3.29 billion thumbs up on this one. Some of the best and most positive advice I’ve seen in a long time. Everyone is so negative about the market at the moment. Very refreshing to have some hope.

Whate a great video.. one of the best videos on communication I've ever watched

Luke's accent is hard to understand. Lost most of his talk

Something I can share with my clients

After trying for 3 years straight, I could not even get my first gig despite I applied to jr positions for the last 2 years. So I officially quit and looking for another roadmap outside of software. It was a total bummer and waste of time.

Ideation is the perfect time for Software Engineers to get invovled and problem solve. There is so much there to solve.

my biggest mistake, thinking that having a programmer job would be a good idea because im very introverted.

Who will you choose, someone with a CS degree or someone that was "passionate" about personal projects with no degree? We all know who employers prefer

Objection, presonal projects without formal knowledge or guidance is as useless as someone who has taken too many courses in hind sight. Most need proper mentorship or should be extremely gifted to be a good self thought SE. In most cases these are protoges who started programming as kids.

In the same boat. Slowing figuring it out as well.

I think the big thing to note is that computer science is not software engineering. A bcs degree alone doesn't not always teach employable skills. It sucks but there is a lot of self learning that has to go on to be employable. I get a lot of LinkedIn messages from CS grads to review their resume, but it they generally lack real world project experience. My manager is even contemplating shutting down our intern program, because we can't seem to find interns with atleast some grasp on the basics, a lot of them just cheat in classes (which is easy to do in cs) or just lie on their resume. So the market is bad, but make sure you are also learning employable skills

It will be very difficult in U.S. because in the U.S. people only aware of software development they do not know other engineering majors like Mechanical, eletrical, civil engineering etc. even exist. And moreover many foreigners enter country on H1B visa as software engineer for that reason it will be most difficult to get job in Software field. If Trump becomes president he can fix such issues

I would first of all like to say, this is some amazing information that you have shared. I would love to hear more about your experience and stories about the field for insight, as I am still a student.

Thanks big Bro!

It felt like there was a lot of wisdom here, both from the article and from you. I have a feeling I will come back to rewatch this video a few times. I know I’ve needed the reminder about checking where I a on the burnout scale more than once before. It’s hard to see a way out, or see anything as “possible”, if I’ve let my self get too burnt out. I didn’t think of the cynicism as a symptom, but you talked about that well.

Thank you for your advices! Where are you based btw?

Wow...two people actually talking like adults on media. This is refreshing. They acknowledged their annoyances, gave a their side of it, and moved on. Amazing.

good vid

On the #1 point about the final build not matching the design, I find engineers can achieve things better if the underlying thought process is explained more clearly. Just handing over a design and saying, “here monkey, build this”, which unfortunately is a very common mindset, as part of the design handover you should walk through all the design decisions made, explain why they were made and which ones are the high impact design decisions. Explaining the why, rather than the what, is almost always better. When engineers say they want to be involved earlier in the process often it’s more at this stage rather than the “sketch stuff on a postit” stage.

Very inspiring!

I am coming from marketing and did some design work and now do a career change into software development. The most annoying thing is when people don't pay attention to spacing, alignment and all the details. That freaks me out :D

Very fresh and entertaining. I liked a lot your conclusion (that it is all about communication).

What is your top annoyance when working with designers or engineers? And, how do you solve that? Would love to read your perspective!

Thanks for showing with an example❤... All other creators are just giving common advice on these topics when it's really good to see an actual example

Really well done and comprehensive thanks for the long video. Just discovered the channel and enjoying the videos.

Thank you for another good video. You are absolutely right about the stigmatisation, even though I see some light at the horizon there. I also like the advice to get information about mental health from trustworthy sources, which can be books. But tbh, books are not necessarily more trustworthy than social media.There is another channel called 'Healthy Software Developer' here on yt that I can recommend. When I was still working as a software developer on site, I learned to actively stop thinking about work related problems at the factory gate. Sometimes I stopped right in front of it, made a quick note and then passed it. Physical barriers are great to establish mental barriers. Luckily in this case, unfortunately in many others. Then I changed to a management position without proper preparation on my side and without support from my boss, working mostly from home ( Covid time etc.). The job was not stressful workload wise, but for other reasons I sometimes had a pulse of over 120 for hours while sitting in front of my PC. Luckily I discovered that some breathing techniques that are used in freediving and yoga helped reduce my personal stress level. And one thing I heard from another youtuber to reduce stress: Do not answer to all comments on your channel ;-)

Thank you for bringing up and making a video on this topic! Such things are very hard to notice on your own and understand if it is a norm or something is wrong with you. So it is truly valuable to hear experiences and stories of others 🙏

Leo - loving hearing your journey since quitting! Some nice b-roll shoots too 😉

Love the end 😂 ❤

Beautiful story. I envy you a bit. Do you make plans for after? 7:04 I did not realize. But now where you say it, I cannot stop grinning.

