Get ahead of 99% of software engineers in JUST a few minutes per day

[@nneddenn6207]

That was really inspiring speech, Scott. Thank you for that. I'm senior dev, but I got burnt out and stuck in my career, because I didn't learn more. Now, I see new possibilities and started to learning and improving again. Consistent work, every day - is a good principle

[@Scott_Stern]

Thanks for watching and commenting! We all get burnt out. Check out my Gitlab open source videos. It’s super nice getting to contribute to something new with such impact with awesome devs. Email me from the bio page any time if you need anything 🎉🎉🎉

[@Etcher]

This is good advice. It reminds me of the excellent principles outlined in Atomic Habits. Doing a small bit everyday will compound.

[@Scott_Stern]

Thank you! Exactly great parallel. Compound interest is king

[@MBAnoBrainer_GMATPrep]

I could relate a lot to your story of wanting to develop software in Silicon Valley and, coincidentally, I’m applying much of your advices. Thank you for sharing the way!

[@Scott_Stern]

Thanks for watching. Good luck! Let me know if I can help

[@aydin7514]

I see why some people are saying this video is a waste of time because they don't get it but for me it was the best video I watched. thanks for sharing your experience.

[@Scott_Stern]

Thank you so much for watching. Let me know if you need anything

[@TheKyle1223]

This is better than 99% of software engineering videos

[@Scott_Stern]

@@TheKyle1223 I 100 percent appreciate it

[@JustinBishop]

ive graduated IT programming last month, blockchain internship, killer reference letter, 7 interviews this past 45 days. im close i can feel it. been getting interviews as senior positions even though im new. Ive been grinding. as soon as i bag this SWE job im gonna make a video like this. Nice one mate!

[@Scott_Stern]

@@JustinBishop keep going man. Let me know if you need anything. Great job

[@tvcomputer1321]

dude sounds like you are "with it" and that you "have got it" if you know what i mean. i dunno how to communicate the intangible personality traits that seem to bubble up in you and make this stuf come naturally to you. it all sounds so sensible and reasonable. thank you for the inspiration - i've just felt like i've plateaued along this mediocre level for well over a decade, and kinda been ok with where i'm at but starting to feel like so much potential is just being wasted on my part. i look at you and see what i could have been if i applied myself better. i know its not too late either but its hard to not think what could have been. important to move forward though. thanks again.

[@Scott_Stern]

Thanks for watching! We all have things where we have dropped the ball. Tons of things I could have done better faster. Start small. Commit to something small every week. Like contributing to your favorite libraries documentation or getting involved in their issues and help new people with context etc. it’s all how much effort you wanna put in. Email me in the about page if you need anything. Again…sincerely thank you for watching and commenting. So good to hear from you

[@UNKNWN96]

My most recent job got hit with layoffs and unfortunately I wasn’t able to survive it (it was my first job where I was able to write code processionally). If I was able to get the last job in this market, I’m confident I can do it again. Appreciate the advice, gonna grind and keep pushing towards my goal!

[@Scott_Stern]

@@UNKNWN96 sorry that happened. You got the first one out of the way which is HUGE! You’ve done it before. You’ll do it again. Make sure you keep the skill up. My first big job I got laid off in under 3 months. It was such a big hit to my ego. Just keep going. You’ll get there. Let me know if I can help

[@divyanshubhardwaj2835]

This motivated me a lot at the time of my so called 'great struggle' to find a job. Thank you for the de-hazing

[@Scott_Stern]

Give me a rundown of your experience and where you’re at

[@Scott_Stern]

@@divyanshubhardwaj2835 also thanks for watching and comments. Means a lot

[@divyanshubhardwaj2835]

@@Scott_Stern Thanks for your reply! I am currently in India, in last year of my Comp. Science degree. I have not done any open-source yet as I don't have enough confidence. But I have made various projects in domain of 'Web Development' and 'Deep Learning(RL specific)'. I also got funds for my project through my uni. and did my internship under a good prof. from Binghamton university. But I am stuck with no luck in my job applications, ig I fell into deep spiral of rejections. Thank you for you time though, this video motivated me to start with open-source, at least understanding which pull-requests are merged.

