The Projects That Got Me Into Google (tips for software engineering projects)
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
- In this video, I do a deep dive into the coding projects that I had on my resume when I applied and was accepted to Google. I also share some tips on what differentiates good programming projects from bad software engineering projects.
Pathfinding Visualizer project: clementmihailescu.github.io/P...
Sorting Visualizer project: clementmihailescu.github.io/S...
Oak Programming Language: repl.it/@cmihai/Oak-Programmi...
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(Edit as of 05-10-2019: here's a tutorial I made for my Pathfinding Visualizer: ruclips.net/video/msttfIHHkak/видео.html )
(Edit as of 15-10-2019: here's a tutorial I made for my Sorting Visualizer: ruclips.net/video/pFXYym4Wbkc/видео.html )
This video is pretty long, so here are some timestamps for your convenience:
- 0:00 | badass card trick for smashing of the like button
- 0:28 | introduction
- 1:37 | project #1 intro - Pathfinding Visualizer (link below)
- 2:57 | project #1 deep dive - Pathfinding Visualizer (clementmihailescu.github.io/Pathfinding-Visualizer/ )
- 6:33 | 5 things that make great software engineering projects
- 8:42 | project #2 - Sorting Visualizer (clementmihailescu.github.io/Sorting-Visualizer/ )
- 10:50 | project #3 - Oak Programming Language (repl.it/ETv1/561 )
- 14:12 | project #4 - Momentum Chrome Extension Clone
- 17:25 | conclusion
next video topic- please tell how you got these ideas from because most of the time we make "CRUD" applications web apps and yours are "out-of-the-box thinking" projects.
and how you started building them...
Thanks for sharing! These are awesome sauce stuff 👍🎉
*Video Request* : plz make a video on how to park the bike in the Google Parking XD
Why did you choose to call your language oak? :D
@@algorithmimplementer415 because 37% of Ex-Google Algo-Experts do that
Five markers of a good project:
1. Very visually engaging
2. Wow factor
3. Interactivity
4. Easy for someone to understand
5. Did you learn something while making it
Yeah, not something like 1k+ lines of code on github, without clear desriptionwhere only you know whats going on
What's wow factor?
@@mindblower113 something that amaze people
@@user-ny6zs6lv5z pppppppp0p00p
Who else is embarrassed by how insane these projects are compared to ur own?
duh no wonder google hired him. Its would take me years to be like this holy shit
Yea....I made a social networking site, but frameworks and libraries do all the heavy lifting. Definitely feeling motivated to learn more visualization tools.
@@chocolatezt I agree with all but his pathfinder visualization. For that early in his programming career, it looks great and is relatively complex.
If he made something like that now it would be less impressive for sure, but the video is about his portfolio at the time he got the google job, and tips for projects others might have.
Me too what embarrassing me is he's a math major and went just a boot camp
Any project is better than no project
hmmm, suddenly I don't feel like applying to google anymore.
big mood
why?
This video shows the end result of a project to give an idea. If you want to apply to google you have to have the idea of working hard in mind (Not the end results). If you are lazy in life and don't like to work a lot then I wouldn't suggest it, but if you are; you shouldn't let this video discourage you.
@@Adam-cn5ib of course you have to work hard... isn't that a given?
@@williamlee7119 Not for most people. A lot of people feel like they're entitled to a certain job just because they have a degree. A degree is a great accomplishment, but your talent shows in what you actually do with your skills.
he just called me stupid for 17 minutes
seriously mann
😂😂
😎
Lmaoo
Lmaoooooo😂
I can also do that card trick. I use the pause button on my camera though.
Rachit Jain bhai app ki Microsoft mey kya pay thi
Hi Rachit, let's see in his next video.
BTW, you also have many tricks/skills, saw in your latest video, on Microsoft Experience.....
Loved knowledge by you guys.
Hi
@@gangland515 sala fucking indian mindset
Sumit Kumar salary hi toh puch rha hai. Isme kya mindset ki problem hai.
Clement: Own programming language
Me: *ah yes, another weather/todo/web app*
🥺🥺🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
When I was learning Dijkstra/Bellman-Ford during the past semester, our professor introduced this tool to help us visualize what was really going on. Now I realized that this is made by you. It's a very cool project and it helped me a lot. Thanks!
