Comments for Wes Bos http://wesbos.com Designer, Developer & Entrepreneur making the web an awesome place. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:01:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Comment on Remote Debugging with Chrome for Android [video + tut] by wesbos http://wesbos.com/remote-debugging-mobile-chrome-android/#comment-767 wesbos Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:01:50 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=522#comment-767 Use Opera mobile! Use Opera mobile!

]]> Comment on Remote Debugging with Chrome for Android [video + tut] by Samiullah Khan http://wesbos.com/remote-debugging-mobile-chrome-android/#comment-766 Samiullah Khan Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:59:28 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=522#comment-766 Is there a solution for a peoples who are not running ice-cream sandwich. Is there a solution for a peoples who are not running ice-cream sandwich.

]]> Comment on Link within a jQuery Cycle slideshow with the hashchange event by paul http://wesbos.com/jquery-cycle-link-within-hashchange/#comment-762 paul Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:49:05 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=293#comment-762 I figured it out. Thanks again for the great tutorial. It's exactly what I was looking for. I figured it out. Thanks again for the great tutorial. It’s exactly what I was looking for.

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Aleksandra S http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-755 Aleksandra S Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:41:44 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-755 You interviewed at Google because Wes Bos is a Boss and that's all I have to say about that. You interviewed at Google because Wes Bos is a Boss and that’s all I have to say about that.

]]> Comment on List WordPress Posts by Category by rajeevphp2011 http://wesbos.com/wordpress-list-posts-by-category/#comment-754 rajeevphp2011 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:12:53 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=259#comment-754 thanks to many , i like your code and use , this is very use ful code for me , thanks to once again many many thanks to many , i like your code and use , this is very use ful code for me ,
thanks to once again many many

]]> Comment on Link within a jQuery Cycle slideshow with the hashchange event by paul http://wesbos.com/jquery-cycle-link-within-hashchange/#comment-753 paul Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:59:03 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=293#comment-753 This is great, thanks for posting! All other solutions I've come across break the browser's back button in one browser or another. I'm interested in using your second version (alt tag as slug), but I'm trying to use it without the thumbnails. I've tried deleting those portions of the code, but I'm new to JS and I think I'm removing too much / too little, because I keep breaking it in ie8. Any help would be appreciated. :) Thanks! This is great, thanks for posting! All other solutions I’ve come across break the browser’s back button in one browser or another.

I’m interested in using your second version (alt tag as slug), but I’m trying to use it without the thumbnails. I’ve tried deleting those portions of the code, but I’m new to JS and I think I’m removing too much / too little, because I keep breaking it in ie8.

Any help would be appreciated. :)

Thanks!

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Stephen Paul Weber http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-747 Stephen Paul Weber Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:44:36 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-747 Coding on a whiteboard, esp for the first time, is always a bit flustering and one tends to make silly mistakes, esp when the pressure is on. It happens to us all, I think :) Coding on a whiteboard, esp for the first time, is always a bit flustering and one tends to make silly mistakes, esp when the pressure is on. It happens to us all, I think :)

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Eddie Monge http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-742 Eddie Monge Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:06:17 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-742 Because web development has been around for decades now and is only getting stronger. As more things move to the web, web development only gets more important Because web development has been around for decades now and is only getting stronger. As more things move to the web, web development only gets more important

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Victor http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-738 Victor Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:53:00 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-738 they are interested in your thinking process when solving the questions. they are interested in your thinking process when solving the questions.

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Marketing Day: February 9, 2012 http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-735 Marketing Day: February 9, 2012 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:59:17 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-735 [...] What I learned interviewing with Google, wesbos.com [...] [...] What I learned interviewing with Google, wesbos.com [...]

