What I worked on at Google (as a software engineer)

[@clem]

First person to comment the number of times I said "Google" in this video gets a 😎from me.

[@venuvenu2719]

51 times you said google

[@TheUntitledworks]

C'mon Clement, give the man his 😎..

[@clem]

@@venuvenu2719 😎

[@clem]

@@TheUntitledworks I gave it in a separate comment below! But I'll give you one too for looking out for others 😎

[@TheUntitledworks]

@@clem hahaha thanks! And thank you for algoExpert!

[@boriskrstic]

I think this guy worked at Google

[@spazzoutbob6968]

Boris Krstic idk he might not have tho

[@sickie1961]

I think you are correct

[@Alexandre-xz6jm]

I think he did indeed (I think)

[@gregclarkreasons]

After cranking through a project a week (albeit super lowfi projects) in bootcamp, it's encouraging to know you'll likely be in teams working on a particular facet of a particular product for months-years. Thank you for everything, Clem! Best wishes, -GC

[@christinea8763]

Actually, I really enjoyed this - basically answered one of those questions I avoid asking since it's not exactly the easiest one to answer. Thanks.

[@venuvenu2719]

51 times you said google

[@clem]

😎

[@rohitkrishnan5456]

You should count for the whole channel....

[@robertcorbin2749]

“You may not know what the Google Cloud Platform is....It’s Googles Cloud Platform.” Hahahahaha. 😜

[@creapalicios]

I work at Microsoft, but I will still SMASH that like button. Thanks for the shout-out ;)

[@creapalicios]

On a different note, I am glad you made this video and shared very specifically what you worked on. I think this is good in painting a picture of what someone more junior (i.e. less than 2 years of experience) would work on at a big tech company (as this describes a similar scope to what I worked on) . I think you should make a video on how making a side project (i.e. algoexpert) really helped you grow as an engineer / your motivation for doing so.

[@rajdave9862]

Bro can u tell me how u get into it I mean how can I also get job at Microsoft and Google like u

[@YoVille451]

@@rajdave9862 Study data structures and algorithms like crazy, have great intuition about them, and just be the most lucky person on the earth. Google hires an unimaginable small number of people but that's how they're the best in the business - by working WITH the best.

[@rajdave9862]

@@YoVille451 great thinking, thnx vro

[@BlueTreeCode]

I was looking for a video like this, so thank you!

[@clem]

Awesome!

[@morm8832]

Every topic you talk about is interesting. Thanks!

[@SajeelCodes]

He worked on Google at Google

[@VolkWasHere]

TECHLEAD son :D

[@utsabshrestha277]

Really loved this kind of video, you were so honest about your job and what you did there, that is really appreciating .thanks

[@anandabasak6601]

A regular user of GCP tools specially AI Platform.... And yes used your product too🙂🙂

[@migueldomingos4570]

2:53 Google Cloud plataform is basically Google's cloud plataform...LOL!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@coolmangame4141]

lmao

[@algorithmimplementer415]

I got depressed each time you uttered Google because it reminded me of how terribly I choked at my first phone tech interview with Google a couple of days ago. :( What a big opportunity I squandered. Maybe I will watch this video later.

[@sohaibarif2835]

Honestly not a big deal. I did the same with AWS at the very last step of hiring, I still use it, I still love it and honestly working on a project more to my own liking compared to what I would get to do at AWS, I get more responsibility, I get to work on a lot more stuff and I get to choose my own tech stack for the most part.

[@tebbythomas1809]

Thanks for sharing this. Hoping for a future video where you share what you work/worked on at Facebook.

[@clem]

Will try!

[@KevtechITSupport]

The video looks good and gave more insight on what a software engineer does and I didn't hear anything from the rain. Thanks for sharing.

[@clem]

Glad you found it insightful!

[@thisisheaven2488]

Honestly the rain made a nice backdrop.

[@RagingInverno]

Thanks for this video! It really helps pull the curtain back a tiny bit. I've used Google App Engine for a fairly simple PHP project, so I'm familiar with portions of that, but not the Internet of Things portion. Still, it's fun to know what an E3 engineer might be tasked with.

[@Amin-wd4du]

The key to a successful video is to pack as much as useful information in it as possible. Really the first two minutes of the video is wast of everyone’s valuable time.

[@carpettunnel8837]

The keys to a successful video are ad revenue and attention.

[@Amin-wd4du]

carpet tunnel I like that view.