[@divyanshubhardwaj2835]

@@Scott_Stern Thanks for the reply! I am currently in India finishing(final year) my Computer Science degree. I didn't do any open-source yet, as do not have much confidence. However, I did various projects in the domain for s/w development and machine learning(Reinforcement Learning). Which includes projects which I got fund from my uni and Internship under a good prof. from Binghamton University. But I ended up in rejection spiral, no luck with my job applications. Thank you for your time, after the video I am thinking of diving into open-source projects, even if it means I have to just learn which pull requests got merged and why. I think I somehow forgot that learning & growing was the main motive all along, this video bought me back ig to that mentality.

[@Scott_Stern]

@@divyanshubhardwaj2835 how are you aplying? Open source is a net positive time investment for your career

[@antikoerper256]

Respect, solid advice, this year I took my 1st steps into self-teaching myself Python through books. Dont know where this will take me, but its a sound advice no matter the sphere of learning. Bless you and stay well!

[@Scott_Stern]

Congrats! Thats a huge step. For every thing you learn in the book apply it to code youll learn 100x faster. Email is open. Email me with any questions. Keep crushing it

[@francheeze]

im the top one but from the other side of the bell curve

[@Scott_Stern]

What do you mean

[@Happyduderawr]

​@@Scott_Stern they means they are the bottom 1%.

[@k-yo]

Great motivational advice! Glad KZbin recommended this, it came just at the right time for me!

[@Scott_Stern]

Appreciate you. Dont hesitate to let me know things youre struggling with so i can fit it into my content schedule.

[@discipline_humble_lucky]

Nice video boss, I like this topic, do more and I will be watching you while I eat!

[@Scott_Stern]

Thanks! Whatcha eating? Anything good?

[@imqqmi]

By that logic 99% of people are just lazy lol! I never had much problems finding a job, usually send out 10-20 job applications. Get 5 invites and 2 offers on average. Even when I was just starting out. It was still a struggle and hard work though. I think the best way to handle it is to consider your job as a problem and apply your problem solving skills. Apply how agile deals with back/sprint log,create tasks, prioritize them, sort by highest value ones at the top, work your way down the list with absolute tanacity. Anything you're bad at, find info, learn and improve, try again. Find ways around your weaknesses or confront head on. Break it down in small bites and keep eating your way down the list. If you can't even solve the problem of not getting a job or experience, you may not be up for the job as a developer. Solving problems should be in your blood.

[@Scott_Stern]

I think all people are lazy. The trick is finding ways to still be productive. Thanks for the comment. Imo you’re totally right. If you’re not getting a job figure out why. Optimize for that iterate

[@kebman]

I know one of these top 1% coders. He's so socially chafing that the company gave him a huge bonus to not come to work. The more remote work he did, the more he was paid.

[@Scott_Stern]

Sounds like a nice gig

[@msilence2009]

It starts with having at least average IQ.. But nobody talks about this, bc it may offend somebody. But in reality this can save somebody.

[@Scott_Stern]

This gets into some weird territory but i truly believe growth mindset and EQ is more important than IQ. Also people that care about what they’re doing are always great at what they do. This is just my experience tho. Thank you for watching and commenting

[@rushas]

This felt like a click bait

[@rushas]

I mean the "you'll get better if you work harder" mentality is the obvious solution most of the time. So the video title is bold but the video is like stating the obvious.

[@Scott_Stern]

Thanks for watching. Taking action is surprisingly harder than you think. What you take action on is equally as important as taking action and using data to back your decisions.

[@talktotask-ub5fh]

Nice video. Realistic content. Thanks for sharing. Regards from Brazil.

[@Scott_Stern]

Obrigado ;) Thanks for watching!

