# My last day at Google

## Метаданные

- **Канал:** Sundas Khalid
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFSecbQLLcA
- **Дата:** 27.04.2026
- **Длительность:** 9:36
- **Просмотры:** 39,423
- **Источник:** https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/49830

## Описание

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Hi friends, I have a mjor life update: I am leaving Google. In this video, I share what led to this decision and why now. If you were in my position, would you have done the same thing?


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### It took me 3 tries to get into Google []

Today is my last day at Google after 6 and 1/2 years. I have my work laptop, and my badge. And let's go do it. It took me three tries to get into Google. I remember the first time I applied and I got a rejection email, I was honestly so devastated. But one thing about me is that when I'm determined to do something, like I don't give up. So I applied again and the second time I got rejected again. And uh it was heartbreaking, honestly, because working at Google was my dream job and I don't want to give up. So I tried the third time and third time I actually got in. Third time was the charm and I was over the moon, honestly. I was so excited. It was the dream job that I worked really, really hard for. And I got it. And I remember my first day at Google, I got introduced to some teammates and I was talking to them and I at the back of my mind I had this huge imposter syndrome because first, it took me three tries to get into Google. Like, do I even deserve to be here? Second, I'm the first female in my family to graduate university and to be working in a corporate. So I already come with a lot of baggage imposter syndrome-wise. And then I have a six-year gap between my high school and my university. I'm a high school dropout. So everything combined, like I just felt like do I even deserve to be here? Do I even belong here? But after talking to my coworkers, I actually realized that some of them also didn't make it on their first try. Actually, a lot of people And that made me realize these are people just like you and me. Yes, there are some really smart people, but we're also smart. I think we tend to, especially if you have an imposter syndrome, you tend to like undermine your own smartness, your own capability more than the other person in front of

### Why I left my dream job [1:45]

you. Yes, Google was my dream job. And after 6 and 1/2 years of working there, I have decided to leave that dream. I know, it just sounds crazy that something that I worked really, really hard for, I'm choosing to leave it. And honestly, this was a really tough decision for me. As an immigrant who didn't speak English, who's the first grad in her family to be working in corporate environment, and working at these big major companies, first at Amazon, then at Google, and making solid money, and having the financial stability, the health insurance, and especially with kids, mortgage, health insurance, and everything, college tuitions, like it was just really tough to leave a stable income. But to be honest, I've been thinking about it for the last 2 years. Here are my three reasons why I

### 3 Reasons [2:31]

decided to leave. Number one is, obviously, I love what I do here, I the community that I have in all of you. I love creating content. I know this is going to sound really cliché. Literally every YouTuber that quits says that, but I genuinely, genuinely love sharing what I my knowledge and talking to all of you. And whenever you guys send me messages saying like you learned something new watching my content, it brings me so much joy. And sometimes I get messages that are like very deep. For example, the other day I got a message on LinkedIn from this PhD student who moved from Brazil to US to pursue his PhD and he felt like he just keeps hitting roadblocks like every step of the way. And reading my story actually made him realize that he's going to get there. He is just going to take time and he's going to get there. And stories like that generally like make me so happy and so grateful that I even have this platform to like make that impact and continue doing what I'm doing. I'm still pretty numb because I my last day was 2 days ago and yesterday I literally spent all day in bed because I'm still going through stages. I'm still trying to figure out if this was the right decision or not, but honestly, this is the right decision for me and I know it deep down in my heart. I've been thinking about it for the last 2 years and it just took a long time to get here because, yes, it's very difficult to leave a stable income, especially when you have a family, mortgage, when you have health insurance, when you have upcoming college tuitions. Believe me, this was one of the most difficult decisions that I decisions that I've taken, but I know this is the right one for me. The second reason why I left is I was literally working a lot. I was doing content, I was working 40 hours a week on my job, and I just knew that it's not sustainable and I had to pick one. And this is going to be 30 in a row where I'm actually going to be making more from my content from my actual job. So number-wise, it was actually a no-brainer to do the thing that is like right for my family and for the lifestyle that I want to provide for them. So that was my number two reason and my number three reason is a little bit more of a personal one. 2 years ago, my daughter moved out to go to college. She moved out and I realized that I wanted to spend more time with her. I mean, she comes back and after that, like whenever she comes back for her like break, I take time off. Like I would take I took time off. I would take like a whole week off just to stay home and spend time with her. And this year, 2026, my younger one, my son, is actually moving out because he's also going to college and I'm going to become an empty nester. I know like I don't talk about my family a lot on my social media because it's I like keeping it private, but I think these are like the big life moments that are upcoming for me and I think you guys should know. Um so this year, my husband and I were going to become empty nesters. So big changes are coming, but I basically have three or four months left and I wanted to spend time with my son as much as I can cuz you never know where your life takes them after they graduate college. Wherever they will get job, they'll move there. Anyways, that was like my third personal reasons. I wanted to have full freedom of my day, of my hour. I don't want to go to office anymore. Um I was also getting a little tired of corporate politics and it's not specific to Google, but it's in general, like as you move up in your level, there are more politics and I just did not enjoy that aspect of the job anymore. And especially when I have so much going on in my life. Uh — I want to focus on things that actually matter. Well, one of the things that has

