6 years of Coding in 6 minutes - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

In this video, I share my 6 year coding journey. I'll explain how I went from writing my first "Hello World" program to a software engineer at Google as a self taught programmer.
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[@AravindBadiger]

0:19 Subtitles says He is enjoying free food at Google. Subtitles AI hallucinating free food. 😂

[@chiru184]

Congrats for not giving up! You deserve it.

[@skff3159]

Your motivational quote at the end gives me goosebumps and is the most replayed part of the video as well!!✨✨

[@trainerzard7]

Heartbreaking story. I really love how honest you are in the video

[@arghyadas6978]

Pre final year mechanical engineering student here who is getting rejected from software companies left and right. You cast a ray of sunshine in my otherwise gloomy future. Thanks a lot for this video!

[@anika9447]

Love your content, so much effective for us.

[@musicon1636]

I have learnt lot things from you sahil bro , amazing story 🔥

[@AU24097]

My man you're an absolute legend! I've been following you for quite a while now. I personally am in the field of bioinformatics...and i might switch over to SD or data science someday. I love your content and your way of presenting it..keep up the good work!

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks 🙏

[@venkych8654]

​@@sahilandsarrahii bro present I am pursuing by btech and I have some doubts regarding it can you please sort out it pls and I want and waiting to speak with you pls reply

[@bipinbipin-wv6ej]

I am an art graduate, now learning coding at 35.

[@mohd.asaads.279]

Why the switch

[@AU24097]

@@mohd.asaads.279 mostly for the better pay

[@abhishekdubey9920]

Telling your story and learnings amazing

[@tarunstaruns9472]

I am an undergraduate student studying in cs ,l definitely love your videos and learnt alot from you❤

[@sharathchandra2672]

Your videos fill me with positivity

[@srinivasa5650]

Your work is dope as usual ❤ continue helping And make a video of how to deal with team to other several things that could effect freshers or 0-2 years into IT and the environment

[@janr1389]

Thank you very much brother Sahil, I have been following you for a while and find a lot of benefit from your content. I am a third-year university student who has not majored yet. Note that in the place where I live, I cannot find any company that would accept me as a trainee. Also, as you know, an academic education will not lead me to a decent job. The problem with me is the difficulty of balancing my academic education with learning DSA and also learning a field outside my university to catch up with the changing market and modern technologies and gain practical experience because everything is moving so fast that I can't made my mind on anything. Hope you reply, lots of love.

[@KaranSharma_11]

man!! you are inspiration..

[@vipinamar2351]

Great video Sahil, I’m also in the same position as you in 2017 at a mediocre company. I could relate a lot.

[@maloukemallouke9735]

impressive , good job man

[@bhuvana2628]

Timely needed❤

[@Boyarsskiy]

Just like you, I started learning Java in 2016. I started working as a programmer in 2018. Аfter 5 years of programming, I finally realized that my problem was that I was constantly trying to learn everything: new frameworks, languages, infrastructure tools, frontend , databases, etc. And I did not pay attention to algorithms, because I believed that they were all implemented in libraries, and instead of solving algorithmic problems, I preferred to read something new. This was my mistake, because without periodically solving algorithmic problems, I did not train my problem solving skill, and now it is at a low level. Now I stopped studying everything, and put the solution of algorithmic problems in the first place.

[@skleader4899]

Nice I'm actually learning JavaScript rn any tips?

[@boot-strapper]

@@skleader4899 what does that have to do with his comment???

[@skleader4899]

@@boot-strapper bro I'm just asking him for some tips man no need to be rude...

[@Boyarsskiy]

@@skleader4899I haven't coded much in JS, but I think it's just a matter of learning the basics: variables, functions, and working with arrays. Then try to make some simple application in pure HTML, CSS and JS, without any framework. It could be a to-do list, a weather app, etc. Remember to practice more than read. Don't chase best practices, just build an app to make it work. Also improve your problem-solving skills by solving algorithmic problems. After you have created a couple of simple JS applications on your own, and learned how to solve simple algorithmic problems, start interviewing. in parallel, you can already read some books about JS. It is best to read after you have tried to create something yourself, so you will find answers to questions. if you read first and then do, then you most likely will not start doing anything, because you decide to read everything to the end, and so on ad infinitum. You will read without questions, and this information is quickly forgotten.

