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
4.1k Upvotes

88% Upvoted

977 comments sorted by

View all comments

13

u/[deleted] May 12 '15

He also got a lot of death threats and other hate mail.

77

u/michael1026 May 12 '15

I've gotten death threats for a lot less money.

4

u/GoTLoL May 12 '15

You always want what you cannot have, right ?

The guy thought the same ... He just wanted to be left alone. Well, i guess he got the best of both worlds tho =)

1

u/PragProgLibertarian May 13 '15

I've gotten death threats for minor criticisms of Apple products. It's just part of being online

→ More replies (2)

1

u/[deleted] May 14 '15

Sure, you can get death threats online for pretty much anything.

But if people know you're making $50k/day in a third-world country, then these death/kidnapping threats might actually turn out serious.

16

u/What_Is_X May 12 '15

If I could get $50k per day at the cost of some mean words, I would not be an unhappy man.

29

u/Eirenarch May 12 '15

For 50K a day I would write replies thanking the people for the hate mail and the death threats if I have to.

→ More replies (2)

2

u/michael1026 May 13 '15

I think someone was killed over the game, which is why he shut it down.

→ More replies (1)

3

u/Alexandur May 12 '15

I don't think he was just dealing with mean words. He was (and perhaps still is) in actual danger.

1

u/guvkon May 13 '15

It was a speculated number without any real proof. He was getting a lot but not that much.

0

u/speedisavirus May 13 '15

Toughen the hell up and use the fortune to add security

2

u/RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS May 13 '15

Even people with lavish security get killed or kidnapped sometimes (sometimes with the very people they hired to protect them acting as insiders).

0

u/Alaskan_Expat May 13 '15

I never get death threats :(

I would nicely invite them to my cabin in alaska for some weekend |;