### What I'm most excited about next [6:13]

been true in my career is like whenever I found something that I'm really passionate about, I make a pivot. For example, when I found out that I want to become a data engineer, I took whatever courses I could and I became a data engineer. What after doing data engineering for 2 years, I realized I want to do data science because I did a project and I loved it. I transitioned to the data scientist role. Then I realized I wanted to get this job at Google. Like it took me three tries, but I got it. And similarly in my current career path, like I am realizing that this is what I want to do. This is what I'm passionate about. Yes, this decision was one of the hardest because leaving a stable income is not easy, but I know this is the right decision and I'm actually really, really excited. I'm also really excited and looking forward to sharing a lot more unbiased opinions. Yes, when you work at a job, there are specific things that you can or cannot say. So I'm excited to have like no strings attached. I don't have to owe an answer to anybody or I can totally be myself and honest and I can talk about interview prep, which I couldn't talk about before. I can talk about like uh hiding, resumes, like all of these things that I wasn't able to talk about before. This is just day two, but honestly, just the thought of it is just so freeing. And I'm really excited to like be more active and share a lot more content with you on YouTube, on Instagram, on really pump out my newsletter. This is something that I've been wanting to do, so a lot more is coming there. And I know I'll go through

### The emotional cycle of change [7:39]

like stages. Anytime there's like a big life change. Okay, so one of my friends who also quit Google last year, I was talking to her this morning and she actually sent me this something called five stages of um five stages you move through emotionally when changing behavior and she was saying she wished somebody had shared that with her earlier. So I'm definitely going to go through like a lot of I'm going to link that in the in the description below in case you want to read it. But basically, there's an emotional cycle of change. So you start off with like a lot of uh uninformed optimism, then you go through like down, you feel pessimistic, then you come back up. So like there's going to be I know a lot of like up and downs coming in emotionally for me and I'm going to need all of you through this journey. And I just want to say thank you for being here. part of my community. And I and I'm excited for what's next and I know it's going to be good. All right, with that, I hope you're having a beautiful day. I will see you in one of my many next videos and have a good one. Bye.

### What I packed from my desk [8:48]

This is basically everything that I picked up from my desk, literally in a nasty bag. Uh there is not much. Let me show you. Uh this nameplate that I wanted to keep at my home desk and this plushy that was technically an award and this from my Amazon time that I collected. It's been with me for like 12 years. And this like the stress, I broke the hell out of it, but I'm just obsessed with it. So I keep it. There are like multiple pieces to it. This stress reliever, uh it's like looks like a brain. And then the last one is this Android thingy. So I'm going to put it on my home desk. And that's pretty much it. Here's to the new chapter. Let's go.