[@Boyarsskiy]

I remember when I was learning Java and just reading books, I had no confidence at all how to write code. But when i made my first CRUD app with pure js on the frontend, and with servlets and pure JDBC in Java backend, i got confidence and realized how these parts interact with each other.

[@yusufsalehin8115]

You deserve more than praising beyond everything. hanks for being an inspiration of CSE engineering students. Take love .

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks ❤️

[@backmambaxd3397]

Great work Sahil, Keep it up.

[@tk_kushal]

"Everything will be okay in the end, if it's not okay it's not the end" Amazing!!!

[@WaveringSoul]

Im nowhere near to your level but i worked very hard to learn some languages yet it didnt improve anything. i guess i found the reason today. i learned today that trying everything wont work. Im new to your channel. i will come back and watch your other videos to get further ideas on the matter. Thank you for sharing your experiences. It helps.

[@budgetfriendly7]

Thanks a lot for this information

[@sudheshsankarkk]

Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@yashrathi4304]

sick editing, quality content, instant subscribe.

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks 🙂

[@apurbanandi9175]

Thank you Sir!

[@yahyaxfx]

Brother. You are an amazing person

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks! You’re amazing as well.

[@Growing365]

I am also stuck and now a days confused, where to start from again. Your path gave me some idea and some red flags to avoid. Thank you ❤

[@suryanshchaurasia1116]

Inspiring in many ways. Thanks for sharing.

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks 🙏

[@worldindex1569]

Bro your are a jem for all of us

[@studygoals-gy3df]

You have shown me a way to solutions for my questions for which i felt that I'm the only one who is facing the problem with preparation. You gave me motivation to start my preparation in an efficient way 🤝

[@motivationimpact181]

Sharing experience is gold. It is so motivational.Great video concluded with magic words if it is not OK it is not the end. Thanks Sahil keep going. Your videos are helpful for me and for others.

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks ❤️❤️❤️

[@SaiGanesh-bg9zv]

Literal goosebumps, Amazing video sahil🔥 Thank you for all the epic content you provide 💯🙏

[@YashKakrecha]

I would say Comperators are necessary to learn. You need either Comperator or Comparables to compare two objects in Tree Data Structures.

[@shaownabir2789]

I love your every single video. Thanks a lot

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks 🙂

[@call-me-potato.]

hi Sahil , you are true inspiration for me, you changed my view of learning. following your advices from different videos i have taught my self php and python (Mid level) in very short period of time. now i wanted to move towards cyber security course. on youtube there are alot of time wasting tutorials . i need your advice on that , i tried to search in your videos if you have made any video on cyber security.

[@cra-zy519]

thanks for this video

[@gulnazshamsi981]

Well said each n evry sec of life is so valuable n TQ so mu6 for making this valuable video for us.

[@raghabpokhrel3461]

Love from nepal..❤ You give the most genuine answers !

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks ❤️❤️

[@amanyaduvanshi9330]

Respect brother... Idk why but your way of speaking is seductive

[@ChanduDiary]

Thank you❤

[@rohithjanardhan4970]

Amazing! I made mistake number 4 as well. Took a lot of leetcode and personal projects, took even more of praying and patience. But I'm thankfully out of it, working on modern tech stacks at a unicorn Saas company. Golden words- This too shall pass!

[@sahilandsarra]

👍

[@premtolani4688]

Really amazing! Very much Inspired

[@sahilandsarra]

🙌

[@tejasdeore8340]

Absolutely relatable. Stuck in a company where I am being put'ed on old tech stack. Making me work on SOAP API along with strut framework. I feel suffocated here and feel I am loosing my motivation and started doubting my ability because of all these things.

[@ThanhNguyen-lk6ns]

I also worked on legacy project with really old frameworks, but you know what? Every new tech will be deprecated sooner or later. I recommend you to learn the core of those seemingly ancient tech stacks and why they exist in the first place. Then you could learn new thing on the side and have multiple perspectives. Keep it up bro. Hope this helps!