Wow, really?! That's awesome to hear!
The Path finder algorithm project was something next level... Really liked it.. Those were really great projects.. 🙌🙌
Have you any Idea, how he made that ,i asking about the language he adopted to implement the project.
SHIV SINGH RATHORE JavaScript...
There are some great visualization libraries for javascript.
Which programming language(s) are best for this kind of algorithm animation? Which languages did he use?
@@aniketjain8892 HTML, CSS, JS and probably 1-2 months of coffee nights.
"Moving down to the less interesting projects, we decided to create a programming language with an interpreter for it."
Okay
When you put it like this, it does really sound a bit funny. But, until you dive into trying to create a new language, you think it's some God-like complexity. Yet, it took me three days (after work) to design my own simple language and to write an interpreter for it (using PHP, LOL). It is not something really powerful (or usable in that sense :) ), but it is quite easy once you get to know what you're doing :)
lmao
each student on like 3rd year of education is capable to build his own language all the more interpreter
That's equivalent to a full-semester compiler course.
Emil Avramov Maybe you are just super smart or I'm just super dumb, but it took me one whole semester to build a semi functional pseudo java interpreter using racket, with a bunch of bugs
Thanks man, you just gave me a 17:46 min video that explains in details why I'm not being hired by google in this lifetime.
Saved me the time of applying, really thanks😅
Same, here bro
Bro don’t let this discourage you. If you put the time in to learn then you can reach this point. At the end of the day it’s just problem-solving skills.
im surprised! i was in a dead end with my C# project called maze randomizer and solver, but when i saw your pathfinder project it kinda give me a hint on what to do. thank you and keep up the great videos
Very nice projects, great tips even though i’m not going for a software interview
What ?!
Bro I love your Longboarding videos, so funny to see you here haha.
@@scotthackney4747 haha sup dude, well this some quality content right here, unlike my stuff... 😂
edit: typo
@@LongboardsBE nah your videos are great, gonna come back to them once I'm ready to learn my first trick. Keep them up man!
I love your longboarding videos, dude. I remember watching a bunch of your videos when I started longboarding lol
Dude, your projects are extremely clean and well thought out! Good job!!
Flex all you want. These are amazing and you worked very hard for it!
Haha, thank you!
If you are just starting out, please do not ditch your CRUD project because of these mind blowing Algo projects. Complete your "beginner" project , then move up to something more challenging and so on. Eventually you will arrive here. Btw, you are a genius Clement
Hello, I’m a first year cs student, we’ve been coding with java and using javaFX until now, what would you recommend to do during this summer holiday ? Every time I have a project in mind, I am too unexperienced... I tried to make an app using flutter and fire base but everything seems to be out of reach, I am always so lost that I give up. Do you have any suggestions? Maybe it would be best for me to take a machine learning with python class during summer ?
@@thosamnorlha1229 I'd recommend making the absolute most basic things possible first. These projects in the video are very cool but before you can do a path-finding visualiser you've got to learn how to do building blocks like animations.
For learning e.g. flutter try making an app that does nothing but launch and show you a landing page. Try making one where you press a button and the app tells you what button you pressed. Try making a simple calculator. Then try making the calculator look good and you've got a basic project you can show people when you come back from the holidays
That kind of progression can be v powerful for learning. Try and do stuff that's just one step outside of your current abilities and before you know it you'll walk a mile
@@thosamnorlha1229 yea man, start with basic stuff. These 4 projects are not the only projects that clement ever did. These are the absolute BEST ones he's ever done. Im sure he made a lot of crappy projects back on the bootcamp. You dont have to start with something mind-blowing. I'd say you shouldn't start with something so difficult
Simply awesome, your first two projects blew me away. Both are great to demo, particularly your pathfinding visualizer.
OMG this is so cool!!! Basically even a newbie in computer science can understand the algorithm by visualizing!
be aware man fb may fire you if your channel got big x)
Rip techlead
Fb may fire you. Your wife may leave you x)
That's not the reason he got fired. You have to read between lines.