[@_rushikesh_ganesh]

Yes it's absolutely right very less people awar about what is exactly position the Google has offering make this kinds of video

[@all_the_good_names_are_gon68]

Summary: Disclaimer: this does not represent the work of every software engineer at Google. - Clement is a software engineer - individual contributor (but he did work at a frontend team and even hosted interns as well as an engineering resident where in the latter he rather managed than write code). - He worked on Google Cloud Platform, a UI product ("IoT core") on the Google Cloud Console which is a platform where you can manage all of the cloud services that are offered by Google: 3:58 - The coolest products of Google (like YTP or Gmail) may not be the best to deal with as a software eng. and vice versa.

[@mohammednihad6755]

Really love your topics! 💙

[@papithecollector]

you’re actually very respectful lol

[@richie.edwards]

Clément, how much did you put your algorithm knowledge to use at Google while working with JavaScript? Thank you!

[@kaizhu256]

he was frontend dev @ google. as a fellow frontender, i would say he probably did zero algo, and alot of css and async-message-passing (and serializing/deserializing those messages -- between ui datastore).

[@iitnakanpur..]

Love from india. You are my inspiration.

[@clem]

I truly appreciate the kind words!

[@iitnakanpur..]

@@clem you truly deserves this! Bro.

[@nakulpatel726]

Did u got job at Google?

[@iitnakanpur..]

@@nakulpatel726 how did you know that? I mean i literally got a internship offer from Google Japan office.

[@vegetto15]

Thank you for this insightful video! 😇 Can I ask whether Google NY handles mostly Google Cloud Platform (UI and backend) or there is a possibility to work on it also in other offices? One big project is intended for only one office?

[@clem]

There are definitely a lot of other offices working on Google Cloud Platform (both UI and backend). As for specific GCP products, some might be limited to only one or two specific offices.

[@lonewolf4047]

Which web frameworks did you used during your job at google

[@RawPradeep]

You have worked on frontend using Angular, typescript at google, but why did you not use those things while developing Algoexpert website frontend, and instead you have used React, Javascript ..?

[@renetchi]

I think you worked on coolest service!

[@djfedor]

Clément, could you please cover how did you actually get your job at Google? What was the most challenging for you during preparation and number of attempts it took? Thanks.

[@clem]

Will do!

[@aijamal8280]

Love rain sound effect

[@sohaibarif2835]

I am familiar with IoT core but the AWS and Azure version. Currently working on a big IoT contract with esp32 and Bluetooth Low Energy.

[@vinitraut1425]

Great video! Can you please make a video on guide/path to become a full stack developer? :)

[@clem]

Will do!

[@sandeshravimal4355]

Best ad ever

[@bbqworld2103]

great topic, did you have or were you allowed to work on side projects? Thanks

[@ninarossi7218]

Thanks for the great video! 🤘🏼

[@AJ-wf1vh]

I have to admit Google Cloud Console is the google product I hate the most... It is slow, it is heavy, it uses client side rendering and the api requests take forever to load (over 10 seconds). Then the layout is confusing, adding quotas, billing, and APIs are a mess. APIs are scattered everywhere and change names a lot. I dread visiting it Having to create and maintain a part of that must have been hell... I mean think of the time to test after a code change (at least 10 secs to load the page, forget about compiling). Also two years and a team of UX designers/programmers getting paid 200k each for those 3-5 pages? How?

[@nelsonthekinger]

thank you for this Clément, you are a very espetial ex-google!

[@aser2535]

Dropping gems ..Johnny Dang 2.0

[@clem]

💎💎💎

[@md.shahazaduddin5376]

Were you already familiar with all the technologies you mentioned for eg: angular or it was something you learnt after joining the team.

[@clem]

I had never worked with Angular before (I learnt React at my coding bootcamp), and a lot of the other technologies (beyond things like programming languages) are unique to Google, so they were very new. Overall, it's very much expected that you won't know everything and that you'll have a lot to learn.

[@md.shahazaduddin5376]

@@clem Thank you so much, solved lot of my personal confusions! I recently graduated and am preparing for interviews. Your content on coding interviews and how to prepare for them are really great. Looking forward some great content in future.

[@CaptainSchlockler]

Damn, 2 year project. That's something most programmers would finish up within a week tops.

[@shadowgamer8575]

Shut the fuck up and do it then

[@CaptainSchlockler]

@@shadowgamer8575 That's funny, coz as a programmer, having done that shit before, I know exactly how long it takes.

