I moved to the US from Pakistan for college. Here's how I landed a job at Google — and why AI doesn't worry me.
A software engineer shares her journey from Pakistan to a role at Google, emphasizing the importance of strategic internship planning. She discusses how AI is shifting the focus of engineering work from coding to design and review.
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This provides insight into the evolving nature of tech careers and the practical adaptation strategies required for professionals in the age of AI.
Aimen Moten moved to the US from Pakistan before becoming a software engineer at Google. Aimen Moten Aimen Moten moved to the US hoping to eventually land a tech job. A strategic job search helped her land a Google software engineering role. She shared how AI changed her work — and why she isn't worried about being replaced. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Aimen Moten, who has worked as a software engineer at Google since March. She's in her 20s and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. I work as a software engineer at Google, and I don't code that much anymore. Instead, I spend more time reviewing AI-generated code, making design decisions, and deeply understanding how things work. The job of an engineer is 100% changing due to AI, and we need to adapt.
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