Advice from the Top 1% of Software Engineers

Advice from the Top 1% of Software Engineers.

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[oaoskey]

18 years and you can still feel the excitement radiating off of the last dude

[aryub]

The last person would literally be the best to have as a work colleague. Wonderful man

[DucNguyen-cqiw]

XT's advice will change my software engineering career: "Most people can do that (become a software engineer) but NOT EVERYONE can become a good one. To be a good software engineer, the most important thing is that you try to understand things how it works, you really really try hard to understand HOW IT WORKS, MAKE IT WORK"

[darkwoodmovies]

The last guy is one of those rare engineers that are just so chill but smart AF and can dream up solutions to problems other engineers can't even dream of. Funny enough, Google seems to be VERY good at hiring and retaining these types of people.

[yoyo]

The difference in advice given by XT vs other engineers is very phenomenal

[fdp]

I'm impressed by XT's passion in what he is doing after 18 years. I imagine most people after 18 years of working in one field would not share the same level of passion.

[blitzio]

Absolute respect for XT. Being valued and putting people in the right place. This is what all companies must realize fundamentally.

[TheMastiffprince]

XT has been with Google almost 18 years and it seems like he has developed such wisdom in just telling how it is. It is not often when you talk to managers/software engineers that have been at a company that long so genuine and happy.

[SalihVeseli]

XT is one of those people that can break down any complex concept into plain English. I had a Chinese professor who explained things thoroughly in a such a simple way. It wouldn't get boring for 3 hours long. It would be great to work for people like XT, I feel like, although people like him will surely challenge you, but that's the only way to grow professionally.

[life_today]

Best advise given by the guy who had 18 years tenure - Google is not the only good company, don’t define yourself based on your job… the earlier you learn this, the better for your well being

[hw]

So glad I stumbled on this video as I was having a hard time securing an internship position. This kicked my motivation back up :)

[qtbqbwi]

Xiangtian is such a sweet guy!
17 years and still so upbeat about his work.
His advise is right. What do you want to do? Think how can you become better at it.
If you do this, companies will come to you. If not google, then some other good company.
Love what you do, grow and be where you are happy.
Thank you for making and sharing this video.

[heyrmi]

Last person, despite having so much exprience, is so much humble.

[kjgfcnp]

man i gotta say i love how respectful and kind you are to everyone. i usually don’t enjoy these types of interviews but your attitude is refreshing to see brother! keep up the great content!

[Glorin]

XT was the only important part of all those interviews. It really must be amazing to have a guy like him as a Project Manager/ Tech lead.

[kicknotes]

When you can remember the specific technical details of a project (or bug!) you worked on 17+ years ago, that's called passion. Knowing how things work (under the hood) is what separates average devs from good devs; passion is what separates good devs from great devs.

[treyquattro]

XT's enthusiasm is infectious! Great advert for the company. They all were. Good job!

[natejames]

XT is an absolute legend, you can tell how much he loves his job he's so passionate and he was actually extremely good at explaining that issue to where I felt like I could understand what he was saying even though I do not have any background with coding.

[bhavyakathuria_sgtbkhalsa]

Love the work you've done. I'd love to see more content on google recruitments specifically for non-tech roles. Thanks.

[ronherrera]

He reminds me of a supervisor I had, my supervisor would never give up and find a solution for clients she will know a lot about the company since she is been there for 20 plus years but something I admired of her is that even when she knew a lot of operations of the company she was always open to learn from her subordinates.