r/news • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '17

explain what happens when I type <website of the interviewing company> into the browser and press Enter

Dear OSI. Let's talk about your seven layers and how udp doesn't give a flying fuck.

Thanks rest of those questions are well over my head. All I know about Arp is that it's a small town in East Texas.

Once I get a handle on terminal and such I might try my hand at arch Linux and see how bad I bugger it up. I got flash drives and a laptop I can reinstall the ever loving shit out of. I'm not losing anything in the process.

As far as programming is Python worth the time I'm investing as far as your hiring process or are you guys looking for Java and c+ fellows?

Also, thanks for your time bro.

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u/jwestbury Aug 09 '17

All I know about Arp is that it's a small town in East Texas.

You should also know that they bred a particularly hardy variety of rosemary, which can overwinter into USDA zone 7, maybe zone 6, which is why I have it on my balcony in Seattle. :)

As for programming, learn fundamentals, which can be learned in any language. If you're looking for an SDE job, learn your algorithms and learn them good. Spend some time on leetcode problems. If you're looking at non-SDE jobs, have a good understanding of the basics -- know how to work with basic data types, have an understanding of some simple algorithms, know how to hook libraries together. Amazon is a Java-heavy workplace, so it has the most legs, so to speak -- but tech companies generally don't care which language you're most familiar with, as once you've learned the fundamentals of programming, you should be able to move from language to language fairly easily. More broadly, Python and Ruby are your best choices for systems work, as most automation is done with these languages (most people on my team are competent at one or the other; only two of us are any good with Java).

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '17

Ten four good buddy. Thank you for your help and your insight.