Guest Lecture: What it’s like as entry level Software Engineer in Google Chat

Guest Speaker: Haonan Hou

Time: Thursday, March 19, 2026. 11:00am - 12:15pm Central.

Location: Zoom (link is shared via Piazza post)

Abstract

This guest speaker session will cover a typical day, the team's work style, and the transformative role of AI in modern software engineering. He will also discuss professional growth and performance expectations at Google.

About Haonan Hou

Haonan (Markus) Hou is currently an entry-level Software Engineer on the Google Chat team in Sunnyvale, CA, focusing on web development. Before joining Google, Haonan attended UC Berkeley for MEng in EECS and Vanderbilt for BS in CS + Math.