Absolutely. I'm definitely thinking of adding more psychological perspectives to my videos. For me the isolation was certainly an obstacle, but I have spoken to more introverted people who still get cabin fever from always working from home and not adding any variety to their location. Thanks for highlighting this point 👍

I was born and raised in Venezuela and lived for many years in Spain. How about you @srgnico1514? (cheeky Mexican pyramid in your pic 👀). Thank you for the kind words as well mate, glad you enjoyed the video.

@@diegosarkissian Ah bien ahí, Yo soy de Argentina, viviendo en España y la foto es de Chichén Itzá jajaja

This is an issue I've also been facing for a while @Sascko. I'll give you some general recommendations, given that I don't know the specifics of your situation. 1) I've been experimenting with working on this youtube channel a couple of hours in the morning (for me it's easier to have energy and follow through in the mornings). Perhaps you can experiment with splitting time between the morning and evening (and perhaps a few hours on the weekends if it works better for you). The most important thing is to make it sustainable. 2) Try working with some friends or bouncing ideas off your family or partner. I've found that working on my business in isolation is 10x harder. 2) Get some blue light blocking glasses, and turn on "Night Shift" on Mac or eye saver mode on Windows. 3) Schedule in strict no-tech breaks into your workday, so your eyes and mind can recover. 4) Outsource the most time-consuming parts of your side hustle as soon as possible (you can usually outsource much earlier than you think). For example, if you make $35/hour and can outsource for less than $35/hour, definitely do it. Your time is gold. 5) Focus on automating as many processes of your business as possible. Books I would recommend: 1) E-Myth Revisited (great for systems and building from scratch) 2) Million Dollar Weekend (focusing on high ROI is crucial, it will increase your speed to profitability - and make working on the side hustle easier) 3) $100 M Leads and Offers (same as 2) 4) Make Time and Deep Work (tremendous productivity books that focus on high-impact strategies) Hope these help you. And I wish you the greatest success in your business. You're gonna kill it! P.S. I'll definitely make a video on this topic. I think it could help many people out there. So, thank you for the idea 👍

@@diegosarkissian wow, thanks for your great response. Excited to see your future content!

Thank you, and I really appreciate the feedback. Still figuring out the best way to integrate it into the video. I'll continue working on it for the next ones coming up.

Nooo, that was Notion 😂. But I love using Obsidian for coding notes and any notes from online courses I do. Do you enjoy Obsidian? What do you use it for mainly??

@@diegosarkissian yes, i love it! i use it as my all-in-one knowledge base/knowledge management system. i really like the fact that I own my data. I used to use Notion, but it was really slow. That was years ago now, so it has probably improved. I love your videos!! The "productivity for software engineers" niche really needed some love, and you have been killing it! Keep it up!!

Thank you 🙏

Glad you found it useful. I always try to find cool new insights and share any valuable sources. Thanks for the sub amigo!

Thank you. Happy Holidays 🚀

There are certainly some outdated concepts but I really learned some valuable lessons as a beginner. Any other book in the same genre you would recommend over Clean Code??? I would love to know and check it out.

Thanks, really happy you found it useful

Excellent, I would love to know. Best of luck!

Excellent thanks! I'm trying to improve it every time

That's a very good point. I definitely want to look into the psychological effects of things like PTSD on general productivity and work. Thanks for adding this

Nice one 😆

Best of luck in your first year of college 🚀. I'm currently working freelance on AI model improvements and this requires me be on top off new frameworks and staying up to date with languages. Plus, I dedicate a bit of time during the day for it and in my own free time I like to build small projects to learn new things. Try to make it as fun as possible with cool personal projects you care about so you actually stick to it 😂

Thank you! 😊

Hahaha that's very kind. Looking fine yourself my friend.

he’s taken

Thank you very much. That is very kind. Any ideas for videos you would like to see in the future 👀 ?

I'm sorry to hear you didn't learn anything. I try to create videos that are as useful as possible. Would you be open to having a conversation and sharing what areas of digital addiction and productivity you would want to see in future videos? I would really love to know. Thanks for taking the time to give some feedback

It looks great tho! Great cam quality

Is there too much echo? What exactly do you not like about the sound quality. Would love to improve it with your feedback. Thanks for taking the time to write, I've been slowly trying to improve it but I'm still learning about audio

Thanks, just trying to get better every day

Thanks for the feedback. Do you think I'm speaking too fast in the video?

@@diegosarkissian Don't think so! The video was really well paced (for me anyways) perhaps they are new to english? Really helpful video, it helped me transition to my work more easily. lots o love from asia <3. : )

That's very kind thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Any other videos you would like to see on the channel? Anything you've been struggling with. I would be super useful to know. De rien 🙏

Really glad you found it helpful. Do you have any video on productivity at work or digital addictions you would like to see? Anything you've been struggling with?? I'd love to know.