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Fosco Marotto http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-734 Fosco Marotto Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:08:48 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-734 So how often in your day-to-day job are you sorting arrays? I find it pretty ridiculous that coding interviews would focus around sorting algorithms. Whiteboard coding is also pretty outdated... So how often in your day-to-day job are you sorting arrays? I find it pretty ridiculous that coding interviews would focus around sorting algorithms. Whiteboard coding is also pretty outdated…

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by wesbos http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-733 wesbos Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:43:03 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-733 I never did, they requested I send on in and the HR rep put it into the system. Don't let that stop you though! I never did, they requested I send on in and the HR rep put it into the system. Don’t let that stop you though!

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Patrick Dobson http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-732 Patrick Dobson Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:41:43 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-732 Did you ever fill out any applications on Google's jobs site? I don't know someone at Google, so I can't decide if this is a waste of time or not. It seemed like a really cool experience - you didn't spend a lot of time talking about fluff like some companies will, it was all about how well you could code and what you were capable of building. Did you ever fill out any applications on Google’s jobs site? I don’t know someone at Google, so I can’t decide if this is a waste of time or not.

It seemed like a really cool experience – you didn’t spend a lot of time talking about fluff like some companies will, it was all about how well you could code and what you were capable of building.

]]> Comment on 5 Helpful Tips for moving to Sublime Text 2 by Matt http://wesbos.com/sublime-text-2-tips/#comment-731 Matt Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:40:05 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=359#comment-731 Thanks for this post, particularly for the link to the SublimeCodeIntel Transmit Docksend packages. The latter is exactly what I had been after. I was a long time Coda user and I think this basically put the proverbial nail in the coffin... Thanks for this post, particularly for the link to the SublimeCodeIntel Transmit Docksend packages. The latter is exactly what I had been after. I was a long time Coda user and I think this basically put the proverbial nail in the coffin…

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by josh http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-730 josh Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:10:05 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-730 Why rageface over algorithms questions? Why rageface over algorithms questions?

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by What I learned interviewing with Google « that dismal science http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-729 What I learned interviewing with Google « that dismal science Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:54:41 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-729 [...] What I learned interviewing with Google Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. [...] [...] What I learned interviewing with Google Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. [...]

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Bussetta (@_Bussetta) http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-728 Bussetta (@_Bussetta) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:39:17 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-728 Thanks for sharing!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Zenzen http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-727 Zenzen Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:15:38 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-727 Wait, you didn't have a proper phone interview? And I do not mean the one with someone from the HR. I mean a 4x minute long technical interview? I thought that it is standard. I had two some months ago (since I did so-so during the first one they wanted to retest me) and to be honest I think it was the hardes interview in my short professional career (graduated several months later). Not only because it was Google but also because it was something I wasn't well prepared for and it felt downright strange. Sitting in a room, coding in google docs and "talking to yourself". I found it harder than any onsite I've ever taken. Though I'll probably change my mind should I take the Google onsite one day :) Wait, you didn’t have a proper phone interview? And I do not mean the one with someone from the HR. I mean a 4x minute long technical interview? I thought that it is standard. I had two some months ago (since I did so-so during the first one they wanted to retest me) and to be honest I think it was the hardes interview in my short professional career (graduated several months later). Not only because it was Google but also because it was something I wasn’t well prepared for and it felt downright strange. Sitting in a room, coding in google docs and “talking to yourself”. I found it harder than any onsite I’ve ever taken. Though I’ll probably change my mind should I take the Google onsite one day :)

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Allen http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-726 Allen Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:09:51 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-726 Great to hear that you had a good experience even though you didn't get an offer. I don't interview for Google FE SWEs anymore, but a fair number of us made a conscious effort to make candidates feel like they're challenged with interesting questions and at the same time be satisfied with the outcome either way. The hiring team in particular go to great lengths to let candidates know what they're getting into so they don't feel like they're blindsided with irrelevant questions or are paired with the wrong interviewer. Anyway, your chipper attitude will serve you well in your career. You'll find that a lot of companies have modelled themselves after Google's standards of hiring, but few emphasize the CS knowledge as much and there is more and more of a place for UI/UX devs with some design expertise. It's a great time is be a front-end dev! Great to hear that you had a good experience even though you didn’t get an offer. I don’t interview for Google FE SWEs anymore, but a fair number of us made a conscious effort to make candidates feel like they’re challenged with interesting questions and at the same time be satisfied with the outcome either way. The hiring team in particular go to great lengths to let candidates know what they’re getting into so they don’t feel like they’re blindsided with irrelevant questions or are paired with the wrong interviewer.

