Are you sabotaging your coding career?

[@OneBlurryLens]

When I was making my way through the wonderful world of IT support, I had to deal with toxic coworkers who loved nothing more than to give condescending non-answers and be reading people for asking questions. This to say, I stopped asking questions but still pressed on. Over 20 years later, those kinds of people still exist out there but the response should be the same. Ignore them, press on and learn as much as you can.

[@TheCoderCoder]

Thanks for sharing your experiences! There's definitely toxic people out there. Great advice 🔥

[@virtuoso513]

@@TheCoderCoder yes

[@vinayaksahu6301]

This is actually pretty helpful cause I'll be joining the IT support job in a few months as I'm preparing for it now.

[@TheJacklwilliams]

I've dealt with this throughout my career. The best reaction, is to note the behavior, and move on. The people who "share information" become a sort of virtual team and the ones who don't? Everyone knows, and sees. Everything I've ever learned I gave away for free. For every mentor that gave me assistance I mentored two others.

[@rebeccapowell9319]

@@TheJacklwilliams how long you been in web development?

[@quincylarsonmusic]

"There are times when your inexperiences isn't as big deal as you think it is. It's OK to say 'I don't know how to do this but I can try to figure it out.'" Sage advice.

[@piusijachi2763]

The king of sages

[@piusijachi2763]

The king of sages

[@TitaniumTronic]

Only real Chads can actually say that, I'd be scared af

[@kennygunderman]

This editing is insane 🤯🤯

[@FilipeDeschamps]

OMG, perfect thumbnail, perfect editing and perfect content. Master piece Coder Coder 🤝

[@thej9898]

Now, this video is the perfect example of how sometimes I imagine a cinematic tutorial could have done.

[@TheCoderCoder]

thanks so much!!

[@Flokoli1]

@@TheCoderCoder I don't know if you realize how dope and unique what you did with this video is I'm absolutely blown away

[@jagggyjazz8010]

@@TheCoderCoder Had so much fun laughing while you were fighting yourself

[@5saydeez5]

Wow. The timing is impeccable. I was literally contemplating walking out of my dev job today 😂 I’m at my first job out of bootcamp and my lead is super supportive and helpful. However I feel like I’m a burden to him for always asking questions and taking longer to do things.

[@TheCoderCoder]

I've been in that exact situation! I'm glad your lead is supportive-- that makes such a huge difference.

[@JennyMackintosh]

This is spot on. As a Product Manager, thinking back on the engineers I’ve loved working with the most, seniority isn’t really a big factor. If you’re transparent, curious, organized, and let your ego take a back seat, I know you’re someone I’ll want to work with over & over.

[@TheCoderCoder]

Oh hey Jenny!!! Thanks!! And also thanks for sharing your insight 🔥

[@ezekieldujambi8427]

I'm saving this comment as an advice for life in general.

[@SL_G]

The Thumbnail and the edits on the video is lit 🔥 👌

[@TheCoderCoder]

Thanks so much!

[@kriscollins1541]

As an asian woman in tech, I`m in my third-year of coding and i have struggled with these sabotaging behaviors, especially in the beginning when i first started off. This is great advice that i can see myself applying towards my job and even life in general. Thank you.

[@TheCoderCoder]

Thanks for sharing! Yeah things like that are so hard to get past. But I wish you the best of luck in your coding career!!!

[@TheJacklwilliams]

Here's an interesting phenomen as well. I liken it to "stage fright". For some performers, it's always present, throughout their careers. I've learned no less than 20 technologies over the course of 25 years in the business. You'd think as you shift focus, and pick up a new skill, this imposter syndrome would disappear yet it lurks. It's bs, the ego, whispering to you in the darkness. Ignore it, it never brings anything good to the table. When you spend a lifetime learning and work in this business you'll be learning for a lifetime. Frankly, that's my favorite part of it and most daunting part at the same time.

[@theshermantanker7043]

Wait a minute, Kris Collins? Would you happen to know the comedian with the exact same name as you by any chance?

[@geminibutchval]

As a self-taught coder, feeling like an imposter sucks. Great video!

