Sahil Gaba’s Post

I was a network engineer at Google for 15 years and I was disappointed that in 2023 big G decided they could go on and make money without me (or the network was so good it didn't need bigger better faster since the I/O gap will take a decade or more to be bridged - if ever) I spent a year working at a research institute at my alma mater Texas A&M where I got to spend some weeks (like this one) literally playing Texas42 every night (my favorite game in the world - I even win sometimes) Now I'll be heading to work as a field engineer for Juniper Networks Congratulations on getting into Google Maybe I'll write a book someday on the good old days All the best

Sahil Gaba Yeah I agree with your point Rejection is part of the process. But hear out my story. I'm a CS graduate fresher got a job in a on-campus drive in a Analytics company. It's been a year or so still I didn't get any Call letter. So I planned to attend off campus, so I registered in several platforms Naukri, Indeed, Internshala and a few more, I applied to 300+ companies in these platforms, but nobody was willing to give me an interview chance to let me show my skills. Sometimes I get a rejection email and many times I didn't even get that. And I went one step ahead and started sending personal requests and dms for HRs and employees in LinkedIn, some employees gave me suggestions of what to do. Some HRs only a very few told me "I'll check and get back to you", but they never came back. Other 90% of the HR just ignored my message. Maybe I'm just ranting here, but my point here is if you give me a interview chance and reject me I'll take that one as my incapability and I'll find and sort the problem. What should I do if I just get a "No response " As a response.??

I am confused by this message. Are you saying don’t discuss your rejections until you have a role or position high enough to discuss it and not affect your future roles and then write a piece about rejection for clicks, because any other time to post such a piece would be negative impact? Why is Google / Amazon placed at such high pedestals? Those 500+ roles that rejected you doesn’t mean they’re any worse or that they’re not deserving. Each firm has its own economics to deal with. Google and Amazon happen to be able to swallow everyone up. I would rather work for a smaller firm where I can connect with people locally and have a local work culture. Yes this is my rejection of Google or Amazon for hiring unless they reevaluate their work culture.

Before the sun rose, daily for 3 and 1/2 months, I got up, got dressed, & struggled through belly deep snow or deep cold in Fairbanks Alaska to put myself through an educational program to get an "A" card, so I would qualify for a job on the Alaska Pipeline. I wanted to go to school. That was just to get a job, so I could earn enough to apply to the University to put myself through school. I worked either full/part-time all the years it took to earn my first degree. I left programs when discovering a University misrepresented what they actually offered toward a degree. I started college when I was 15 turning 16. I studied computer science (Fortran) and fine art, while working part/full-time as a law librarian and legal clerk, as a US Fish and Wildlife photographer in Southcentral Alaska, as a midnight shift pantry cook at 13 Coins in Anchorage, or any other job I could find. I was so poor I sublet half of a bed in a mother-in-law hut to sleep on. The trauma of being awake too many hours while under stress was still with me many years later - I awoke in a state of panic still in school, late to class or work!!! My school loan application had been intentionally forgotten again in the loan manager's desk...

I never get a chance to understand why someone feels excited about going to Google or Microsoft. I feel it's just another company where employees have mixed feelings like any other company. I guess everyone should focus on our work-life balance and working on what they feel is contributing, rather than celebrating these MANG companies. As we have seen in the past two years, these companies are notorious for layoffs. But still, if you think it's an achievement, good luck and all the best wishes for you. The more I think about it and after seeing the last link in your post, I feel like it's just a way for them to sell their courses.

At 34, after 8 years in the oilfield, I took a leap of faith and switched to IT-Programming. In just 2 years, I graduated, broke into software development, and just finished an internship building a DeFi lending web app out of California. Life threw some tough challenges my way—losing my dad, leaving the oilfield, going through a divorce, and moving across the country. But here I am, two years later, I rebuilt myself from nothing. Remember, there are people with fewer skills than you living their dream. The only difference? They went for it. Don't wait. Start now. Good luck! 👍

That just means that hiring process in the world is so fucking wrong.

I have been unsuccessfully looking for a job for more than a year and a half. Rejection after rejection. Many times I was ready to give up. But at some point, a calm and wise voice in my head said: Hush, someday the time will come when you will thank everyone who rejected you. And that time has come. I have embarked on the path of my destiny, and I thank everyone who rejected me🙏🏻

Imagine a life like this. Day 1 - wake up early, prepare, enter traffic, sit at your desk, do the same things, and talk to the same boring people. not bad right?? Day 25 - same happens Day 500 - same happens  Day 5000 - same happens. how you feel on day 1 is not the same way you will feel on day 5000 You need challenges and routines that change over time, you need some excitement and surprise.  Know that apart from sleep, and spending time with your loved ones or having fun, the rest of your entire life is you working. Most companies don't care to create this for their employees. As long as you do the job, greet us all, and keep your mouth shut it's fine. Why wouldn't You feel unfulfilled in life? That is not a life to live. Unless a company can put in its work environment things that would give its workers more freedom to make choices and express their passions workers will quickly start to become mindless zombies. "I hear and I obey" Especially in a career where you code.  Coding is a lonesome activity that takes long hours most of the time. I will admit it, building stuff with code is nice, and solving an error feels rewarding, but it's easy to get bored in the process.

Some people are taking the content of this post negatively but all he is trying to do is motivate us and telling us not keep going. A lot of us get demotivated when we apply and interview but don't get a job. What he is saying is that we should not feel demotivated by it but learn from it and keeping putting in the effort! Stay postitive! It's all how you perceive it.