AWS solution architect interview experience part 2

So the Amazon recruiter contacted me this morning and informed me of the news... I didn't pass the 3rd round of on-site interviews.  And you won't believe the reason why.

Tell me why ain't nothing but a heartache...

Google Cloud Partner Engineer interview experience part 1

So I'm also interviewing for the position of Partner Engineer at Google's Cloud business.  The position is in Google's Switzerland office.  This was scheduled more than a month ago, and the earliest date was January 15th.  So I have been waiting for a while.  The recruiter contacted me in November for the position and I responded in early December, then he went on holidays.  I shot him some questions asking what the process would be like.  And he informed me earlier this month what was involved.  He told me there would be a troubleshooting scenario and some code debugging, in other words, some programming.  Turns out what happened was, the interviewer from Poland asked me an operations scenario and a systems design question.  Apparently according to a recruiter, only 1 out of 10 pass the first round of phone interviews.  Call me a sadist, but I'm still a sucker for interviews with tech companies as they are much more challenging than other companies.  Amazingly I think this is the 4th or 5th time I have interviewed with them.  My first time was in 2007.  I've come a very long way since.

AWS solution architect interview experience part 1

I'm now interviewing at AWS Singapore.  I have presently gone through 3 rounds, which have taken at least 4.5 hours.  If you ask me, it's getting more and more insane with interviews nowadays in the tech industry.  I'm not even that interested if you ask me, but I need the interview experience to keep me on my tops so I'm prepared for other (easier) interviews.  I was sort of pushed through this interview by a recruiter.  Going through one of these interviews is like going through a meat grinder, at the end hopefully you're not ground beef yet.  Apparently, the entire hiring rate is 1 out of 50.  Which makes it a measly 2%.  The odds aren't that great.  But if you do make it to the 2% you're going to have a much better time with other company interviews, and even if you don't make it, you're still going to have a much better time with other company interviews!

Back in Singapore 🇸🇬

So I'm back in Singapore after a long hiatus.

I've left the hell hole known as Dubai, say prayers for the unfortunate who are living there seriously.

I've had enough of shitty jobs with no real-life meaning (which is what people really want).  Sure money is great but can't take it with me to the grave.  The amount of people willing to sell their asses for money truly is amazing.  Dubai wasn't just shit, it was absolutely shit.  It did nothing for my career.  And I have former work colleagues there who have completely admitted it does nothing for their career, but they are happy to simply rot away whilst collecting money.  Is this honestly what the human species has become?

Yes, it's me.

I came I saw I resigned part 1 🇦🇪

As I sit on the bed butt naked, I write one of the best sentences of my life.

I resigned from my position in Dubai on the 8th of August.

Yes I know what you're thinking... Why?  You've barely just started!

Are you mad?

Last Friday in 🇸🇪

So it's my last full day in Sweden.  Tomorrow I am leaving for the UAE.

Finally...

And it didn't come soon enough!

Moving ✈️

So guess what?  The UAE company decided to pay for my attestation.  Yep.  They are pretty mad or just insane.  And they paid and did it.  Honestly, I don't think I'm that worth it, but it's good to know that someone else thinks so!

But thanks, really!