[@crystalclearwx]

To be honest, this was EXACTLY the video I needed to stumble upon today. Just started my first developer job on Monday, and I am feeling all of this so hard right now. Thank you so much for making this video. I probably need to just play this on repeat for a bit.😊

[@personalgamedevyt9830]

Even a few years in after graduating and having a job in software engineering I feel this way sometimes with my inner self. You're 100% with your points. I've been fortunate being on teams and having coworkers who are want to help one another and treat each other with respect. There is no competition, and I 100% agree that the worst thing you can do is choose to hinder yourself and your team by stagnating yourself due to fear, even the smallest improvement is still improvement; what you'll be tomorrow is better than you were to today, and the potential you can be in a year continuing consistently may create someone who will be on the other side helping a coworker improve. Thank you for the talk, these videos are nice to have in the background after work sometimes to destress or quell bad thoughts that have no actual weight.

[@timbittins]

You are kick-ass! Want to see you vs the net-ninja. Thanks for all your supportive content.

[@daniyellaharmon]

Your editing is amazing Jessica!! I've definitely been sabotaging myself lately at my new dev job. I sometimes wonder how I even got the job and I feel like I annoy my senior devs 🙃 but I know its all part of the process. Thank you for the great content as always!

[@rebeccapowell9319]

I'm so nervous

[@daniyellaharmon]

@@rebeccapowell9319 it's totally normal to be nervous just know it's all part of your learning process! Your senior devs aren't going to expect you to know everything they know. Also learning on the job is a HUGE skill I've developed and asking many questions. If I can get a job, you definitely can too! Goodluck on your journey 🥺

[@raindrop2407]

I'm 28 years old and I just started learning about Web Development in hopes to become a Software Engineer. Your videos are a great motivator for me to continue studying it while working full time. I also believe you have the best content in terms of quality both in information and video production!

[@noahyannis2465]

how's it going?

[@Hoz-vk3sg]

Almost a year had past, how you doing? Hope you doing well.

[@chukwudiogudo5379]

@raindrop2407 one year after...any update?

[@botondrostas]

Awesome advice! I myself struggle(d) with being too defensive about my work / opinions, it's a huge achievement / relief to learn to step back and truly embrace feedback regardless if it's positive or negative.

[@kenosabi]

Always solid. Plus those edits were on point.

[@shreeram_kulkarni]

This video has a pretty simple message. But it felt so good after watching it. Clearly the efforts put in this video (may it be editing, sound, pace of speech) made it special.

[@EddyVinck]

Incredible intro. Being a team player and communicating well is so important.

[@BabyBedtimeASMR]

Just started learning code, when learning something new and get stuck I start thinking that I’m not good enough, even though Iv only been learning a few months and shouldn’t be so hard on myself. Really needed this!

[@jamiuadesina1226]

Thanks for this great content coder coder, this is one of the most useful video I've ever watched. I've been a designer for about 2 years, now I'm transitioning into web development. Your videos has helped me a lot with starting out. Thanks so much!

[@Arjun-yj1es]

Jess is back with a bang!! Please make videos weekly twice I love your all videos

[@TheCoderCoder]

thanks so much!

[@ebinpaul92]

Wow this was a much needed video. I'm still at an early stage in my career, and after watching this made me realise a lot things that I saw others doing (and sometimes did myself) will potentially damage my career.

[@alfredpeter2404]

I am glad I've seen this video going into next year!

[@acidset]

Thanks, this gave me some confidence and motivation. A good reminder to always be open to accepting and asking for constructive feedback.

[@ngoako]

I relate so much to the part about not asking for help sooner. I think to myself that I can get it done and then end up taking longer than expected. I'm working on finding a balance to not come off as lazy/annoying for asking for help because of little to no research or coming off as being slow by insisting on solving whatever I'm stuck on on my own. Great to have you back 👌

[@TheCoderCoder]

That's a tough balance to find, for sure!! Best of luck, and thank you for watching!

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

@@TheCoderCoder A funny situation I once encountered was assuming that all I needed was an html video tag with a clip in (across the site) when what we really needed was that plus *implementing video transcoding* which is a far greater project. It did not go over well.

[@TheCoderCoder]

@@cyberneticbutterfly8506 yikes!!