[@DailyDoseofShortsVideos]

Which type of engineer were you front or back end

[@owenwexler7214]

Pre-watching thought: I use Material UI for my company’s web app and that would be coincidental af it it was Material UI

[@owenwexler7214]

Ah, so Google Cloud Services, the AWS of Google. Good thing to work on.

[@chandramowlij3127]

Great video! Can we get a video on how you managed time between your job and creating AlgoExpert?

[@clem]

Coming soon!

[@spazzoutbob6968]

Oldest trick in da yt book

[@animerankings5292]

Can I ask what sort of testing did you do for this, if at all? I'm not sure how bigger companies test their products, especially UI.

[@clem]

Lots of testing! Unit tests, integration tests (end-to-end tests), screenshot-diff tests, and of course manual tests.

[@riskyk4616]

5:17 but the last time the page was updated was 2017 :0

[@C0D3O]

Brain_bsod.exe

[@yashsolanki069]

It's raining outside It's cool 🌨️

[@refreshious]

Just a bit of UI with Angular and Google’s reusable components they have.

[@kaivalpatel3990]

How was your experience when you have to see that boring page for like 2+ years and everytime just compile and run whatever....

[@kenyup5424]

Thanks for inspiration

[@gourd1990]

We use IOT Core in AWS in our company so I guess I have a good clue what you worked on =)

[@clem]

Awesome!

[@borgirvspitsah7329]

Hi Clement. From your experience, do you think doing research in CS is almost as valuable as doing an internship in CS? I say that bc I'm doing research at my College and I was wondering if that will give me any credibility for when I apply for internships at companies

[@clem]

Though having research is definitely a positive, I would say that an internship is even more valuable, just because you get to experience what it's actually like in the industry and because you can potentially get a return offer. Also, depending on the role, some internships involve research! But I think your research will definitely give you a boost in the future!

[@varuneshwaranj9505]

Then what is the salary of a google search platform software engineer

[@ultrahalf]

Hey I was wondering which language is mostly used at Google? I know each language as it's pros and cons but just wondering the stats

[@clem]

Hard to say off the top of my head (and I probably wouldn't be able to share actual stats), but the "big five" as I like to call them are the dominant ones: Java, C++, Go, JavaScript, and Python.

[@shubhamshingi9618]

I am from non computer science engineering but want to work in IT product based companies. What should be my learning path? How to get into product based org

[@pushpendrkoomar2173]

What is the importance of algorithms and data structure in front end? Since you created algoexpert.

[@clem]

Well, AlgoExpert is specifically geared towards preparing you for coding interviews. But as far as algorithms and data structures in the frontend are concerned, you do sometimes need to implement tricky algorithms (for instance, if you're trying to manipulate data from an API to display a certain way on the UI). Maybe I'll make a video that touches on this topic!

[@VenuGopal-bg7mo]

Did they taught you angular ?

[@rejuvenatingsoul3498]

Been using GCP for years now.

[@kimdequilla7503]

Is it worth it to build your own server?

[@sendotakeshi2286]

I gently caressed the like button already and now you are telling me to smash it, which would lead to me unliking the video. What should I do?

[@rotimibest8530]

Then why did you leave?

[@aakashwadhwa5797]

Hi Clement, Want your advice, I have experience in support work and Im an average programmer. How can i switch to Product companies?

[@clem]

Try working on a more product-focused side project and then focus on that interview prep; nailing the interviews will be the main hoop to pass through!

[@tebbythomas1809]

Apart from the pay and work culture, what products / software teams at Facebook are compelling enough for software developers to leave companies like Google?

[@sidrockx95]

Who agrees that GCP lacks in UI compared to AWS and Azure?

[@indiansoftwareengineer4899]

how much you benchpress? LOL, just joking but nice video. Dream to become next Googler.... Loved, liked all videos.

[@clem]

My personal best is 315 lbs at a bodyweight of ~170 lbs; that was an unexpected question on this video! And best of luck on your road to Google; you can do it!

[@daniels8702]

Can you put Android studio series.

[@notsurecomeon123gg]

how to put a 3mins video into 11 mins one

[@sneha_d_mystery_princess]

O my thoughts are... You should not apologizing for the rains .. rather you should be happy for rains....😃

[@reaperforever8478]

It's pretty risky , showing this stuff , techlead got fired from Facebook because of having a KZbin channel

[@SoDamnMetal]

Google owns KZbin, so that doesn't apply here

[@reaperforever8478]

@@SoDamnMetal it's it about what people say in the videos

[@SoDamnMetal]

@@reaperforever8478 It's about Facebook being pissed that techlead used a platform other than Facebook to gain notoriety

[@reaperforever8478]

People tend to use more platforms as they establish more , so, it a big problem .