[@habibalnoman845]

Happy to see u again.❤

[@sahilandsarra]

❤️

[@1712sumesh]

❤❤❤❤❤ Your advice is really helpful. You provide such a great information that paves the way to learn and grow faster. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sahilandsarra]

❤️❤️❤️

[@gujjarbahi2518]

Bro Masha Allah ❤nice

[@RuthlezzGaming]

You inspire me to keep learning and improve so much. Its so frustrating seeing no advance at first; as a graduate with no internships I'm having such a hard time in my job search. Hopefully my parents don't run out of patience and kick me :/

[@sahilandsarra]

I’m rooting for you 👍

[@RuthlezzGaming]

@@sahilandsarra thank you so much, it means a lot, you are an inspiration for all upcomming programmers, and also teach lots of new stuff to those that are already in the field. Keep it up 🩷

[@userkhan3920]

this too shall pass ❤❤

[@nithigd1014]

Thanks for the motivation

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks 🙂

[@vedparkashgaba5478]

I feel proud on you after watching your this video you became example for so many young ones who still struggling for their career Thanks for sharing your experiences

[@sahilandsarra]

❤️❤️

[@notyourtojo]

love you brother ❤

[@sahilandsarra]

❤️

[@frjasss]

time for a confession. I'm 18years old and never have I ever focused too much on studies let alone career thinking was big mountain. I've always procrastinated stuff saying i don't have this or that to learn but recently i got laptop and now I shouldn't make excuses, so I started searching for stuff and came across you and oh boy I'm loving it. you really made me get up and stop my excuses. I'm really focused to start my journey as you and get myself a job my parents would be proud of too. really thanks a lot for sharing your journey with us and motivating us. it will mean a lot to me if you keep making helpful videos like this.

[@yourAngela2]

Presentation is superbzzzz

[@satishpatibandla]

Bravo Brother

[@sanetrayy]

GREAT video

[@opiojames337]

Love watching your videos

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks ❤️

[@MrRohiTNooB]

nice bhaiya your videos is helping me to do less mistakes in programming journey and looks like noob will become pro one day

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks 👍

[@johnmanadan]

Good content.

[@rp7hustlingisfun]

a wise man always has a straight face

[@Md_sadiq_Md]

Pushing the algorithm ❤️

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks ❤️

[@-Corvo_Attano]

Thank you sir :)

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks 🙏

[@varunchhabra3007]

Very nice 👍 So proud of you 👏

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks 22g 🙏

[@yasarahmedshaik6623]

Nice Journey .

[@anmolthind2381]

Brdr ur my ROLE MODEL❤❤

[@sahilandsarra]

❤️❤️

[@mohdjibly6184]

This is awesome sharing of your journey Sahil...thanks . .by the way may I know what is the movie name that Joseph gordon levitt that was shown in this video?

[@mdrabiulakand8848]

I'm addicted of your every video! 😊 from 🇧🇩

[@sahilandsarra]

❤️🇧🇩

[@zemanntill]

Awesome video!

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks 🙏

[@ganeshgunjal4220]

thanks brother. it will also help me. i am also aspiring data scientist...

[@sahilandsarra]

Good luck 👍

[@inv0019]

Wow, you were in P13N at Amazon. I will be joining the team this year.

[@kirankumar-ud4gy]

How did you get interview call from Amazon as a fresher ? Make a video on that

[@tejasahire]

​@@serrioton1858samaj gaya wo😅

[@Its-Boremon]

​@@serrioton1858really ?

[@akhilhakkim634]

@@serrioton1858that explains it 🙂

[@sahilandsarra]

I did not. I got interview call after 2 years of trying.

[@surajjsingh8543]

​@@sahilandsarra2 years😢

[@jadwoodyq]

good job boy.

[@freelanceyoutuber5274]

Dear sir,you are a best youtuber I have ever seen.You are showing best path for beginners to achieve success easy.Respect u sir with 🙏.

[@sahilandsarra]

🙏

[@razorjhon2622]

thank you for sharing your experience , i have 3 years of experience too and i am struggling to find a job too for 1.5 years , I think i should also learn java because i am only a full stack JS stack , i should add java and python but in your experience how long could it take me to learn both languages if i study 8 hours a day ?

[@fighter2694]

Bro your video inspired me.

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks 🙏

[@whitewalker19]

as a civil engineering graduate, i started learning web development and got an offer with low salary and bond of 3 years...this video is very inspiring as i can relate to it

[@chessplayer8551]

yo bro!. my situation is same as you. i hope i can success like you

[@sahilandsarra]

👍

[@avinashpratapsingh3875]

Feels like my story, as I also completed my graduation form Mechanical, and now working in a MNC for last 2 yrs with no skill development, and hunting for job change.