@@eb3433 I know it may not be the true reason he generally mixes between serious staffs and joking;
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after using your super power of reading between lines can you tell us what was the
reason?
Ali Ilyes MANSOUR You’ll get there bro!
I really like how you can visualize the difference in run time required in dijkstras vs A*. I remember from my AI class that A* needs to visit less nodes and so on average it is quicker than Dijkstras, but this is really a great way to visualize it. Awesome projects!
I've watched about 5 videos of yours over the last few days, and I gotta say, you are great. Thanks man!
Appreciate it!
Very cool! Thank you for making this video. I'm an android engineer and this has inspired me to make a project just like your path finding visualizer!
Amazing stuff, I am simply blown away by your creative implementation of algorithms into a fun and visually compelling program.
thanks for this video Clement!! it’s so inspiring and as always, you are brilliant. thanks! 👍🏾
Making an interpreter is like going to the moon for me.
Good luck making transpiler then
visual
wow factor
interactivity
easy to understand
taught you something
Thank you
@@LowestofheDead u got it 🤗
Lisp
Glad I found this video. I’m about to enter a coding boot camp and really enjoyed seeing your projects and hearing your tips for what makes a great project. I will definitely keep all that in mind. Thanks!
I have been having trouble with Algorithms and your projects are a great help. It makes learning much much easier than reading it in just words. Thanks
Absolutely amazed. It was super awesome! So cool. Loved it :)
This channel has the most amazing starting 10 seconds
the simplest, best and most useful tips in my life.
thank you a lot.
the video was amazing
Very insightful, Clément, thanks.
i have used a few interview prep tools like "cracking the coding interview" and "interview cake" , they are really really good but "algo expert" is 'da bomb" .. just though to say that .. great job Clement 👍
Thank you so much; it's always great to hear this kind of feedback!
@@clem You are most welcome .. thanks for putting it together . definitely a great resource 👍
It’s really an mind open video for me to consider new projects that I’m gonna spend time on
You are amazing!! Good job! I loved this video!
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. It really does help me with my own project!
Wow. You deserve all the good things that are coming to you. Bless!
great man ,you make everything sound very easy . thanks
Awesome!
I really loved the Shortest Path visualisation project Clèment !!! ❤️❤️❤️
I really love your content Clement! Been working on AlgoExpert since a few weeks and really am making decent progress. Love the content and you are a great teacher! Big thanks from germany! Who knows, maybe in a couple of years im fortunate enough to be working with you :). Hope youre having a great day!
Loved the intro trick, you do some great sleight of hand
Thanks!
Amazing work as always clement! Coming to the projects, absolute insanity. Some of the finest projects I've ever seen. Would love to see some tutorials on python projects!
I'll see if I can come out with a tutorial or two in the future; seems like a much demanded type of video!
Hi bro i am from India I have inclination towards software can u help me out in getting the job can u be my guru
@@clem Yes please! would love some tutorials!!
Awesome video Clement! Love that path finder!
Superb stuff you're building. Best inspirational one. Thanks for your great video ❤️
Hmm, gave me some ideas for my own new projects.
I have a feeling I'm going to be dipping my toes into algorithm visualizations a bit more now.
What sort of ideas? I'm trying to come up with some of my own, something new apart from this amazing projects.
@@otnielaguilar7897 some sort of data structure visualization maybe? Or maybe a tool that lets you input a simple algorithm and it'll tell you how it scales with size?
@@FlorianEagox did you do something
Making algorithms visualizer seems really good. Killing 2 birds with 1 stone
Exactly!
2 stone's one bird
Universal algorithm visualizer: visualize every single possible algorithm
@@clem Iam in my third semester and i dont know which language you use to built your project so will you please tell me that and how did you do that,plzz sir I need your help..
@@ShivamKumar-cv7jv Maybe you can start with learning about github and alternatives to know how or where to look, if someone already posted a link to one of those sites:
github.com/clementmihailescu/Pathfinding-Visualizer/
Thank you for this sir it gives me ideas for my own it seems it’s important to relate them all back to computing principles as opposed to the cool mindless but interactive stuff I was doing
I actually think that your third project is very very impressive! Thank you for sharing with us.
most important thing I got from you how you connected to recruiter, which you explained earlier and how you were "living and breathing code"!
