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 being…
GDSC Munich Lead
GDSC Munich Lead
GDSC Munich Core Team
GDSC Munich Core Team
GDSC Munich Advisor
GDSC Munich Advisor
GDSC Munich Core Team
GDSC Munich Core Team
Technical University of Munich
GDSC Munich Core Member
GDSC Munich Core Member
TUM
GDSC Munich Core Team
GDSC Munich Core Team