[@TheTechHubSisters]

The intro is fire!!!! 🔥🔥

[@DellzDen]

HOLY SH&* !!!!! I love you so much for that Mortal Kombat Intro!!! how the hell could I resist subscribing after that!! now to finish the rest of the video lol

[@JaisonPrince]

I am not sure how you knew but this video is helping me recover. I was feeling inadequate and like an imposter yesterday. I thought I should just quit. Thank you so much for this🙏🙏🙏

[@PoppaPatty]

Im new and wanting to change my career to coding. Your videos are by far the best I've come across. From the knowledge to the editing skills. Top notch content. Love it!! Thank you so much!

[@rohaansahu2924]

I bow to the maker(s) and editor(s) . I thank you all for putting so much effort into an educational video, that's on a free public platform.

[@ltatianaobandorecalde3932]

Good fight, Jess! 💪 haha I love it! Thank you for sharing this. I am starting my path as a new developer and appreciate all your videos and advice.

[@TheCoderCoder]

I'm so glad I can help! Best of luck as you start out!

[@Nick..M]

Everything you just talked about in your intro is what I went through in my first corporate job as a developer. I actually gave into the negative self-pressure and got an escape. Trying to return back into coding with new knowledge about this situation to avoid history repeating itself and just self-motivation. Great Vid!!

[@claudettebentley]

Great video Coder Coder! If I could add a tip as someone who has been in the industry a long time. When you feel you have exhausted all your google options and you need to talk to a senior developer 1) let them know all you researched, but keep it short, so they know you made a good faith effort to figure it out on your own. And 2) which is most important, show that you look at them as a person of authority and experience and that you hope to learn from them. Ok. don't say it like that but make sure to give compliments. Not fake ones but sincere ones. If you notice a developer that is great documentation or commenting their code let them know. Or if someones code is so clean you can eat off of it let them know. For the most part I think team members are helpful and if you come without ego and you are willing to learn that is what is most important in your career and also life.

[@fc6827]

13 years experience here. I agree with everything you've said here

[@thedevguild7525]

Love your 3 points! I totally agreed that it is not easily getting to terms with oneself on our lack of proficiency, and if we get past it, we could progress more smoothly

[@arafaterasung3280]

That MK intro was all I needed to understand everything you said. Thanks a lot.

[@JohnWickXD]

Your video making skills are awesome seriously!

[@jayktharwani9822]

Your personality is filled with positive vibes. Stay blessed and grateful for the tips.

[@kevinkkirimii]

Being defensive about my work is a pitfall I have had to work on. Thank you for sharing.

[@BindiLives]

Lots of love dear . I'm resuming my career after almost 13 years living the life of house wife. You are very encouraging . Hopefully I will be able to make one end to end website soon to showcase in interview . Yes , No fear , No Shame -- as you said !!!

[@olive3024]

I wish you all the best. Hope you fly higher and higher in the world of coding and learning, and never go back. no woman should be resigned to doing mundane and consuming work serving her family every day without physical paying back.

[@nxte8506]

Thank you so much. I’m currently struggling to implement a custom router for react with shared element transition capabilities. I’ve been stuck for the past couple of days and falling into this trap. Man this was encouraging.

[@dagogouranta5583]

your editing skills have gone next level !

[@pranavgoel29]

I might have gone through all these stages and, now when I think about them I feel stupid (haha), really good animation in the starting and solution or ways one can improve are good too always find your videos helpful in someway or another.🤗 Having a cool and calm mind can really help too.

[@TheCoderCoder]

Hey Pranav, thanks for watching!! I've gone through all those stages personally too, I think it's normal!

[@IsmaeIGomez]

thanks for the advices

[@ahmadelbullock4432]

I see myself in you in many ways. You are the one developer who always gives me hope. Thank you.

[@joshfield3749]

This is super relatable alot of those things have been preventing me from working for someone else but after watching this it's changed my mind alot as I worry about being inexperienced as a self-taught developer so much that I see jobs come up and don't go for them. Not anymore!!!

[@topfunt7043]

This is Honestly good and self explanatory. Not only in tech, but many industry as well ♥️

[@wcandillon]

this is getting out of control and I am here for it ☺️

[@TheCoderCoder]

Haha thank you William!

[@TheNinjatsu]

That intro tho XD so hilarious and right to the point I respect the amount of effort she puts on her video. Keep them coming !

