A Week in the Life of a Monzo Developer #2 | Working from Home

[@gamersforever1585]

0:50 or a global pandemic

[@paulohenriquejunior1994]

Watching from a global pandemic now 05/2020 working at home

[@joeapplemac08]

Was about to say that 😀

[@dannyd9333]

Paused the video to check this comment as soon as he said work from home

[@muneebmukhthar4880]

True :)

[@KieranCrown]

Literally just about to say the same. I'm working from home until next year now due to the pandemic

[@jeremyshorter2641]

This aged pretty well

[@AnmeKazuto]

lol

[@vincentgilles8430]

Watching this in 2020: "It also helps us understand what would happen if the office disappeared like it burned down or something. Could everyone work remotely? Could things still happen?" Well I guess Monzo's figured it out by now X')

[@janekgroe6359]

0:50-1:00 anticipation skills 100/100

[@adamtak3128]

You're an inspiration man. I get so motivated after watching your videos :p Hope you can upload more often.

[@richardbagshaw929]

Blurring out your screens I 100% agree with, but blurring out Spotify smacks of guilty pleasures you're not willing to share haha :D

[@dionysialemonaki273]

This is so inspiring.. Monzo seems like the dream company to work for

[@paulc9021]

I love the insightfulness and how you personalise the video with the names of the people you work with it's so much more meaningful and personal. Keep up the good work you give Monzo a good rep. I doubt many other banks would even remotely allow their employees to vlog about them on youtube... It's made me become a customer.

[@matthewgiles5306]

I don't want these videos to stop!

[@Huy-ed2re]

I agree with other comments here. You are an inspiration. And I wish the bank I work for would also let ppl work remotely once every 2 weeks like this. Monzo seems like a good place

[@ianbradley7215]

Kudos for not actually standing up at the stand up. The concept came out of the idea that people don't like standing so will favour brief over concise. I skipped a few steps on the last bit, but that's how it ended up. Anyway, it looks like a nice environment. Culture makes a huge difference, all my favourite roles have been in organisations with great culture.

[@razvanilin]

Love the IKEA lamp at 6:42 . I always get that one whenever I move to a new city haha

[@louierichardson123]

I've got that exact lamp on my desk too! haha

[@kristoferhindersson]

I have no idea why this ended up in my recommendations but I really enjoyd watching these two videos about your experience working as a dev. I also work as a developerer (full stack mostly .Net/Angular) and it's interesting to get someone else's view.

[@MartinBoduroff]

you look like the most responsible 12 year old and for some reason I love it

[@afriendofsammy]

really enjoying these videos!

[@rajab4187]

Just coming back from your video on Cambridge Queen's interview You have changed over the years

[@PrasadMhatre]

Your predictions came true

[@mg33686]

Enjoying these vids.

[@pounro]

What ever happened to Cooking with Jake? Can you cook yet?!

[@almostanengineer]

Given the Pasta Sauce packets in the cupboard it’s highly unlikely 😣

[@Ghc902]

5:52 "Which costs about 800 pounds" lol I got a usb-c hub from Kickstarter and it has been working fine, it's so much easier to travel with

[@alexbetts1701]

This is a simply brilliant insight

[@chobase]

Never knew watching people work at home could be so satisfying ..what have I been doing.

[@omarahmed-dq1tt]

Keep doing it. it makes me motivated for Tech Career :) Thanks JAKE

[@MrJimis68]

Could you make a video on the salary you were getting and what you get now and how comfortable you are living in London

[@thedavidj1996]

Wait. Are you okay jake? You’re uploading within a week of your last video... 😂 Also hi ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@cjay2]

That's alright, they're still 6 months in the past. ;-P

[@LA-fr7fx]

The "A Week in the Life of a Monzo Developer" are something different to watch - thank you!

[@777shacob8]

YESS A JAKE WRIGHT VIDEO!!

[@lyndsayjones14]

love these vlogs

[@georgemarklow1240]

You lead a Scrum call quite confidently...well done.

[@chill4660]

I live for these weeks in life vlogs. Thnku jake

[@michaeldeng1981]

I like ur work station setup.

[@telanos2492]

Hey Jake, I'm just glad to see you check in so soon after your previous video - no matter whether you leave the apartment or not! Doing a short stint in Berlin sounds like a dream - I only wish I could do something similar in my job! Assuming this video isn't taking place 6 months ago, make sure you get some currywurst while you're in Berlin, and drop by the DDR museum if you have time for touristy stuff.

