[mwill]

Two things:

He lists himself as an 'Autodidact', I wonder if he has a BSc and if not, if that contributed to not getting a phone screen. If it did, thats pretty rough since he also lists 15 years of experience.

Also I'm very curious about this comment on the post:

Honest question: who told you to make this blog? Email me [e-mail]

Not quite sure what he's implying by 'who told you', anyone know?

[deong]

I was a bit curious there too, but I chalked it up to ambulance chasing from a techcrunch reporter.

[huehehue]

I just recently spoke with a former Google recruiter who said they (personally) rejected applicants with no formal education. I've heard the opposite from other recruiters hiring for the same thing at the same company, so there's really no way to tell since there is no strictly followed rubric.

[tyingq]

"This is my multi-month study plan for going from web developer (self-taught, no CS degree) to Google software engineer."

From: https://github.com/jwasham/google-interview-university

[asidiali]

That caught me off guard as well. First thought was maybe Google hired him to do the blog for some developer PR, but not sure how much sense that makes.

[iplaw]

I wondered the same. I'm betting that there is more to the story.