[@Hitesh54321]

Thanks for this video Clément...very informative 😎

[@yongzeyao1337]

Great video Clement! Quick question, did this page really take you 2.5 years to finish? Cuz it looks not very complicated...

[@pedromartins3783]

You know,clement,if all was awsome,why a lot of you guys leave!???

[@wsidechris]

Some get “managed out”.

[@zhengxunwu2060]

bro, you are kidding, gcp is not a small thing, and how can people don't know gcp?

[@clem]

Totally agree that GCP isn't small; it's a very fast-growing product area that's super exciting! *However*, many people who aren't in the Software Engineering industry have no idea what GCP is.

[@madhukiranattivilli2321]

There is a female Canadian tennis player w/ Romanian parents Bianca Andreescu. Are you (Mihailescu) from Romania too❓ 😊

[@cosminionita1649]

Hey man! Are you from Romania? Or do you have Romanian roots? I see that your name (Mihailescu) is Romanian specific

[@clem]

Da; my father is Romanian!

[@irvinge4641]

skip to 2:47

[@andrews13]

Front end engineer

[@pavanreddy1125]

gud information dude

[@clem]

Thanks!

[@Top5-b3k3s]

iot is future

[@L4ky13]

Two years only for that part?

[@АлексаМиловановић]

Why frontend? I think that backend is more suited for people like you :)

[@raghavgupta3168]

Hey Clement, Myriads of Thanks for helping us with your wonderful videos. I request🙏 you that I want to purchase your Course on AlgoExpert but its too Expensive. I'm from India and your Course costs $70(1USD = 72 INR app.) it costs Rs.5,040 in Indian Currency which is very big amount. Could you please Curtain the Cost especially for the person like me(who belongs to South Asia). Again,thanks for your videos.

[@irvinge4641]

you had to meet people in korea for a UI? :o

[@alexandermirvis6318]

lol Rip Off Service. This is why I have my own Shelf in a data center with my own Linux/Unix Servers. Pay fraction of what you're paying and much more power.

[@spazzoutbob6968]

Why don’t u have an algoexpert shirt

[@gouripanda7517]

Can you give us your github account?

[@matthcw8745]

Stop objectifying the like button

[@georgezazanis]

I think I figured out why some of your videos get more likes than other. The context of your videos are all relevant with each other so it's not that. I think it's the hair. sometimes they're the same and sometimes they're not different.

[@ramamurthikumar3116]

52 times google pronounced ?

[@clem]

😎(I don't actually know how many, but that deserves a solid sunglasses emoji) 😎

[@pankajdevesh3174]

after watching this video I'm damn sure that Google requires a good communication ! Or maybe sometimes only a good communication skill ?🤔

[@rajdave9862]

Om namah shivay How u get job at Google. How can I get ,as flutter developer?

[@ThatArjun]

8,888th view....I know I haven't won a war but still... 😂😂

[@mans707]

51 times

[@eliterroguer1573]

He was a html and css dev at google using angular framework and a little JS. He talks about getting into google in 6 months as a software engineer, when he should say front end web developer. Theres a BIG difference, and tbh this guy out of the box didnt seem that sharp, so i had to figure it out, and now i did. 6 months to learn html and css and a little angular is not great. It took me 8 hours lol.

[@TomTomDam]

Did you work at Google? Nah didn't think so.

[@irvinge4641]

did you crack the google interview?

[@iambao1940]

Hey, where are you? Are you too busy at a Google's office to reply at the moment?

[@scuevas1]

man you’re so smart. can you learn basic people skills in 8 hours or less?

[@swagatochatterjee7104]

Lol. GCP is non-sexy? I used App Engine to host my high school project in GCP, it was very smooth. Better than AWS.

[@rafay6821]

52

[@clem]

😎

[@ChiragKava]

I am Owl ! Oowwwwwwww

[@swarlos99]

There is more bloatware when you talk than there is on windows 8

[@clem]

Savage 😂

[@alexandermirvis6318]

lol Rip Off Service. This is why I have my own Shelf in a data center with my own Linux/Unix Servers. Pay fraction of what you're paying and much more power.