But my measure on my university wasn't computer size or computer engineering.

It was statistics.

So how was I able to get this job without a computer science degree?

I'm going to explain the process.

I personally used step by step.

So here I present the six steps I personally used for getting a job at Google as a software engineer.

Step one.

I took a few programming courses during my summer break, and that gave me enough technical basis to start learning on my own.

After that, these courses were on program basics on data structures on algorithms, and they were taught using java.

Step two.

I worked on a few personal projects.

First of all, I used the website called Project Oiler to work on my programming fundamentals.

Then my first real personal project after that was going to be like the reddit of Japan because nothing like read it existed in Japan at the time.

So I built a simple prototype using a language called Ruby, and he worked.

But in the end I was actually too afraid to release it.

Maybe I was too shy, but still, I enjoy the process a lot, and I enjoyed learning a new programming language on my own, too.

Step Three, thanks to my personal project, I eventually landed my first technical internship us at a tiny, tiny startup in Tokyo, and it was as a software engineer intern.

I think I was able to get that job partly because I had demonstrated without read It in Japan Project that I was able to build stuff with Ruby on something called Rubio.

Rails on Step Forth again Maur experience in the tech industry with a fume or intercepts, this time actually a Microsoft.

These internships were in something called their size on product management.

As I explained in the previous video, I was able to get these internships thanks to the combination off my statistics.

Back on my first technical internship as a software engineer on a few more personal project I worked on after the one I mentioned earlier, Step five, I prepared myself for software engineer interviews.

I use resource is like cracking the quoting interview on lead code.

I'm going to put links to those resource is below in case you're interested.

But I found that the most helpful thing I did by far for preparing for software engineer interviews was doing mock interviews with my friends.

Practicing with my friends was a really good practice for me, so I'd be less nervous in the actual interview on.

Actually, when I gave Mark interviews to my friends as if I'm the interviewer, that was really helpful to giving.

A mock interview to my friends helped me understand what it feels like to be in the interviewer shoes, and I think it's really, really important.

And this is a point that's often overlooked.

The reason why it's so important is because at the end of the day, your job interview, whether it's technical or non technical, it's just a form of a complication.

And just like in any other form of communication, it's crucial that you understand the other person's perspective in this case, the interiors perspective, not just yours.

On Step six, I applied, and actually I kept applying.

As I mentioned in the previous video, I applied to Google at least five times over the course of two years or so, and then I had five super interviews for five different positions at Google, and I got rejected the 1st 4 times, so I only got through the last one.

But the 1st 4 interviews I did they're never gonna be on my resume.

So nobody really cares that I failed four times at this point.

All right, those are the six steps, But there's something else I wanna tell you whether you're applying for a job, trying to start a business or looking for a girlfriend or boyfriend.

When you go for something you really want.

This whole process can be really hard, and it's actually really discouraging for most people.

So it's almost inevitable for you to keep getting rejected by your potential employers or by your potential girlfriends or boyfriends.

And if you're trying to start a business, it's also very common for your business.

Idea is to keep failing one after another, but at the end of the day, nobody cares of other things that didn't work out.

None of those rejections are not gonna be on your resume it so nobody will care about them.

The only thing that matters is what you get in the end.

So if you're in the process like that right now.

If you're going for something you really want, maybe it's hard.

Maybe you get discouraged sometimes.

But keep going because eventually you get there if you don't give up, Okay?

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