Anyway, your chipper attitude will serve you well in your career. You’ll find that a lot of companies have modelled themselves after Google’s standards of hiring, but few emphasize the CS knowledge as much and there is more and more of a place for UI/UX devs with some design expertise. It’s a great time is be a front-end dev!

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Mr. Mr. http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-725 Mr. Mr. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:50:58 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-725 I also interviewed with Google, and got a job offer that I had to turn down. The experience I had was pretty much like the one described above, except that after a couple of phone interviews I was flown across a pretty large ocean to spend a day in a Google office with a lot of skyscrapers around it. A few things about the interview (without breaking the NDA too much): o Everyone was incredibly nice. I really can't emphasize this too much. It'a just a treat to be treated decently while on an interview, while at the same time being seriously challenged by their questions. I'm sure they do some pretty decent training for their interviewers, and it works ;) o The questions were challenging, but fun. On the flight over I re-read George Polyas "how to solve it" and Vargheses "Network Algorithmics. Both are great books about problem solving, and they certainly helped me get into the right mindset. The questions were not awfully hard but I certainly had to think about them. I believe there were five or six one-hour interviews that day. I really will have a hard time to describe how fun that was: In a room with Google engineers a whole day solving puzzles on a whiteboard and just having a good time doing it. It was .... Great :-) o After a few days I got feedback that I got the job. Then the real trouble started. I won't get into the details. They had nothing to do with Google, who all the time were very professional and supportive, but in the end I just couldn't relocate to take the job. Family obligations. Not a fun decision to make, but several years later I'm still pretty certain it was the right one. I don't regret it, but I think about that particular decision quite often ;) I have a comp.sci. degree and the right type of experience so I guess I was pretty much what they were looking for. However, several of my friends have applied for jobs at Google and gotten them, and a surprising proportion of them did not have comp.sci. degrees. However, they are all extremely clever people, so I guess that counts also ;) So if you get the opportunity to interview with Google, just do it. It's fun, it's challenging and you might even get a job offer, and you might be able to accept it. However, even if nothing more happens than you having the interview, it's a good experience, so just do it if you can ;) I also interviewed with Google, and got a job offer that I had to turn down.

The experience I had was pretty much like the one described above, except that after a couple of phone interviews I was flown across a pretty large ocean to spend a day in a Google office with a lot of skyscrapers around it.

A few things about the interview (without breaking the NDA too much):

o Everyone was incredibly nice. I really can’t emphasize this too much.
It’a just a treat to be treated decently while on an interview, while
at the same time being seriously challenged by their questions. I’m sure
they do some pretty decent training for their interviewers, and
it works ;)

o The questions were challenging, but fun. On the flight over I
re-read George Polyas “how to solve it” and Vargheses “Network
Algorithmics. Both are great books about problem solving, and they
certainly helped me get into the right mindset. The questions were not
awfully hard but I certainly had to think about them. I believe there
were five or six one-hour interviews that day. I really will have a
hard time to describe how fun that was: In a room with Google
engineers a whole day solving puzzles on a whiteboard and just
having a good time doing it. It was …. Great :-)

o After a few days I got feedback that I got the job. Then the
real trouble started. I won’t get into the details. They had
nothing to do with Google, who all the time were very professional
and supportive, but in the end I just couldn’t relocate
to take the job. Family obligations. Not a fun decision to make, but
several years later I’m still pretty certain it was the right one.
I don’t regret it, but I think about that particular decision
quite often ;)

