Google Resume: How To Prepare For A Career And Land A Job At Apple, Microsoft, Google, Or Any Top Tech Company (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
As a 50-year-old (employed) software engineer, I picked this up more out of idle curiosity than for any truly compelling reason, like an imminent job search.If I need to look for a job again, I'll probably revisit this book when I revise my resume, and have to prep for the hated interview process. However, I had some specific problems with the book.It seems *very* focused on recent grads. Nothing wrong with that, or with a book having a specific audience. Where I had more of an issue was with what I perceived to be the emphasis on using technical software skills to enter a company, with the idea that any sensible person would be moving into management as soon as possible. Probably within 2-3 years of hiring, but only a loser would not be a project or program manager (or a VP) within five years. As someone who is perfectly content to finish out my career as an individual contributor, I found the implicit message to be grating. It's not that I lack ambition...it's just that my ambition happens to be in becoming the best possible software professional. I was intrigued to read a book by an author who was in my college classes.The advice in the book was useful and pragmatic. I think the most useful advice was about how to quantify your accomplishments in your resume, making it more concrete and memorable.Two things hold me back from giving the book 5 stars.1. A decent amount of the advice is common sense.2. The book focuses disproportionately on recent graduates and internships (probably drawing from the author's own experience).
What do You think about Google Resume: How To Prepare For A Career And Land A Job At Apple, Microsoft, Google, Or Any Top Tech Company (2011)?
I really enjoyed reading this book.every IT guy should read it before seeking for a job
—marwan91
Covers most aspects of IT interviews. More like slight guidance than reference.
—Sludge
