Written by Shuyu (Asher) Guo, Dart & Flutter GDE, China
On the finish of Could 2022, after greater than a month of Google Developer Skilled interviews, I lastly grew to become the fourth Flutter & Dart GDE in China.
I consider that the title of GDE must be very acquainted for Android or Machine Studying builders. Should you’re not acquainted, the Google Developer Specialists program is a world community of extremely skilled know-how consultants, influencers, and thought leaders who’ve experience in Google applied sciences, and are lively leaders within the house and contribute to the broader developer and startup ecosystem.
My journey to changing into a GDE
In 2013, Android Bus was my first publicity to the Android group and it was on the ApkBus convention that I got here into contact with the primary GDE I’ve ever met. At that convention, I made Android developer mates and I additionally met some occasion organizers who invited me to talk at future occasions.
After the convention, I began my public talking journey and spoke about Flutter due to the alternatives that got here from networking and assembly the precise folks. By being extra lively locally by talking, I obtained an invite to develop into a GDE in 2020. Nonetheless, I discovered that the applying course of is performed in English and due to this, I finally didn’t full the applying course of.
In 2021, whereas I used to be talking on the Google DevFest convention, a GDE good friend requested me once more if I used to be fascinated with changing into a GDE, and with the encouragement of a crew member from Google, I lastly began making ready for the GDE utility.
Utility course of
Through the utility course of, the Google crew pays cautious consideration to 2 features:
- Technical competence: your technical experience within the area you’re making use of for
- Technical affect: reminiscent of output in areas reminiscent of public talking, articles, and open supply
I used to be not assured in talking in English so I practiced earlier than my interviews and I additionally translated a few of my articles and posted them to Medium in English. Then I began my interview journey. The primary interviewer primarily targeted on the technical content material of Flutter and Dart and regardless of my little expertise with Flutter, my first group interview was accomplished.
The day after I accomplished the preliminary interview, I obtained a notification that I used to be assigned an interviewer for the product interview. The content material of the product interview primarily revolved round a few of my expertise with Flutter know-how. The interviewer was within the content material of the books I had written and a few awards I received that occurred to be within the bookcase behind me, proving to be a superb dialog starter. The following day, I obtained an e-mail letting me know that I handed the interview – and after I signed the varied agreements and phrases and circumstances, I had a last assembly with the crew to develop into a GDE! As soon as I formally obtained the affirmation e-mail from the GDE program, I used to be pulled into numerous teams, Slack, and tasks. As a developer, I take into account conducting the feat of changing into a GDE a serious milestone.
Whether or not it’s the GDE group or a Googler conducting the interviews, everybody was very pleasant. I obtained a variety of help all through my journey to changing into a GDE and supply my help to anybody fascinated with becoming a member of the group. Please be happy to attach with me at https://github.com/carguo!