Living and breathing code is the best kind of living and breathing! 😛
The new kind of breatharian 😂
@@clem very true. :)
How did he connect with his recruiter
Really insightful video. 👌🏻
It’s amazing how you took something as simple as algorithms and converted them into a visual project.
Gave me a lot of ideas for my projects as well.
Great video 👍🏻.
Keep it up.
Thnkx for sharing ur experience and insights clement, really appreciate it :)
Thank you for sharing you experience with us! Very cool projects and it gave me a good perspective about how i can use my personal experiments. Very cool ;D
Hey, May i know which dashboard template did you use for the Pathfinding Visualizer, I remember seeing that at my internship, but ain't able to recall.
I love this so much! This is terrific! I love visualizations. I just started a RUclips channel and uploaded my very first video based on Tensorflow! 😊 I'm going to see what kind of projects I can start to incorporate some visualizations. Thanks for the awesome video! Have a splendid day! 😃
Dude you're vids are pure gold. Such awesome, genuine and insightful content, a thousand thumbs up!! ❤❤
I love how you explained the appeal of each project with those criteria.
He did those projects after few montha of coding. Nice job. I am into programming for about 5 months and currently learning vue js. The process of learning is slow for me, but I will never give up.
Path finding project was tooo awesome.. .
Something too inspiring.. .
And the sorting project was great.. ..
Overall everything was great.. .
I cant resist to subscribe.. 😍😍😍
Been following your channel for a while, love your content.
Thanks for sharing your valuable time with us!!!
We NEED a tutorial for those projects. damn...
your are really impressive. thanks for some absolutely amazing ideas :D
That's dope! Congratz!
This is exactly the kind of video I was searching for. It was very impressive and inspiring. Thank you very much for this :)
Wow, very impressive visualization! I learned a lot just watching!
The first one is the most eye-catching
Thank you so much!!! Your video is super helpful. Now I understand what kind of projects I should make
And with this video, you just earned yourself a new subscriber!!!! Very helpful video, keep it up.
For my CS degree, we built a programming language and interpreter in our second intro to CS class, so I totally see how he considers the language and interpreter to be less impressive than the first two (because it is). It may sound complicated but it really isn't.
explaining card trick:
doublelift, card is on top, after he shuffles, card is still on top, then card pulled out, doublelift to reveal king, when he lifts the king, the 3 is under it, then he spins it off camera, revealing 3:)
very simple
Thank you for your insight into projects. I'm starting to build my portfolio.
Super tare, Man! Felicitări!
I don't think it was the project, just overall being a boss
Can you please explain the tech stack used to make the visualizations project? Im very curious to know!
from looking at the website source, it seems to be simply html/css/js. The grid is simply an html table filled in. Pretty cool use of native tech.
Good video. On the subject of the interpreter project, years ago when I was learning a lot of programming languages (as a hobby) one of the exercises I'd do to see if I understood them and could write fluent code in the new language was to write a Logo interpreter and execution runtime (sometimes they ended up being the same thing, sometimes I built an AST and then executed that). That was quite nice as I ended up with something visual and interactive too that I could show people - though back in those days there wasn't so much of a culture of having a programming portfolio outside of work projects.
Really cool projects, thanks for sharing.
Yes your projects are extremely impressive... before everything I wanna Thank you #Clément I am looking for a job at Google... Although I recently joined a really cool organisation as a Full stack developer but my ultimate goal is Google and you know now a days your videos just tell me as though.. our #Clément has just taken a sort of Pledge, like my viewer belong to these top tech companies.. and no were else... Thank you soooo much Clément this was the most helpful video of yours in recent times...
The programming language project was super impressive! Oak’s also a great name for a programming language lol
I usually just make video games for my projects lol would that be impressive enough for a larger company?
Your first project is incredible man good stuff fr
Thank you for sharing your portfolio! You have inspired me to make my own
The algorithms themselves are pretty simple boilerplate pathfinding algorithms. But the visualization is definitely very impressive, although I suspect external libraries did most of the work. It did gave me some insight into making my own project. Maybe it is important to make stuff look good.