I just stumbled upon your channel yesterday and I was wondering why you had almost no comments and "only" 500 subscribers. I really like the content and your presentation and I guess I learned quite a few things. I realize that you feel more secure when you have a script to stick to and no people are around. But I really appreciate the more authentic videos when you do not have a script in front of you. Keep up the good work!

Leonard you are doing really great job(valuable, useful), but I am really wondering why still you too less subscribers. Anyway go on like that, I appreciate it.

I would love to learn Computer Science. I'm 50 and in America, so the prospects seem low. I have no clear path to pay for it. The messages about this topic are so mixed; it's very confusing. Plus, I feel that a 54 year old CS graduate is likely less desirable. Any thoughts?

Hmmmmm. The problem with someone who hasn't taken any formal education is that they don't have any depth of knowledge; they (often) only know "just enough" to get themselves by for the projects they've done. I remember turning down a really impressive candidate we interviewed because I got the vibe that they just googled their way to get their projects done but didn't have any peripheral knowledge. I have also worked with someone who was fantastic at googling solutions to problems, they had a real knack to searching for articles to learn from but some of their work featured really suboptimal tactics. Furthermore I keep myself up to date by learning from books, videos, seminars etc but I'd much rather take a professional course which would reduce impostor syndrome. Many "courses" are now delivered online and they're crap; there's nothing as good as being taught something in a proper classroom.

Great books can help a lot specially if you have one which has exercises after each chapter. I found that way effective in logic building. Great video.

I studied computer science at university and after graduation I was many years in unpaid forced labour in the military in forced poverty, but now I am okay. Unemployed, but okay.

This is fantastically timed, I'm just starting into my next school project which requires a certain tech-stack and outcome, but I'll be tailoring it to ensure that it's a passion project for myself to enjoy! (everything I make is nerdy hahah) was just thinking it's such a huge undertaking to plan a fullstack project and have tried asking AI for some guidance, but these prompts look really good and I'll definitely give them a try and see what it says 😊

Do you agree with my sentiment? Or do you have a different approach? Would love to read how you learned coding effectively and how it could help others to get started.

Really great advice and well-summarized! Theory and practice are the same in theory but not in practice :) Thank you for including the prompts, I think it is going to be very useful for a quick and easy start when inspiration for a project comes.

It has nothing to do with the core of this video but just wanna say I love the wall color 🥹

Really superb advice

I think this is a millenial problem at the moment, in talking to the two previous generations they are very satisfied with their corporate positions. However as millennials hit more senior management positions and then realise its not giving them the happiness and satisfaction they crave, they are experiencing these feelings.

Hi Leo, Such an inspiring video, Lot of people resonate with what your are talking about, but to quit without any plan B is scary and exciting at the same time. Hope you find what motivates you.

I honestly started losing hope, graduated with Bcs degree and applied to more than 400 jobs the last 4 months and I got around 7 interviews, reached to coding tests phase then i got some shady responses after that not really explaining why they took another candidate. I had a plan B since i graduated which was applying to a master degree in software engineering at Chalmers. I got in but honestly I am not that motivated since I am not finding a job right now. I don't know now if i should proceed with this path or should i start considering a new one. 🙃

Very similar story over here.

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing.

I relate to you about the issue of purpose. I'm in a similar situation. I have a "perfect" job which is completely flexible and I earn the highest amount possible for my age/experience. But the purpose is still missing. Not to sound ungrateful, but I'm living the "golden handcuffs" life where I am chained to something I do not really enjoy or find purpose/fulfilment in. The lack of time/location freedom eats me inside every day. I'm thinking of quitting too, but I want to set my objective first, then put myself in an environment where I can fully focus my time and energy on it.

Thanks for sharing your past struggles and career aspirations, Leo. This is an incredibly genuine and inspiring video. I wish more people that are going through this journey would get to see this!

The drive for more meaningful work is something a lot of people resonate with. Most only think about it. Few take the step of faith to leave the known to find that. I cheer you on!