I need to know. I guess I just need to learn to accept not knowing things, and live with it

[@rongzheng7147]

Andres Wang I’m on a same boat with you. And I wondered if I made a right decision for choosing this job.

[@BiancaAguglia]

Would you be able to do a video that shows your workflow in scoping a project? It would be interesting and useful material. 😊 Also, thank you for the lessons from this video. Not only do they apply to life in general (like you said), but they are the kind of lessons we need to be reminded of quite often because life throws a lot of curveballs at us, makes us doubt our skills and potential for impact, and makes us forget the messages you've just shared.

[@sidforreal]

Google:" We think telephoto is more fun than wide-angle" Clement: Look, I told you guys. "no one at Google has any idea what they are doing"

[@maxd7228]

Wow. On point. I have never heard of these points. Eye opening.

[@davidlie-tjauw5021]

I was one of @clement's SWE interns! Imagine the Karate Kid but with LOTS and LOTS of TypeScript. Everyday we'd play backgammon after work and he'd take me under his wing showing me the wonders of SWE. My fellow intern and I even redecorated Clement's desk space with inflatable monkeys and tropical party favors, renaming it the "Jungle Pod". I trust that he hasn't removed the decorations ; ) He was a kickass boss in every sense of the word.

[@SajeelCodes]

Two things I personally didn't know before getting into Google: 1) Google provides free food 2) Google provides tasty food

[@LuisMorales-yx8di]

they also give you nice keyboards and monitors

[@Rich65501]

Google is a talent incubator with a lord of the flys culture. Clement survived because he is a handsome bad ass.

[@DHRUVNARAYANSINGH]

Great advice, same I learned while working in startups 👍

[@ardavaztterterian1211]

In conclusion: 1. No one at google knows what they do. 2. Startups are fast paced and are able to compete bigger companies because of their slowness. Just saved you 12 minutes. Welcome.

[@weaksupremacy3799]

Thanks for this info.

[@joshuam6409]

Next video: 5 things I wish I new before thinking about Google

[@clem]

Good idea!

[@KinGxWolF]

Awesome lessons Clèment really enjoyed them thanks!

[@kazuthegreat]

Always keep an open mind. The person sitting next to you knows something you do not and you know something that they do not.

[@A2Kaid]

1. People at these companies deal with relatively high levels of ambiguity.

[@reinardusjoseph1017]

the content of this video is more profound than I anticipated, very insightful I have been thinking this thing for a while, but I am not sure because I have not worked at Google, now I can understand better. Does this apply even for CEO and other high positions too?

[@bir_deb]

What's up everybody! Howz it going!

[@rachittibrewal7202]

The startup thing is something even I noticed when working at Google.

[@NightpireVideos]

Great insight, thanks a lot!

[@tejasyoutuber]

Can we build bug tracker system using react?

[@g_455]

@clement I see that you are working hard to build alogexpert and I appreciate your hard work. But, can you explain why Algo Expert is better than 100 other sites which do the same, leetcode,hackerrank and many other.... may be, consider making a video about explaining this?

[@gbrneale2]

Hi Clement, could you talk more about the remote execution service mentioned in the backend Algoexpert video you made with Antoine? Keep up the great work! Thanks. .

[@clem]

Yup; I'm coming out with a video on that soon!

[@rlee1185]

You're a wizard. Actually, there are two things that are wizard. 1. Podracing 2. Clem

[@clem]

😂

[@KevinWuWon]

What were the most notable good and bad decisions you made at AlgoExpert?

[@clem]

Video coming soon!

[@gracen9714]

Wise young man.

[@dheerajmitra7613]

I appreciate your 1st lesson because you notice from very deep but I know you get questions why we can't able to find or figure out our future and is there anyone in world who have just like these capabilities? I know many answer of questions like that if you want than you can contact me

[@yo7989]

You are working in Facebook now, plz do a comparison with google

[@chervilious]

how'd you know?

[@blitzace9728]

@@chervilious he has fb listed on LinkedIn

[@harold3802]

He’s not mentioning Facebook for a reason, respect it

[@yongzeyao1337]

I wanna work for google!

[@scottriccardelli7233]

FYI: backward v hand signal is the middle finger in some cultures

[@xoco5193]

That's why offense is taken not given

[@algorithmimplementer415]

Philosophical Clem!!

[@harispapadopoulos4295]

40K subs POG

[@clem]

Haris Papadopoulos PogChamp

[@seangad8227]

Please make Q&A in 50k, you are already over 40k

[@clem]

Coming soon! 😛

[@namitpiriya]

As Always awesome

[@maazsiddiqui8972]

"No one at Google has any idea what they're doing" , They should probably use google then ...

[@alexnezhynsky9707]

Two or three lessons? Maybe you're counting from 0

[@spicythunder4020]

Not a first comment.

[@clem]

But a great comment nonetheless.

[@rdwells]

Knowing what you're doing is boring. Seriously. If all you're doing at work is stuff you already know how to do, it's time to move on and go somewhere where you can learn more. Also, keep in mind that all progress is done by people who didn't initially know what they were doing.

[@luca.ruggieri]

Watching Clément's video and getting interrupted by Clément's gf advertising Clément's company. Ggwp

[@clem]

🤣

[@pwnuser2940]

Your half-romanian? Mihailescu is a romanian name.

[@Ares-yj4ck]

Hi Clement, i have sent you an email about Google Intership

[@Alexander-dt2eq]

no gods to be found in companies - humans only :)

[@abhayjoshi1572]

Do people at Google ,search google to fix bugs😂 just curious...

[@blitzace9728]

Of course. Everyone does

[@soumyadipmondal9652]

@Clément here!!

[@carpettunnel8837]

DuckDuckGo for dumb questions though

[@zhengxunwu2060]

where is your girlfriend???

[@imabeastyaok]

On your mind

[@zhengxunwu2060]

@@imabeastyaok no, i just feel his girlfriend is very qute...

[@sconosciutosconosciuto2196]

@@zhengxunwu2060 qute? What does this mean? Cute?

[@GrowthMindsetProductions]

*I* *think* *coding* *has* *great* *potential* *to* *boosting* *income* , *but* *I* *am* *unsure* *if* *this* *is* *what* *many* *people* *REALLY* *want* *in* *life* . Perhaps what people are really looking for is a higher then normal paying job with time to spare to enjoy life. I want to run by you guys the idea of *passive* *income* . A way to be financially free to choose what you want to do. Take a deep dive into this. I have a few videos that may help. Take care everyone.

[@The85souvikdas]

First!

[@clem]

Souvik Das Second!

[@shmoit.v6853]

Not gunna lie, talking about google is getting old

[@ProgrammingwithPeter]

This is corporate...nothing more, nothing less

[@StanleyKingChan]

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