I don't think the path finder visualiser would be too hard to implement once you understand the algorithm but the idea and execution is what's brilliant.
I don't know, that visualization css file is 7100 lines (there's a ton more js of course)
Nice work, thanks a lot for sharing
You have inspired me to make the path vizualizing algorithm.Well done sir. Excellent project.
One of the things I am not sure is mentioned is seeing:
1) that you can do a bigger project and accomplish it on your own
2) seeing how you structure things in your projects (going through code)
If you can go through someone's code you can tell how experienced they are and if they can design complex systems (if the project is complex enough).
I asume the code for your visual search representation is going to be pretty well structured based on how it behaves.
Did they ask to see the code btw?
I thought you developed your own path finding algorithm that’s the most efficient out of them all 😂
Thanks for the ideas!
Damn this stuff is really cool! I'm currently building my portfolio for a career in game development - and seeing this stuff if really motivating. In my opinion the path finding visual tool is the best - but the interpreter is also awesome! It seems like a really cool thing to learn how to do.
Wasn't java originally called Oak, because of a tree found outside the creator's office?
Sounds like a bad ripoff of Ook!
Hi Dude, I am so impressed by what you did! Actually I am a computer vision algorithm engineer and basically I write in C++ and Python. Could you give me some advice for what other tools I must know to implement such a project like you do. What might be the best plan for learning and project for starting right away. Many many thanks for all your sharing!
JavaScript
I'd really like to thank you for sharing all knowledge 🙏🙏🙏
Amazing projects! I am gonna make them as soon as I learn how-to!
if you're good enough to do all these sophisticated and cool projects, why work at a company? why not create something on your own?
He already has his own company
Because he is a lier
@@camilosantacruz12 it's not good to throw baseless allegations against people on the internet
Dont take interest from google
These are really good visualization projects, but not really great at what you need to build your own project or company, these are just interactive algorithm visualizers, they are really awesome and the animations are really cool.
Those projects are extremely cool man! Like you said, the visuals make the difference. I think your oak programming language is also very cool too! Did you learn all of this in those 3 months at the Bootcamp? Because that's amazing! Finally, I noticed that these are mostly frontend projects, so is there a specific reason why you chose to stick to frontend and exclude full-stack projects? Thanks for the video man! Really appreciate your advice.
His projects are almost all frontend not fullstack because he knows this quote:
" *When you really get specific, that's where your power is* "
So, if you are going to get into Google one day. Make sure you know this quote. I knew the quote when I got into Google.
@@SajeelCodes 😂
Most of the "content" of these projects (i.e., the algorithms, the interpreter, building a chrome extension) were self-taught outside of the bootcamp's curriculum. But the bootcamp taught me the fundamentals behind the frontend and general fullstack development that was used in some of the projects.
And as for why my projects are more frontend-focused, I think it's because I just enjoyed the frontend a lot and didn't have any appealing ideas for more backend-oriented projects.
@@clem Got it, man!
Great video, man
I'm impressed
"You had me at " 1:03, when you kept it real, and disclosed your best effort in your endeavor. I appreciate your insight.
what ui tool do you use. that effect is so amazing and i cannot think of how we can make it
You can do it purely in CSS/JS
Check out his github if it's public
Another great video. Sorry I can't be more original in my compliments. 😁
I disagree slightly with you about projects 3 and 4: I think they are as useful as projects 1 and 2. They show you are well rounded in your skills and also willing to try a variety of projects.
Also, the order you presented your projects in was smart:
1. Step 1 (projects 1 and 2): capture someone's attention with eye-catching visuals and a clear wow-factor.
2. Step 2 (projects 3 and 4): now that people are curious enough, show them the non-visual projects and let them discover the wow-factor on their own (because projects 3 and 4 definitely have a wow-factor also, especially no. 3).
Keep up the great work. 😊
That's a great way to frame it. Admittedly, they rounded things off very well and showed that I was a little more than just an algorithms fanatic!
mate this is next level, very inspiring
Wow your are so creative with your projects definitely liked them.
You got a new subsriber.