[@---nw9qu]

Enjoyed this one too! Please vlog on your trip!

[@samu10k91]

Where is Claudio tho?😏

[@veryrichgoldman]

cool... I work with same business back in 2018.. we are using .net

[@chrisgeorge3345]

Hey new to your channel, I like the real content. Lucky you have a work place that’s letting you do this. One thing though your home desk set up needs a bit of work that cabling and all that stuff you had to plug in it hurt my eyes. There’s so really good things you can get to tidy up your work space and not break the bank!

[@maverickmadison7392]

Oh, handsome boy posted another Vlog XD

[@karthikkumar5529]

You’re the OG Cambridge vlogger XD

[@thoames]

Visit the sony centre in berlin!

[@CiprianHanga]

The dude on the All Hands looks like a very proper geek.

[@RUMD3X]

Watching this during my lunch time at my home office day 😂

[@lisaylin]

Hope you enjoyed Berlin. x

[@younesouzou6562]

Hello Jake frome Morocco really like your vedio

[@tofraley]

Important issue here... it looks like your bread doesn't fully fit in your toaster. Is your bread long, or is your toaster short?

[@mikekibet1786]

"if offices disappear one day", And they did

[@eleanorcollin5782]

My main source of motivation to try and get into the industry nowadays is derived from these vlogs

[@lii2465]

What playlist at Spotify do you listen while coding?

[@LwsNun]

Thanks Monzo is great!

[@sai_kumar_maladi]

Keep posting jake

[@rithvikgujjula1400]

also what music is this? It's really good, while you're coding.

[@vishalsuryawanshi3813]

What to do to be like you?

[@atomek1000]

when you go to Berlin is that done like a business trip so expensed and stuff or you're going on your own and just working remotely?

[@entername6055]

atomek1000 he might be going there on company expense and not his ....

[@RicoGalassi]

see you use slack. We use it too at my work and it's lit

[@amandashen4642]

You look so great on this T-shirt!!!

[@chriselliottux]

Did you go to the graphql event in Berlin? Went to that last year

[@richgold3630]

I love being able to work from home. A couple of years ago when the north had really bad floods our office was basically made redundant and everyone had to work from home during repairs. It was a shock for those who always worked from the office but great that we could all pick up where we left off without too much disruption. I only recently discovered your channel, I've watched loads if your videos and keep getting ads about start ups and remote office spaces!

[@dm-im3pv]

Tresor on the friday to start the weekend off

[@kart800]

love this vlogs, hope you do get more WFH days. i would love to do that but for me being in IT Support its hard to do WFH but i do like the office environment better

[@StuHolland]

You didn’t mention the one side effect of working from home..... endless tugs!

[@bYTeHeaD]

What tech stack do you use on your work? Just curious. 😊

[@ethanflowerday]

What was that black dongle that you plugged your earbuds into?

[@OyelajaOyekan]

You said that adapter costs 800pounds? Like it could buy a 2017 macbook air?

[@fonejacker0]

How do you work with the magic mouse? I find it terrible to use.

[@samtuneful]

what is the track at 10:28? Shazaam not picking it up :(

[@driziiD]

no PM present for the StandUp? what PM software ?

[@abdullahalaujan4249]

T hank you jake for such a useful content, like, share, and subscribe.

[@kenechukwuagugua9594]

Hi jake, just graduated and I’m trying to apply at monzo for a remote position but I’m not sure who to address the cover letter to. Any help would be very much appreciated (and maybe a few pointers too, hehe). Thanks

[@MrTranton]

What do you use to connect the two external monitors?

[@kevinkkirimii]

I am still on the 800 pounds apple adapter. How and why ?

[@wab2534]

His flat looks so fucking nice. Anyone know where this is?

[@amandashen4642]

BTW, Where is Claudio? I think he should be at the apartment and miss him

[@nandandesai6524]

what programming language/framework do you use at Monzo?

[@Bigzyg]

golang

[@Bigzyg]

@Seun Akinmukomi golang is very quick for a garbage collected language, and works very well with distributed systems

[@mgjulesdev]

@Seun Akinmukomi There's a presentation by Monzo on Golang on KZbin. You'll get a better insight why this bank is bet on Golang.