[@ChristAlone_3]

Newbie to coding; currently undergoing a bootcamp for software engineering; great content and great video ❤

[@personalgamedevyt9830]

I agree wholeheartedly with these tips. I work at a company that has brilliant engineers, client service representatives, and overall staff members. We're all team members, and we aren't competing against each other. I've been a software engineer after graduating for over two years now, I still feel like the dumbest person in the room with my inner demons I always battle; but I know I'm not the only one, I know my teammates want to help me as I would them, and I know that everything new is a challenge I'll struggle and dread but will become stronger for and be able to help my team because of it.

[@cazterk]

Great stuff 😊, trying to grow as a junior developer and this is timely

[@cdey3886]

HOW!!!! You deserve way more than you get! Not only for quality, but for also being a great tutorial that really help us! Thank you!

[@TheCoderCoder]

Thanks so much!

[@mustafakursun5870]

Passed through the same and learned all these points in hard ways. Great content, coder coder.

[@adityabikramarandhara9477]

One of the best motivational video for developers I have seen today. Thanks 😊

[@Jaybearno]

Fantastic video. Self sabotage is a huge blindspot for engineers because.. we're logical! why would we ever sabotage ourselves? One thing I would respectfully add: Be aware of the knowledge domain and skill levels of others you work with. Just because you spent 200 hours in an area doesn't mean others have. Distill information to the appropriate level, and do not be short tempered with others around you that don' have the same knowledge.

[@hajimeippo804]

Your contents are getting better and better with time, thank you for the information ❤️

[@caravan1996]

Hey just found out your channel today, watched some of your videos, really great stuff, not just useful but also your content has just so much personality shining through, i really like that, i am from Non tech stream, just interested in web development.

[@kenjimiwa3739]

Great video covering important topics at work. Keep up the good work!

[@dorutu]

High production value as always, good job!!!

[@dupontlai4241]

this is so reassuring thank you so much i really feel like i don’t belong or that i will never know enough sometimes

[@AnujSingh-wt4qg]

I am going to save this video in my "motivation" playlist !!

[@sreeramp6688]

Much needed one, as I am going through this same situation. Appreciate it. Thanks for the motivation ❤️👌

[@bonaventureokoli7988]

The intro made me to sub immediately cos watttt??, its the effort for me.

[@jefdevelops.385]

I loved the way you fought yourself. I had the issue of feeling like i wasnt good enough but one day i was on a live coding session and the guy said its always confusing for him to use something like margin: 0px 4px 5px 0px, he rather specify them all at once. Due to his experience i realised its fine fopr me not to know what seemed so small for me. From there, i conquer projects with no fear!

[@murugarajuperumalla5508]

Very much appreciated, thanks ❤️

[@TheCoderCoder]

thanks for watching!

[@sonalilakal9341]

Omg your editing is so cool

[@TheCoderCoder]

Thanks so much!

[@sellimenes]

This is a great video for me too. Thank you! I am just checking LinkedIn listings for front-end jobs and it makes me feel like I am so much far from what they are expecting from a junior... I don't have anyone else to compare with myself. So... Hope I will find a CS job at the end.

[@vladimir_dev]

Wow, the production level is insane 🤯🤯🤯

[@Genix-Js]

Thank you coder coder, I love you and this content. God bless

[@itayhaephrati]

That's amazing! This video is so important

[@salekinimran7590]

Wow what an amazing effect and great advice , keep it up

[@aisandboxmusic]

I just found your channel and is helping more than I could expected. Thank you, really.

[@Mohammadr3za97]

i just started coding after a few years of strangling whit myself about it and to be honest your videos give me so much confidence to learn coding faster and be serious about it . thank you so much ❤️❤️

[@hassan_codes]

That's a sick thumbnail! Love it!

[@mooshu-e4k]

Yo that video at 1:50 seems WAY too real LOL Love the intro and video :D

[@ezekieldujambi8427]

Thanks. The points you have highlighted can be applied to all areas of life.