Certainly my mistake, I must have mixed the quotes from both of the lists I have. Thankfully a very interesting and impactful quote nonetheless. Thanks for the correction 🙏

Glad you like it Lavine, could you send some more details to any of the social medias linked in my videos. Thanks! Sounds cool.

@@diegosarkissian We can have a further discussion through the email in my homepage, looking forward to your email!

i came across your video and it is quite interesting , btw nice vid mann !

Thanks for the feedback, I tried to add as many personal anecdotes to the video while also trying to effectively explain the steps of the Feynman Technique. I will definitely make more videos about learning coding for beginners and add some more personal examples. If there's any other video idea you think would be cool, I'd love to know!

Thank you. Glad you found it interesting. Hope you have a great day 🚀

Yeah, this is pretty important. I do have the tendency to fall into this from time to time. But the key is to know that setting up a new system or app isn't really moving things forward. It's usually a pretty low impact activity, and just adds anxiety because you haven't really moved towards your goals. Hope your relationship with this continues to improve 🚀

Really happy you enjoyed it. It was very fun making it.

Nooo way 😂. Thanks for sharing that anecdote. Any other resources you've found that have helped you as a software engineer??? Would love to know. Cheers 🚀

@@diegosarkissian I didn't mean that the Clean Code book does not make sense, but just wondered whether any of my team members have read it at all, and thus they doubted about the clean code approaches. I think it is also related to their experiences and their own knowledge. Personally I definitely vote for the clean code methodology. My current project's code base contains classes with thousands of lines of code, and our team just keeps adding more code to those existing classes, and some of them even did the copy-paste approach when working on new tasks, when I reviewed their code with negative comment on this, they told there is already existing style, why not copy them. On the opposite, they don't like my implementation with my own style with small classes, since they feel that it is too complex. This is indeed a bit of worrisome from my side

Thanks. I'l definitely keep you in mind for the future. At the moment I am not looking for an editor.

Really happy it was helpful. They are very good reads! And given they are older books, many local libraries usually have them available 💪

I agree with you completely. I don’t think I fully explained myself in the video. I think ChatGPT can help a lot in explaining and breaking down complex topics, for example. Or even giving step-by-step guides. But using it as a quick substitute for learning or to directly write code or debug things is dangerous. My colleagues at the bootcamp and I quickly found out ChatGPT was a double-edged sword.

And quick question. What has been the most effective way of learning JS so far for you? Any strategies or habits you’re currently following?

@@diegosarkissian Uhm that's really good to know.

Well, JS is my first language, and it's a complex thing to learn as a beginner and I'm a guy guy who needs to have a really well structured study plan for such complex subject. 1 - Did a free course on coursera called "Learn how to learn". That taught me how to retain most of the things I've just learned. 2 - Started a bootcamp called 100Devs. That gave me a basic, good knowledge of what JS is.(Started 3 and a half months ago). 3 - Created a chatGpt account fully focused on teaching me JavaScript and asked gpt to come up with a 3 month study plan. 3.1 - I asked it to structure the study plan like this: --Month --Week (Real world project idea by the end of the week including everything I learned that week) --Day (What to learn on that day, Including examples, what to focus, why that is important important.) 4 - Added that study plan to my ClickUp as a project so I can track all my progress and I'm adjusting that project as I go, like for certain topics I need more days to learn and practice than others. I need to visually see where I am at, how am I doing and what I want to achieve. Otherwise I will get lost, lose focus and lose motivation. 5 - Now, thanks to your great suggestion. I'm using Obsidian as well to write all my notes and things that I'm learning, so all related things are connected.

That’s amazing, it works like an absolute charm. But the feeling is definitely weird at first 😂

Learning any language, such as Python, Java, or C++, my brother. if you do a thorough study of one language. Within a week after that, you can switch to any language. ❤

Start with java. Yeah CPP is worth!!!

C++ is used in things like system software, game development and high performance apps. It’s still widely used, so check if companies you’re interested in working for are using it. I mainly code in JavaScript and Python. Love both of these 🎉

Absolutely, there is a lot of similarity between modern programming languages. When you learn the fundamentals of one, you can increase the speed at which you learn other languages

That's wonderful! Glad you enjoyed them 🎉. Any other video topics you'd like to see?? I would love to know

@@diegosarkissian Would like to know how you set up your desk for productivity! Like your desk setup so much.

Thanks mate. Very happy you enjoyed it!

Yes, hope it helps your friends out. Many of the tips also apply to high-intensity careers where you need to constantly adapt. So, I'm sure they'll help you too 🚀

I would definitely recommend apps like: Flipboard or Feedly. You can subscribe to an RSS feed for any news source and personalise which alerts you receive in your inbox. This is great for jobs that require being on top of the news. Wishing you the best!

Glad you liked the thumbnail, hopefully the video was helpful 👍

Glad you found them useful :)

No problem 😊, hope the video was helpful