A Day in the Life of a Principal Software Engineer 2021 edition (ex Google, Square, Snapchat)

[@8Trails50]

When I first moved to sf many years ago an engineer told me about you - who would’ve thought I’d be watching your day in the life many years later! This guys a legend. Great video

[@DagmFekaduOfficial]

No single people interaction I would improve this life by adding more people

[@pokepatt]

It's okay that you do for 9-10hours of work for the hefty pay, huge stocks and generous perks you get. But do you have a life ? Do you have a family ? Do you spend time with them ?

[@hometv2184]

Boring wholesale, wholesome boring

[@shivamsrivastava664]

9-10??? how On rare days people work for that long in such companies

[@CarlJohnson-iv7sn]

It's just strange!! You know I'm currently a student who's preparing for his upcoming interviews. I knew that principal sde is like the top level position you can achieve as an engineer. But after watching all these day in a life video I thought nah being an SWE at a good company will be enough for me as life is also about doing things you like other than work as I'm also a guy who has multiple hobbies (working out, playing guitar and recently I was thinking of starting doing videography and basketball). I thought principal SDEs won't get time for that and they're those super busy people who only focus on work all day. But after watching your video and seeing you saying that working out is a big part of your routine and seeing you learning tattooing and playing piano I realised that it's all about being focused and dedicated instead of saying that it's not for me. Thanks for this video. One of the most needed videos for me.

[@faruzzy]

Being a PE is also learning to delegate tasks. That's how you make time for yourself.

[@sbstorage95]

This was great to see and inspirational! From an aspiring SWE, thank you greatly

[@vmanor]

That balcony view looks both amazing and absolutely frightening

[@prakash_77]

Loved it! Your discipline is exemplary. Just watching it gave me those ABC vibes 😌

[@DavidByttow]

Thank you sir!

[@fbru02]

Nice crib . I expected at some point you will start "I believe in taking care of myself, and a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine."

[@kashyapkhatri2325]

Given your background, this channel is a gem. Thanks for your humility. I was wondering when can I expect to acquire your book on games, which I think you mentioned you were working on? Peace

[@santanu29]

Loved your video. I will be waiting for more. Thank you. I think I can now plan my day better and be more productive.

[@KhushayyyVlogs]

Thanks for the motivation ! Loved how you get your brain & body into doing multiple stuffs to be produtive as well as relax it.

[@DavidByttow]

Thank you!

[@Antonio-vf6lo]

Thank you for the insights!

[@creativeboy-7777]

How are you old? How many years it takes to be a principle engineer

[@BhaveshChandraRicky]

Your flat just looks awesome.

[@aurelianoyepez5107]

so inspirational man ! been following you for a while, abc !

[@johannsebastianbach3411]

What kinds of stuff do you play on the piano? Can you treat us to some of my preludes and fugues perhaps :D Loved the video!

[@marcusaureliusregulus2833]

Love your apartment, and the views ong

[@farajqdwry9451]

Subscribed and hit the bell icon, please make more of these videos man! please share more on how to grow one's software career from a midlevel to a principal engineer, again many thanks :)

[@RobinSingh-ms3zt]

A nice day, Piano is something I also like to listen to in my free time it just relaxes the mind.

[@retr0477]

First of all great vid bro :D Very refreshing. But secondly, living in Manhattan and having *that* view of the City...I really wonder how much the rent is there xD

[@ms6063]

Wholesome boring schedule ! I am Senior Principal Engg too & this is boring !

[@pratiktiwari5689]

My guys is coding in go, java and lua at the same time hahaha

[@QK_Engineer]

bro lives a perfect life

[@jordanb9363]

Dat view is to die for!! Do you mind sharing what's the rent of that place? Can understand if you don't want to

[@mxo3212]

thanks do more content like this waiting...

[@davidchang5862]

After typing the keyboard all day long, isn’t it taxing to type another kind of ‘keyboard’ ?

[@manjukitchenart1892]

How you became principal software engineer please explain me

[@XaeroDegreaz]

SE3 here -- there's no way I'd trust a princapee who drank decaf. Unless you wrote TS -- then maybe there could be a trust negotiation. Edit: Turkey bacon? Trust gained.

[@AbhishekTiwari-zr8vo]

windows vs macos vs linux? What would you prefer as a programmer

[@gtamantube]

What app are you using for your time block countdown?

[@pugilistking5606]

Man, you need to do video a again.

[@yashwanths9289]

Tell me one thing about your social life.. like you never spoke or met a person in the video. Other than meetings..

[@jmitesh01]

Woww! You really code Raft - amazing.

[@OyelajaOyekan]

GO,LUA, and JAVA? Sweet 💪

[@adipratapsinghaps]

No catching up with friends? No smoke breaks?

[@molehero]

what decaf coffee beans do you use?

[@bala1990krishna]

Could you share some information on the brand of your coffee grinder? Is it a Burr grinder?

[@reviewsfitness]

What’s the salary I seen a job in Miami saying $500k how do I learn

[@wildfire6866]

Make a video about your computer setup please

[@enter.netinfinity6136]

bruh how many languages u works on

[@Peter-xr4lc]

Thanks for this typical day disclosure. Small question: Does the principal engineer role really code generally?

[@lraoux]

thought the same thing when I found out a principal engineer spends < 20% coding on the job. I think this guy's mostly trying to self promote himself. Too bad he doesn't get laid.

[@atathakur8120]

Nice setup

[@tungvu4339]

u re the backend engineer right?

[@prakharrai114]

i also want to be a coder...m just a beginner....but honestly got a bit scared with wht u were coding....how will i do it?...will i be able to do it as well??

[@DavidByttow]

Everything seems scary before you understand it. Complexity can be broken down into pieces. I feel the same way when I watch surgery or a pilot sitting at the controls of a commercial jet. Seems extremely complex and scary, but I'm sure once you learn it, things fall into place and then it's a matter of practice and effort. Just get started!

[@ShamsudeenYusuf]

Same thing when I started..a lot of things sound so foreign to me...methods in Java was like the hardest thing to understand for me...but got better..and now I’m a software developer

[@prakharrai114]

@@DavidByttow True...Thanks a lot

[@prakharrai114]

@@ShamsudeenYusuf Nice...thnx

[@poopzassshit]

Ummm if you look at his coding he has variables like koopas and goombas Either he is trolling or he is developing a new Mario game.

[@eb3872]

Do you have a bachelors degree ?

[@bettybyttow7684]

Interesting

[@newtuber7414]

You have courses?

[@NurseSteve]

Great video ☺️ do you always drink decaf?

[@DavidByttow]

I'll sometimes throw some regular beans in there. But I also get my caffeine from EBOOST energy powder drink (about 110mg per packet)

[@concernedviewer6909]

Apartment tour with price info pretty please?

[@abijahnesbitt3402]

why so lonely :(

[@prageeth4855]

Kinda like eat(), code(), sleep, repeat (). But ain't we all?? Plus I do TM too. Key takeaway is mindfulness n blocks of time to do stuff 💯

[@cancer10in]

Coding in golang, java, lua what else is left ❤️

[@simprodigy]

also c++

[@khurshidjahan9102]

Wait, you don't watch KZbin?

[@DavidByttow]

haha

[@solidtux]

Beautiful apartment

[@SquirtleSquadee]

your apartment and lunch look sad

[@alexandrodisla6285]

Go java a lot of stuff

[@tungvu4339]

really nice apartment

[@GabrielBercea]

Man this video is useless, teaches you nothing about what it takes to be a principal engineer