[@Aireekuh62523]

Wow, another video that is right on the money for me and exactly what I have been needing. I am a junior WordPress developer and just completed my first year at a small agency. A year ago they fired the lead dev two months into me being their. I wasn't experienced enough to take over all the custom builds so they contracted out, asked me to help with the interview process and I cut my teeth on maintenance tasks and smaller ACF template builds and feature mods. When they hired a new senior dev, He was the best choice but seemed offended to be interviewed by me, not a position I wanted to be in and we just didn't see to gel at all. Things have gotten better, I received two raised during my first year and the senior dev and I have finally started meeting regularly for mentoring once a week and I finally got a chance to take lead on a build. I wasn't fast enough to get it done on my own and that was a blow to my ego but we are working as a team and I am thinking about getting some private one-one coaching sessions on my own as well. My self-taught journey has been long and arduous and I don't feel I get things as quickly as others do but I love what I do so I always look to improve in anyway I can and keep at it. I have a life and happiness I never had before and I want to keep going. Appreciate all of your content. Thank you.

[@TheCoderCoder]

Good luck with your career and working with the senior dev. Sounds like you're doing very well and learning a lot! ACF is a lifesaver with WordPress.

[@johannesperez9548]

Totally true! thanks for the video! 🙂

[@hibamariam4405]

this is soooo relatable...thanks for this video

[@CookieeCutter]

Great production and relatable as always! This is exactly why I'm proud to financially support you. Keep up the amazing work :)

[@MBXD001]

Cannot waiiit for your responsive web design course!!!

[@ax-coding631]

Very encouraging and motivating video, thank you!

[@maksim7683]

Great video and insane editing!

[@zibusisosiso-sibanda7649]

Awesome Vid. Loved the intro and advice

[@diegocortesf6369]

WOOOW This video has soooo much quality! Congrats! And thank youu so much for your content!

[@TheCoderCoder]

thank you!!

[@cryofwill1416]

TY SO MUCH, I WAS FEELING WORTHLESS so baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad thanks for clear my mind ♥

[@nickz2765]

Thank You Ms. Coder for the content.. I was striving to learn Python to make way in my new career.. i was a technician before in a food machine industry and i was thinking of changing my career due to pandemic...

[@Codermiguel]

These are all really good and helpful tips!

[@sebipoiana1768]

OMG, EVERYTHING YOU SAID ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME!!! I was my inner demon all this time! Your video for this topic is so accurate you described 90% of my entire struggle! There are 2 more sabotage signs that I say must be added to this topic: 1. When you said 'a little more hours' - the inner demon will say ' a couple of days' without specifying how many days bcs for you, it may never be finished. Lack of confidence in your capability to understand a task before you even start researching it is a sign that I have been struggling with and it made me hesitate in coding anything until another developer joined me. I felt that I couldn't even write the '' tags properly when starting a project! So yes, one scenario is 'EXTREME Lack of Confidence and Hesitation' - both together bcs they go hand-in-hand. 2. You mentioned about 'not asking for help at all'. There are two sides to this same coin. Asking for too much help. and this was caused by the previous step I described. You DO indeed become more annoying and the answers that they provided were the ones you were in fact going to do yourself! My senior was like 'if you already knew the answer, then why call me?' - I ended up pissing off my senior who was also a good buddy and he didn't want to answer my Team calls. 😢 So yes, these are the last 2 sabotaging scenarios based o my own experience. Hope this helps contribute to the already amazing content you provided! :)

[@emmyleke7049]

Great advice! Thank you

[@SoftwareJournal]

Great combos and great video, Coder!

[@AhmedMOHAMED-hl1hd]

thank you i really needed to hear that specially that in that situation right now

[@archiem6323]

Wow! That was amazing, great content too. Love your videos. 🤗👍

[@joanaramosque]

I'm currently struggling with that, in my first year as a junior developer. thank you so much for this video 🙏🏻💆🏻‍♀️👩🏻‍💻💪🏻

[@gabrielaelizabeth5931]

This video is so good! Oh and very relatable. Thanks for the great advice and awesome content.

[@coachbrendonchannel]

Thank you miss coder coder. I think your idea of not self sabotaging your own career also applies to all types of career. Willing to step out of our comfort zone and be humble to accept challenges is definitely a growth mindset. 😍 And awesome editing by the way

[@aliubenedict9380]

Thanks for this amazing video, it lifted my spirit.

[@edberaga]

seriously coder coder. You really creative at making thumbnail and videos! this thumbnail video is so funny ahhahaaha