Mike Pinkowish

Skier, College Student, Web Developer, And Much More

How to Prepare for Phone Interviews

February 24, 2010

Phone interviews are tough, especially for software engineering, user interface, and other tech positions. Background noise on either end, shoddy audio quality, and just the fact that you’re not sitting face-to-face with your interviewer make for a trying experience.  Having gone through a bunch of phone interviews (4 with Google and 2 with Facebook) [...]

Photography

September 15, 2009

Since my grandma bought me my first point shoot camera upon my graduation from 8th grade in 2003, I’ve had an interested in photography.  Even though I was only 14, the notion of being able to capture a moment with the click of button struck me as special.
I took a bunch of photos (most of [...]

Google Was Great (In So Many Ways)

August 13, 2009

For the past 12 weeks, I was a software engineering intern at Google on the Google Earth team.  Spending 3 months in California was one of the most fun and interesting experiences I’ve had in a while, and I miss being out there.
When I first arrived in California, I was greeted by nicer weather and [...]