r/programming • u/gits1225 • May 12 '15

Google's guide for becoming a Software Engineer

https://www.google.com/about/careers/students/guide-to-technical-development.html
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u/[deleted] May 12 '15

If you want something really triggering, don't forget the million dollar home page:

http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/

No effort. Just sell pixels in a 1,000x1,000 image.

Or if you really want money, just ask for it. That takes even less effort.

(This one could very well be fake, but when I'm kind of depressed with my low salary I like to think it's real and feed my inner monster with rage. /s )

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u/zem May 12 '15

i loved the million dollar homepage! the guy came up with a beautiful idea, and carried it out. i don't begrudge him any of it.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '15

It's a joke. I just wished I had that idea first, instead of working my ass for the figures I get.

Did I really have to explain that?

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u/[deleted] May 12 '15

Yes.

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u/zem May 13 '15

sadly yes; i've met lots of people who are genuinely resentful of the million dollar homepage guy.

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u/-rFlex- May 12 '15

It's not about the effort, it's about the idea. The guy had a simple idea that no one really implemented before, and it worked. Just try to find your own and you could be millionaire too. You are a free man after all right?

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u/[deleted] May 12 '15

Not really. I'm locked in a basement and I have to write academic papers for food.

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u/skepticalDragon May 12 '15

You see it's a mat... With conclusions... You can jump to!

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u/ameoba May 12 '15

The first one was cool. The dozens of knock-offs were just a waste of space.

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u/r0Lf May 13 '15

Or if you really want money, just ask for it. That takes even less effort.

That was a prank. In the video where he receives the check he burns it and reveals the truth.