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About 15 bugs fixed and 2 features launched (13 weeks) Directions Card on Tablet and Desktop https://www.google.com/search?q=directions+to+san+diego+airport Sep 15, 2014 - This new UI was already launched on mobile and my task was to launched it on Tablet and Desktop. This involved a number of changes and tweaks in order to get the card to display properly. It replaces 2 old UIs for driving and transit while adding biking and walking directions. I also helped with backend clean up, bug fixes, and and small feature changes related to this UI. Google Expanded Opening Hours on Mobile https://www.google.com/search?q=georges+at+the+cove+hours Aug 20, 2014 - This was my starter project and helped me ramp up in terms of working with Google specific technologies. Previously, the business hours answer card only showed hours for today or the specific day a user searched for. My improvement allows users to see the full weeks hours in addition to today's hours or the specific day that was searched for. This is already the case in the knowledge panel for the business, but adding the full opening hours in the answer card reduces the need on mobile to expand the answer card into the knowledge panel to see the full hours. Google Web Videos News Images Shopping Search tools More Connection to UCSD The main technologies I used during my internship include Java, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I have used all of these in my courses at UCSD in addition to prior internships, so I had a lot of experience with the basics of these languages going in. However, the work I did was not always straightforward since I was working on Google’s search infrastructure and faced problems of scale in addition to testing and debugging. My day to day work mostly drew from my learnings in my introductory classes while preparation for my full time conversion interviews involved higher level concepts that I learned in my advanced classes. Specific classes which were particularly of use to me included: CSE 110: Software Engineering COGS 120: Human Computer Interaction COGS 121: Human Computer Interaction Studio The team aspect of these classes in addition to the experience I gained from working on web applications were vital to my success at Google and at other internships. Background This summer, I was a Software Engineering Intern at Google in Mountain View. I started on June 23 and ended my internship on September 19 for a grand total of 13 weeks. I worked on the Local Search UI team which creates UIs for local search related queries in Google web search. These include queries for businesses, directions, addresses, and many others. The UIs consist of cards that show up in addition to the web search results and contain information relevant to the search such as details about the business or turn by turn steps for a directions query. From University of California San Diego To San Diego International Airport 22 min (13.7 mi) via I-5 S Directions (15.0 mi) via I-5 S and Nimitz Blvd (17.1 mi) via Gilman Dr and I-5 S 27 min 27 min James Guan, Software Engineering Intern at Google

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Expanded Opening Hours on Mobilehttps://www.google.com/search?q=georges+at+the+cove+hoursAug 20, 2014 - This was my starter project and helped me ramp up in terms of workingwith Google specific technologies. Previously, the business hours answer card onlyshowed hours for today or the specific day a user searched for. My improvement allowsusers to see the full weeks hours in addition to today's hours or the specific day that wassearched for. This is already the case in the knowledge panel for the business, butadding the full opening hours in the answer card reduces the need on mobile to expandthe answer card into the knowledge panel to see the full hours.

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Connection to UCSDThe main technologies I used during my internship include Java, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I have used all of these in my courses at UCSD in addition to prior internships, so I had a lot of experience with the basics of these languages going in. However, the work I did was not always straightforward since I was working on Google’s search infrastructure and faced problems of scale in addition to testing and debugging. My day to day work mostly drew from my learnings in my introductory classes while preparation for my full time conversion interviews involved higher level concepts that I learned in my advanced classes. Specific classes which were particularly of use to me included: •CSE 110: Software Engineering •COGS 120: Human Computer Interaction •COGS 121: Human Computer Interaction Studio The team aspect of these classes in addition to the experience I gained from working on web applications were vital to my success at Google and at other internships.

BackgroundThis summer, I was a Software Engineering Intern at Google in Mountain View. I started on June 23 and ended my internship on September 19 for a grand total of 13 weeks. I worked on the Local Search UI team which creates UIs for local search related queries in Google web search. These include queries for businesses, directions, addresses, and many others. The UIs consist of cards that show up in addition to the web search results and contain information relevant to the search such as details about the business or turn by turn steps for a directions query.

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