Having worked on Microsoft stack for quite a while, the jump looks quite overwhelming, particularly because of the tech stack used . How does it go in reality? Been ages since I typed in linux commands...How important is it to brush up? And how long did it take for you to get comfortable? more stupid questions: - from the outside it looks as if G is going very big with ML...how are career growth prospects for regular sw engrs who dont have as much exposure to ML? do majority of G engrs have some level of comfort contributing to ML projects (and obviously I am not talking bt data prep here...are ppl comfortable building their own models?)
I believe you can request Windows. There is plenty of time to ramp up, and the terminal should be least of worries. One week should be more than enough for that purpose.