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- [Why use it?](#why-use-it)
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- [How to use it](#how-to-use-it)
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- [Get in a Googley Mood](#get-in-a-googley-mood)
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-- [Did I Get the Job?](#did-i-get-the-job)
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-- [Follow Along with Me](#follow-along-with-me)
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- [Don't feel you aren't smart enough](#dont-feel-you-arent-smart-enough)
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- [About Google](#about-google)
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- [About Video Resources](#about-video-resources)
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## Why use it?
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-I'm following this plan to prepare for my Google interview. I've been building the web, building
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-services, and launching startups since 1997. I have an economics degree, not a CS degree. I've
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-been very successful in my career, but I want to work at Google. I want to progress into larger systems
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-and get a real understanding of computer systems, algorithmic efficiency, data structure performance,
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-low-level languages, and how it all works. And if you don't know any of it, Google won't hire you.
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When I started this project, I didn't know a stack from a heap, didn't know Big-O anything, anything about trees, or how to
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traverse a graph. If I had to code a sorting algorithm, I can tell ya it wouldn't have been very good.
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Every data structure I've ever used was built into the language, and I didn't know how they worked
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memory" error, and then I'd have to find a workaround. I've used a few multidimensional arrays in my life and
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thousands of associative arrays, but I've never created data structures from scratch.
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-But after going through this study plan I have high confidence I'll be hired. It's a long plan. It's going to take me
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-months. If you are familiar with a lot of this already it will take you a lot less time.
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+It's a long plan. It's may take you months. If you are familiar with a lot of this already it will take you a lot less time.
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## How to use it
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[](https://github.com/jwasham/google-interview-university/blob/master/extras/future-googler.pdf)
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-## Did I Get the Job?
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-I'm in the queue right now. Hope to interview soon.
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- Thanks for the referral, JP.
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-## Follow Along with Me
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-My story: [Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview](https://medium.com/@googleyasheck/why-i-studied-full-time-for-8-months-for-a-google-interview-cc662ce9bb13)
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-I'm on the journey, too. Follow along:
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-- **Blog**: [GoogleyAsHeck.com](https://googleyasheck.com/)
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-- Twitter: [@googleyasheck](https://twitter.com/googleyasheck)
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-- Twitter: [@StartupNextDoor](https://twitter.com/StartupNextDoor)
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-- Google+: [+Googleyasheck](https://plus.google.com/+Googleyasheck)
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-- LinkedIn: [johnawasham](https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnawasham)
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## Don't feel you aren't smart enough
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- Google engineers are smart, but many have an insecurity that they aren't smart enough, even though they work at Google.
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- [The myth of the Genius Programmer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SARbwvhupQ)
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John Washam