We kick off the show by interviewing Mohammed, who has just come back from 4 back-to-back internships at Facebook, Drop, Facebook again, and Microsoft! Notes: 0:00 - Intro 2:05 - Applying for many positions, getting himself to the point where he was ready 12:08 - First internship at Facebook in Menlo Park 15:53 - Internship at Drop, startups vs. large companies, imposter syndrome, 'big company skills' 23:20 - Second internship at Facebook in London, cultural differences in UK vs US 29:09 - Internship at Microsoft, this time as a PM 37:00 - General takeaways, guiding questions from the year, looking forward to final year of school Links: - [Getting a Gig Github page][1] - [Cracking the Coding Interview][3] - [The Hard Thing About Hard Things][4] - [Contact Mohammed][2] Music by Shawn Lee [1]: https://github.com/cassidoo/getting-a-gig [2]: https://fb.me/msmanek [3]: https://www.amazon.ca/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Programming-Questions/dp/0984782850/ref=dp_ob_image_bk [4]: https://www.amazon.ca/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205
We kick off the show by interviewing Mohammed, who has just come back from 4 back-to-back internships at Facebook, Drop, Facebook again, and Microsoft!
Notes
0:00: Intro
2:05: Applying for many positions, getting himself to the point where he was ready
12:08: First internship at Facebook in Menlo Park
15:53: Internship at Drop, startups vs. large companies, imposter syndrome, 'big company skills'
23:20: Second internship at Facebook in London, cultural differences in UK vs US
29:09: Internship at Microsoft, this time as a PM
37:00: General takeaways, guiding questions from the year, looking forward to final year of school
Links
Music by Shawn Lee