# 'You belong in support.' Seven months later, he was at Google.

**[WIN]** — by Software developer · TCS → Google · via r/developersIndia

A software developer at TCS shared a story on r/developersIndia that has since become one of the subreddit's most celebrated posts. His manager had told him bluntly: "People like you are only fit for support. Development is not in your league."

He didn't argue. He didn't quit in protest. Instead, he spent the next seven months grinding — data structures, system design, mock interviews, every evening after work. He treated the insult as a project brief.

The result: an L3 offer at Google.

"To my manager: Thanks for the insult. It woke me up," he wrote in his post. The thread filled with similar stories — developers whose careers had been propelled by someone telling them they couldn't. The difference here: he had the receipts.

No rounds count is available for the Google process, but the timeline tells the story. Seven months from dismissal to offer at one of the hardest engineering doors to open.

*Source: [r/developersIndia · via Moneycontrol](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/thanks-for-the-insult-developer-reveals-how-a-manager-s-remark-pushed-him-to-google-13954371.html)*
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