I have a comp.sci. degree and the right type of experience so I guess I was pretty much what they were looking for. However, several of my friends have applied for jobs at Google and gotten them, and a surprising proportion of them
did not have comp.sci. degrees. However, they are all extremely clever
people, so I guess that counts also ;)

So if you get the opportunity to interview with Google, just do it. It’s fun, it’s challenging and you might even get a job offer, and you might be able to accept it. However, even if nothing more happens than you having the interview, it’s a good experience, so just do it if you can ;)

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Darcy Clarke http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-724 Darcy Clarke Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:07:28 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-724 Here's a quick one João: Take the string, 'hire ME!', and turn it into 'hi!', with JavaScript, in an optimized or creative way. Extra points if it's both extremely optimized and creative (usually the two go hand in hand, creative thinking lends itself to optimal solutions) Here’s a quick one João:

Take the string, ‘hire ME!’, and turn it into ‘hi!’, with JavaScript, in an optimized or creative way. Extra points if it’s both extremely optimized and creative (usually the two go hand in hand, creative thinking lends itself to optimal solutions)

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Darcy Clarke http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-723 Darcy Clarke Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:02:20 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-723 Great post Wes! I think Google would be lucky to have you hacking away on new sites/products. You're extremely talented and no matter what you're going to be successful. As you know, I had a Google UX Recruiter come calling back in June but the job wasn't right (more of a UX/IA Designer Role). To be honest, I think I would have had an even harder time in an on-site interview if I was asked similar technical Comp-Sci questions. I think it's really good to have that fundamental programming theory down pat but I weight that a less then if someone is a straight hustler and willing to learn those practices along the way. All that said, let's go make some rad projects and take over the net! P.s. How could they not hire a guy that makes these kinds of videos? -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaUyxQYtR30&list=UUoebwHSTvwalADTJhps0emA&index=1&feature=plcp Great post Wes! I think Google would be lucky to have you hacking away on new sites/products. You’re extremely talented and no matter what you’re going to be successful.

As you know, I had a Google UX Recruiter come calling back in June but the job wasn’t right (more of a UX/IA Designer Role). To be honest, I think I would have had an even harder time in an on-site interview if I was asked similar technical Comp-Sci questions. I think it’s really good to have that fundamental programming theory down pat but I weight that a less then if someone is a straight hustler and willing to learn those practices along the way. All that said, let’s go make some rad projects and take over the net!

P.s. How could they not hire a guy that makes these kinds of videos? -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaUyxQYtR30&list=UUoebwHSTvwalADTJhps0emA&index=1&feature=plcp

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by John Hok http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-722 John Hok Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:31:04 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-722 You mentioned stupid mistakes you made on the whiteboard that you wouldn't have made in an IDE. Care to elaborate a little on what kind of mistakes? It's my understanding that in most cases when doing technical interviews, the interviewer doesn't really care about silly mistakes due to not remembering method names or syntactical conventions in a language. They ultimately only really care about the solution and the algorithm you've created to solve the problem. You mentioned stupid mistakes you made on the whiteboard that you wouldn’t have made in an IDE. Care to elaborate a little on what kind of mistakes? It’s my understanding that in most cases when doing technical interviews, the interviewer doesn’t really care about silly mistakes due to not remembering method names or syntactical conventions in a language. They ultimately only really care about the solution and the algorithm you’ve created to solve the problem.

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by exim http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-721 exim Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:07:50 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-721 What I don't understand is why people are stuck in web development? I mean, there are so many non-web interesting and fascinating fields in programming. And companies like Google or MS prefer more generalist people, because time passes, technologies change, projects change.... And if they see person with several years of programming experience, and all of these only in some sub-field (like web dev), it is a red flag for them. Best wishes What I don’t understand is why people are stuck in web development? I mean, there are so many non-web interesting and fascinating fields in programming. And companies like Google or MS prefer more generalist people, because time passes, technologies change, projects change….
And if they see person with several years of programming experience, and all of these only in some sub-field (like web dev), it is a red flag for them.

