Comments on: My Second (Non-)Interview With Google http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2008/09/03/my-second-non-interview-with-google/ Rod Hilton's views on programming, technology, and life. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:57:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Rod http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2008/09/03/my-second-non-interview-with-google/#comment-32936 Rod Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:55:39 +0000 http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/?p=135#comment-32936 Bryan, I agree. I said as much in the post. The training was definitely of value. The mistake was doing it for Google, rather than for myself. That led to disappointment. Bryan,

I agree. I said as much in the post. The training was definitely of value. The mistake was doing it for Google, rather than for myself. That led to disappointment.

]]> By: Bryan http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2008/09/03/my-second-non-interview-with-google/#comment-32930 Bryan Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:13:51 +0000 http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/?p=135#comment-32930 You have a good attitude about the skills you learned being transferable. I think it's probably too harsh to say it was a 'tremendous mistake', at least from this standpoint. On another note, I've made a similar mistake in the past of wanting something like this so much and focusing on it the way you did that when it did not turn out exactly as I had imagined I wanted it to, it was sorely disappointing. That, plus, when you hold something like this up to such a high regard, I'd bet you're only setting yourself up for disappointment even if you do get it, because you'll eventually find out that farts still stink even inside the walls of Google (or whatever the situation happened to be). At any rate, I wouldn't view the time you spent and skills you learned as a waste, they're far from it - they'll just be helping you somewhere else. You have a good attitude about the skills you learned being transferable. I think it’s probably too harsh to say it was a ‘tremendous mistake’, at least from this standpoint. On another note, I’ve made a similar mistake in the past of wanting something like this so much and focusing on it the way you did that when it did not turn out exactly as I had imagined I wanted it to, it was sorely disappointing. That, plus, when you hold something like this up to such a high regard, I’d bet you’re only setting yourself up for disappointment even if you do get it, because you’ll eventually find out that farts still stink even inside the walls of Google (or whatever the situation happened to be). At any rate, I wouldn’t view the time you spent and skills you learned as a waste, they’re far from it - they’ll just be helping you somewhere else.

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