Ever since I got into tech, I wanted to work at Google. And then, 2 years ago it suddenly happened, way earlier than anticipated and totally unexpected. However, it turned out to be very different from my imaginations, as I didn’t work on YT or Maps, but rather as an SRE on GCP - not as fancy, I thought at the time.
But it turns out that SRE, which was totally uncharted territory for me, was actually a lot more than I ever could have imagined - and in turn, I got really hooked on it.
That’s what I want to share with you: My journey to and at Google, and I want to open this side of tech to you that’s never taught in unis and unknown in most companies - until they grow big really quickly.
Software Engineer on the Server Platforms team
Hi, I’m Felix! When I was 14, my parents gave me a Java book, and immediately I fell in love with programming. I quickly got into Open Source and built a 70k+ stars project, then worked some dev jobs and tried my own startup. I went to Munich for Computer Science but ended up at Google 6 months into my studies. I think to this day that they must have looked in the wrong column, but hey, I’m bei...
DSC Munich Lead
DSC Munich Core team
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DSC Munich Advisor
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