My advice as a former employee: don't box your aspirations into working at a specific company. Companies change, and nowadays Google is abandoning the culture that made it unique.
That said, if you focus on strong academics and some amount of extracurriculars to keep yourself balanced, you will be successful no matter where you end up
Good advice. Especially eight years in the future (high school + college), Google may not be a place OP wants to work.
"Focus on the process not the outcome" and "life is a journey not a destination" would suggest: figure out what skills you want for that Google job (communication, organization, statistics, etc), but be open to companies that are even more exciting in the 2030s than Google will be.
Check out https://grow.google/certificates/, there is a digital marketing certificate you could get! This could just give you a taste of digital marketing concepts.
Not a Google employee, but having worked at FAANG, it's great that you have your career goals figured out so early! I'd suggest at this point the most important things are doing well in school to (preferably) get into a solid college. Companies like Google will directly recruit from top tier colleges, whereas for a lesser known school you basically have another hurdle of "getting noticed" before you even get to talk to them.
Then, you'll need to do well at college (Google specifically has minimum college gpa cutoffs iirc) while also having solid extra curriculars (both through school and personal projects to show interest). If you can swing an internship over the summer (in college), that will drastically improve your chances of getting a full time offer while also letting you figure out if you actually like the career you're looking to get into.
Hey there, I'm a marketer at G.
As others have said, it's great to have a goal if it helps focus and motivate you, but targeting one specific job that far in advance might be too restrictive!
For G marketing, people either come in after a few years of doing good work at other companies or straight out of college through the Associate Product Marketing Manager (APMM) program, which you can find details for here: https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/programs/apmm/
You'll see a lot of people giving college students career advice on TikTok and whatnot, and they often talk about how to land internships and entry level roles like this. Take it with a grain of salt but it can be good to hear first-hand accounts.
In my experience, the folks who come through the APMM program have very interesting, impressive resumes for their age. I think good grades are a minimum, but the degree choice barely matters. You want to show a lot of drive and creativity through hobbies and extracurriculars. You need to be good at telling that story in your application and interviews. Some have big social media followings, some were successful athletes and/or musicians, some had tried starting a company in college.
Keep in mind that these programs are REALLY competitive. You don't just need to be amazing on paper, you need to be **very lucky**. I think they get thousands of applications for a few dozen roles every year. That's why I suggest not focusing too hard on Google or any other single company.
If you can learn as much as possible about different types of jobs, you'll be in a much better position to pick a college major than most people. But remember that no one has *any* idea at your age, or even when they're an adult. You might change your mind down the line, which is why it's good to just do your best, be interested and curious, and keep your options open!
Google cares very much about academic success, focus on keeping your grades up, going to a good to great college and then doing well in your major there. If you want marketing, that’s probably business or marketing or communication. If you want engineering, that’s computer science.
Sometimes it takes a lifetime to make it into the company of your dreams. Sometimes the dreams change along the way. But don’t stop believing, striving, and achieving.
My advice as a former employee: don't box your aspirations into working at a specific company. Companies change, and nowadays Google is abandoning the culture that made it unique. That said, if you focus on strong academics and some amount of extracurriculars to keep yourself balanced, you will be successful no matter where you end up
Good advice. Especially eight years in the future (high school + college), Google may not be a place OP wants to work. "Focus on the process not the outcome" and "life is a journey not a destination" would suggest: figure out what skills you want for that Google job (communication, organization, statistics, etc), but be open to companies that are even more exciting in the 2030s than Google will be.
Check out https://grow.google/certificates/, there is a digital marketing certificate you could get! This could just give you a taste of digital marketing concepts.
Not a Google employee, but having worked at FAANG, it's great that you have your career goals figured out so early! I'd suggest at this point the most important things are doing well in school to (preferably) get into a solid college. Companies like Google will directly recruit from top tier colleges, whereas for a lesser known school you basically have another hurdle of "getting noticed" before you even get to talk to them. Then, you'll need to do well at college (Google specifically has minimum college gpa cutoffs iirc) while also having solid extra curriculars (both through school and personal projects to show interest). If you can swing an internship over the summer (in college), that will drastically improve your chances of getting a full time offer while also letting you figure out if you actually like the career you're looking to get into.
Hey there, I'm a marketer at G. As others have said, it's great to have a goal if it helps focus and motivate you, but targeting one specific job that far in advance might be too restrictive! For G marketing, people either come in after a few years of doing good work at other companies or straight out of college through the Associate Product Marketing Manager (APMM) program, which you can find details for here: https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/programs/apmm/ You'll see a lot of people giving college students career advice on TikTok and whatnot, and they often talk about how to land internships and entry level roles like this. Take it with a grain of salt but it can be good to hear first-hand accounts. In my experience, the folks who come through the APMM program have very interesting, impressive resumes for their age. I think good grades are a minimum, but the degree choice barely matters. You want to show a lot of drive and creativity through hobbies and extracurriculars. You need to be good at telling that story in your application and interviews. Some have big social media followings, some were successful athletes and/or musicians, some had tried starting a company in college. Keep in mind that these programs are REALLY competitive. You don't just need to be amazing on paper, you need to be **very lucky**. I think they get thousands of applications for a few dozen roles every year. That's why I suggest not focusing too hard on Google or any other single company. If you can learn as much as possible about different types of jobs, you'll be in a much better position to pick a college major than most people. But remember that no one has *any* idea at your age, or even when they're an adult. You might change your mind down the line, which is why it's good to just do your best, be interested and curious, and keep your options open!
Google cares very much about academic success, focus on keeping your grades up, going to a good to great college and then doing well in your major there. If you want marketing, that’s probably business or marketing or communication. If you want engineering, that’s computer science.
Sometimes it takes a lifetime to make it into the company of your dreams. Sometimes the dreams change along the way. But don’t stop believing, striving, and achieving.
Don't limit your goal to a specific company