Best wishes

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Jon Lim http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-720 Jon Lim Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:47:45 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-720 Congrats on the interview bud, still an awesome thing to happen regardless! "I left after that feeling that I totally slam dunked parts of the interview and bombed other parts." I just imagined you doing that slam dunk action you did on the roof in front of my camera. I have a feeling that that may haunt you soon enough. ;) Congrats on the interview bud, still an awesome thing to happen regardless!

“I left after that feeling that I totally slam dunked parts of the interview and bombed other parts.”

I just imagined you doing that slam dunk action you did on the roof in front of my camera. I have a feeling that that may haunt you soon enough. ;)

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by wesbos http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-719 wesbos Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:40:52 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-719 I'm sure Darcy would love to share them on his blog, I'll have a chat with him! I’m sure Darcy would love to share them on his blog, I’ll have a chat with him!

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by João Mamede http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-718 João Mamede Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:29:10 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-718 Wow, what a great experience that might've been. I am seriously interested in those Javascript problems that your friend gave you. Can you share them with us? Thanks. Wow, what a great experience that might’ve been.
I am seriously interested in those Javascript problems that your friend gave you.
Can you share them with us?

Thanks.

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Annie Luxton http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-717 Annie Luxton Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:03 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-717 Well done for applying, studying and going through with the interview process even if you weren't confident that you were the right fit. I also interviewed for a role at Google so I know how daunting it can be. My interview process actually lasted a few years!! (I also blogged about it - http://www.codefrenzy.net/2007/03/21/undergoing-google-job-interviews/). Eventually, they called me up out of the blue about a year after my last interview and ended up offering me the job after all, but by that stage I'd moved on and wasn't in the right place in my life to take the role any more. So you never know, you might still have a chance ;) Well done for applying, studying and going through with the interview process even if you weren’t confident that you were the right fit. I also interviewed for a role at Google so I know how daunting it can be. My interview process actually lasted a few years!! (I also blogged about it – http://www.codefrenzy.net/2007/03/21/undergoing-google-job-interviews/). Eventually, they called me up out of the blue about a year after my last interview and ended up offering me the job after all, but by that stage I’d moved on and wasn’t in the right place in my life to take the role any more. So you never know, you might still have a chance ;)

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Mathieu Gosbee http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-716 Mathieu Gosbee Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:50:30 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-716 I had a similar experience with Yahoo. Strangely, they want you to plot out the equations needed to send a shuttle to the moon while maintaining a speed of 14,000km/h orbiting the moon--*sarcasm*.... The questions I hate most are the LinkedList and Binary Tree sorting algorithms, makes me rageface. I had a similar experience with Yahoo. Strangely, they want you to plot out the equations needed to send a shuttle to the moon while maintaining a speed of 14,000km/h orbiting the moon–*sarcasm*…. The questions I hate most are the LinkedList and Binary Tree sorting algorithms, makes me rageface.

]]> Comment on What I learned interviewing with Google by Jenny http://wesbos.com/interviewing-with-google/#comment-715 Jenny Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:48:30 +0000 http://wesbos.com/?p=508#comment-715 Huh. Neat. Interesting to think that even being well versed in front-end gives you opportunities like this...thanks for sharing! (I was one of the mentors at the Wordpress workshop you did for LLC and I totally wouldn't have guessed that CS wasn't your background. Congrats on attracting the attention of recruiters already!) Huh. Neat. Interesting to think that even being well versed in front-end gives you opportunities like this…thanks for sharing! (I was one of the mentors at the WordPress workshop you did for LLC and I totally wouldn’t have guessed that CS wasn’t your background. Congrats on attracting the attention of recruiters already!)

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