[@mgjulesdev]

@Seun Akinmukomi Correction. There's quite a lot of videos from guys at Monzo. lol

[@almostanengineer]

Jules Michael yup, they do live streams a few times a month too, this is the most open bank I’ve ever known, and that one of the reasons I love them 😁

[@ArtificialBanana]

The guy with the wool hat made me chuckle. Interesting dress code you’ve got there. 😄

[@steven_bkk]

Most places are doing away with dress codes now. I worked in a large bank in Australia and they introduced a "Dress for your day" code a few years ago. If you had no important meetings or any customer facing stuff you could wear shorts and a tshirt if you pleased. These changes are a must as conventional corporate environments move more towards tech and want to attract top tech talent out of university etc... Good Engineers are in high demand and if they have the choice between going to work for a cool tech company or be chained to a desk and wear a suite every day, what do you think they will choose? So therefore older companies are overhauling their culture to try and compete before they all die out.

[@aliyhai5761]

I have a question about how to use my keyboard and use all the shortcut without changing the languages I searched for a solution but I didn't find .would you help me? thank you

[@TheFootballPlaya]

when did you start coding? and any tips for someone with a little exposure to programming, but not much, and currently in university for computer sci?

[@danian686]

where are you? usa, england?

[@yandelyano]

Did he say that the adapter costs 800 pounds?

[@sixty3890]

Jake how did you learn how to code ?

[@gregoriousquesnel6303]

I’m curious- what gear are you using to shoot these vlogs?

[@jakewrightnet]

Links are in the description

[@ImranHussain-cc3ot]

Do monzo have google standards for hiring or is it like any other medium sized business?

[@MarcosSilva-yr5ot]

is it claudio just your flatmate?

[@lewisjones284]

Why is your toaster so small?

[@pdyck]

What's that app with the big N at the bottom right at 1:33?

[@albert91tgn]

Notion

[@namahshrestha3226]

Notion. Amazing tool dude. You should use it.

[@MegaAkash123456]

Are you guys using any ML to make the loan lending decisions?

[@sinogarcon]

So you are working like credit control?

[@AK-Star007]

Wow two videos in short time! Jake feeling lonely or no work at office ;)

[@adesilekazeem9475]

Do u understand the title of the video at all? 🤔

[@rithvikgujjula1400]

How do different Mac screens pop up, if you only have one Mac, I need an explanation. Explain to me like a layman

[@glennismade]

Rithvik Gujjula it’s just multiple monitors. Extending the display across several physical screens. It’s old school technology these days. I can’t imagine working without at least two. (Ideally 3/4).

[@tanmoydeb9303]

Your website is not working.

[@noxious7296]

Every Wednesday People gather to present what they have been working on so, is that like the Scrum meeting or something else?

[@Rafa199611]

Working till 9pm... what a wonderful life.

[@ChompPlaysFifa]

Is your work MacBook Pro a 13” or 15”? Also what specs do you run?

[@jakewrightnet]

We get a choice between 13" and 15". I have a 13" 2017 MBP, 3.5GHz i7, 16GB memory, Intel 650 graphics.

[@ChompPlaysFifa]

Jake Wright thanks for replying! I’m late joining your channel, but really enjoying your videos and very motivational. If you were to choose again, would you still pick the 13” model? Or go for the 15?

[@jakewrightnet]

@@ChompPlaysFifa I'd still go for the 13" because it's easier to carry around

[@rockeyrocket1224]

Dam, I thought if there is a work from home day we would get to see Jake in his boxer shorts.

[@strati5phere]

agile seems cool :)

[@RobinHayer]

Get blue light filter glasses.

[@shanemcinally7092]

Hello Jake, I'm interested in becoming a back-end engineer, and I'm curious what does it feel like to work in a big company, are there any stresses that you didn't expect. My question is what did you learn to enjoy and what did you learn to manage? Anyways, not sure if you'll see this message. I love your vlogs, they are very insightful to someone who hasn't started working yet.

[@kh5lil]

One question: do you guys do stand ups every morning at Monzo?

[@jakewrightnet]

Depends on the team but most do, yes.

[@ExpatTraderFX]

What tech and language's are you using at this job?

[@stephfh]

Monzo uses GoLang for their application. ;)

[@driziiD]

1:33 we've got him folks. the man isn't using vscode. unacceptable. simply unacceptable.

[@jakewrightnet]

I use Goland most of the time

[@Agent8923]

5:48 THE SHADE

[@pehash]

I know mant pointed it out, but lol @ 0:55 in 2020