[voyvf]

I lucked out; when a Google recruiter contacted me, I had just gotten a job (had been doing contract work for a year prior.)

I'm pretty happy not being Google material - I have no degree, and I'll be the first to admit that there are many Comp. Sci. graduates who can code circles around me. I think that's awesome - I've reaped the benefits of the work of many others before, and from the looks of it will continue to reap them (I'm looking at you, PyPy team. Keep up the wonderful work! Let me be lazy, and not have to write an extension in C or C++. :D)

The most advanced work I've done thus far would be writing out a somewhat decent decision-tree system in C++ (I know, mind-bogglingly advanced! (: )

There's plenty of room in the mediocre to almost-above-average scale.

[lawnchair_larry]

PyPy is amazing, and actually a relevant counterpoint (vs Unladen Swallow) to "the Google way."