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5 Free Google
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a Software
Engineer
Want to become a software engineer? Make it
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Google.

By Bala Priya C, KDnuggets Associate Editor &

Technical Content Specialist on March 26, 2024 in
Programming

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There’s never been a more exciting time to

break into tech. And there’s always a growing

demand for skilled software engineers. So

how do you land a software engineering job

—even if you're taking the self-taught route

—without a CS degree?

To help you get there, we’ve compiled this list

of free courses and guides from Google.

These resources will help you learn the

following:

Foundations of programming

Programming with Python

Data structures and algorithms

Software engineering principles

And much more. So you can learn everything

you need to know to land a software

engineering job—for free.

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1. Foundations of
Programming

If you have no prior programming

experience, you can start with the

Foundations of Programming course.

In this course, you’ll learn basic programming

concepts like:

Variables and operators

Control flow

Strings and arrays

This will give a high-level overview of what

programming is all about so that you can

build on these foundations by taking other

courses.

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2. Python

To break into software engineering you need

to be proficient in at least one programming

language. Python is easy to learn and you

can dive right into working on projects.

Besides, Python is really handy to use in

coding interviews.

And Google's Python class will help you learn

Python programming with a mix of lecture

videos, text material, and coding exercises.

Here’s an overview of what you’ll learn:

Python basics

Lists and strings

Sorting

Dictionaries and files

Regular expressions

Utilities (from Python standard library)

Link: Python

3. Data Structures and

Algorithms

Once you learn how to code in a

programming language, understanding how

data structures and algorithms work is

fundamental to problem solving. This is also

super important for coding interviews.

The Data Structures & Algorithms collection

will help you learn and practice the following:

Hashmaps

Linked list

Trees

Tries

Stacks and queues

Heaps

Graphs

Runtime analysis

Searching and sorting

Recursion and dynamic programming

Link: Data Structures & Algorithms

4. Interview Prep

The resources we’ve reviewed so far will help

you learn programming, data structures and

algorithms. On a fundamental level, these

are all you should know to tackle coding and

technical interviews in general.

But how do you prepare strategically for

technical interviews? That's where the

Interview Prep guide comes in handy.

The resources in the guide will help you

understand how to:

Prepare for coding interviews

Communicate in technical interviews

Practice coding interview questions and

mock interviews

Link: Interview Prep

5. Software Engineering
Principles

As a software engineer, you should write

clean and well-documented code that is easy

to understand and maintain. So you should

also be familiar with the principles to write

maintainable and clean code.

The Software Engineering Principles course

covers of following topics:

Testing and debugging

Working with open source tools

Design and documentation

Link: Software Engineering Principles

Wrapping Up

So if you want to launch your career as a

software engineer, I hope you'll find these

courses helpful in your learning journey. As

you might have guessed, these courses are

free, but they require diligent e"orts,

interest, and practice from your end to crack

interviews and land a software engineering

role. So keep grinding!

If you’re specifically looking for resources to

help you with coding interview preparation,

check out 5 Free University Courses to Ace

Coding Interviews.

Bala Priya C is a developer and technical

writer from India. She likes working at the

intersection of math, programming, data

science, and content creation. Her areas of

interest and expertise include DevOps, data

science, and natural language processing.

She enjoys reading, writing, coding, and

co"ee! Currently, she's working on learning

and sharing her knowledge with the

developer community by authoring tutorials,

how-to guides, opinion pieces, and more.

Bala also creates engaging resource

overviews and coding tutorials.

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