[@ohmmedfzd2550]

Sahil sir I inspired by U & started learning Java for 2 months by Myself. On this year I graduate Bsc physics.... after graduating Every body in relatives says you wasting your time in programming get a job. but I want to explore in IT field. When I'm learning DSA I can't able to think logical solution for problems solving. I understand the code but i can't think solution give me some tips what should do in this situation 😢

[@AllAboutTechnologies]

Hey Sahil. I am halfway through my web development course and looking at your journey I do realize that its not easy as people make it seem on KZbin. However I request you to make a video on how one can get into the field by going on a self taught route like yourself. What stack/projects to make and how much of DSA knowledge would be required? Love your videos and your journey is inspiring. Keep up the good work👊

[@sahilandsarra]

Thanks Saurabh! I have already covered a lot of these things in my previous videos. Hopefully they can help you out. On a side note, when is next video coming on your channel? Looking forward to it.

[@rajeshkannan8608]

Hi sir.... I'm pursuing my bachelor's in AI and Data Science. I have a course in my college, that consist of 24 modules, first 6 modules consist of basic functions,loop statements and conditional statements, from 7-12 it's all about stack,queue, Linked list, from 13-18 it's about Data structures. from 18-24 it's about algorithms.. I have completed till 18th module.. i solved 18 modules,Even though i understood the logic , problem statements , I strugggle to do other problem statements out of from modules..Now only i understood, for the 3 semesters(each semesters - one module) everything i did was memorizing code, each time i am trying new problem, i starts to think about similar kind of problem i already known, implementing that and doing changes according to the new problem statements...How to overcome this problems and what to do??????

[@barsatnyaa6628]

Bro Can you make a video on international student life in US - even though its out of context

[@moon-pw1bi]

1:57 lol i love the visualisation of the middle finger

[@kartikgdrbd]

looks like someone experienced to ask but regarding future what language should i choose that's best .....i k little java like basic binary and linear and stack just basic algo but i have heard if i have to enter good fields like ai and all python is good what would you recommend because you are in the industry you know what they want please explain in detail

[@vaishnavikamath6632]

Please make a video on the best platforms to learn java

[@_pro_grammer_]

Hei man, I got in North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh ib CSE. Here They teaches JAVA and C++, You've talked about Java, will you talk about C++? And also pray for me, viewing your content after many times, your content is now more sophisticated, great man, go on

[@clouddrive6833]

inspirational

[@sahilandsarra]

❤️

[@user-tn4lw2be6l]

loved the middle finger animation 😂😂😂😂

[@yolow8126]

Iam learning java I was doing python but got board because I was just solving some small problems so I picked java for android. And Aws. And after watching this video I thought to continue with java.

[@eyesoffloraandfauna8728]

Same I am learning everything in java .. I need revision

[@Akashma7198]

Hi sir currently I’m working as a support engineer (working on AD domain). Recently I learned aws, DevOps, sql and python and my linux part is also strong but not getting interview call what should i do. Should i add anything more in my resume please advise

[@lp26197]

I want to learn the congenital interface with any language that you advise and followed by a request because and in the future I'm confused if you allow C # or Javascript. And thank you

[@rea1013]

Bro, what do you think about taking a masters degree in computer science? I come from an electrical engineering background, and my theoretical knowledge in computer science is quite limited. My goal is to work at top tech companies like Amazon and Google Will it have a good impact on future careers? considering the cost of a master's degree is very expensive.

[@user-pb5xv4tk4b]

which is better for the backend now and in the future? java or .NET

[@karthick_Zeocool]

Post video about devops and it's future scope and pay scale

[@promitdhar3506]

In India, it's compulsory for us to study computer as a 9th or 10th grader and not gonna lie, it's damn interesting :)

[@prasadperugu4424]

Sir, can you please provide some resources to learn Android development using MVVM with dependency injection...

[@ForEyes9179]

Can you make a video on how ai will have impact on our future dream jobs ??? Help this is really getting messy do you have any suggestions like should i change my carrier or stick with it ...this programming journey ..cause i feel this constant learning is going to be irrelevant in the coming few years whats your thoughts im just into 1st year of my cs degree and there is still ways to shift my carrier into something else ... If softwRe developers jobs are replaced by ai automating ..even programmers are no exception ...what shall do or learn

[@rileydavidjesus]

I’ve crashed production twice but never at Amazon!

[@BlackEswadeh]

bruh when he said "LIFE WILL GIVE YOU THE FINGER" hahaha🤣