[@musaifbangi8705]

Ohk I want to become your disciple

[@Scott_Stern]

lol welcome to the chsnnel

[@yd8874]

- How to get ahead of 99%? - I don't have a clue. But I want to waste your time.

[@Scott_Stern]

:))) thanks for watching

[@NA-Zerosteel]

To be honest, the video doesn’t say 'How to.' It’s more like a call to action, but yes, indeed, it’s deceiving. well 6 minutes only, i lost that time all the time.

[@Scott_Stern]

@@NA-Zerosteeldidn’t learn anything?

[@NA-Zerosteel]

​@@Scott_Stern I'm more inclined to say no, but it's good information. Personally, I didn't take much from this particular video, but I'll check your other videos. I'm sure you have great information to share

[@Scott_Stern]

@@NA-Zerosteel Thanks for letting me know. If theres anything youd like to see more of..or want me to answer specifically. Comment or email me and ill make something answering it. Thanks for watching. Hope the next one is more valuable for you

[@Simon-xi8tb]

the problem is - that 1 % is on the market now, looking for a job.

[@Scott_Stern]

It’s a tough market out there for sure. But I have people on the channel getting jobs. It just takes way more volume and networking than usual Thanks for watching let me know if I can help in any way

[@do_it_for_content]

Hey just friendly advice to export your videos with much much higher volume

[@Scott_Stern]

Thanks. People keep saying that can you not just increase the volume on your end?

[@do_it_for_content]

@@Scott_Stern I can but the next video blasted my ears lol. I think KZbin standard is -16 LUFS

[@Scott_Stern]

Ah thanks. I’ll fix

[@7fk-_q622]

Do not quit youtube i bet ur going places

[@Scott_Stern]

Thank you so much

[@raodanishwakeel786]

Your insights are spot on and really helpful, Keep up the great work, Thanks for sharing such useful tips. Appreciated, Great Advice.

[@Scott_Stern]

thank you so much. Comments like these give me energy to make more.

[@ameyajangam4305]

Top notch advice, keep imparting!

[@Scott_Stern]

Thank you ;)

[@S5Dic09]

this is general advice, nothing to do with software "engineers"

[@Scott_Stern]

lol prob. But engineers need to hear it and my channel is about software engineering.

[@mealiasghar]

I have heard these same concepts from many people on internet but what I appreciated is that bro being a software engineer saved his hair pretty cool

[@Scott_Stern]

@@mealiasghar :)

[@sankalp7257]

great video... straight to the point

[@Scott_Stern]

Thank you!

[@7fk-_q622]

Ok man your speech is priceless

[@mianmuzammil7140]

make a vedio on cold emails

[@Scott_Stern]

For Job hunting?

[@mianmuzammil7140]

@@Scott_Stern yes

[@mrinalkumar2364]

audio is very low

[@Scott_Stern]

sorry about that

[@johndevnoza4223]

u forgot one part. i as an entry/junior level, sending my CV everyday 5-10. and i get zero result. and u said if that happens its because ur doing something wrong, but let me tell u NO!, do u know why i get zero results? bcs every job i send is MID/SENIOR level and i stil send it.. i just do it, in case they ll ever want junior. bcs ENTRY/JUNIOR jobs just doesnt exists. just dont. its like 3/100.

[@Scott_Stern]

Ya its def a hard market. I have almost a decade of experience and if i were to submit my resume id prob get the same results. You have to play a different game and use that time to make connections and reach out to engineers and engineering managers. Depending on your experience, do free work to get more expeirence or contribute to open source.

[@0xbeauxsoleils]

Damn bro what makes you think YOU deserve a gig when you express yourself like a 12 year old? No wonder nobody has hired you.

[@blueicer101]

well get more skill basically. If you can't get your junior positions then you're being outcompeted. it's just the reality, someone else is better than you at the job you're applying for. well, you can get better and eventually get a job and if thebjob markets get better you'll be more equipped. sometimes you just need to know you're not good enough. then you have something to aim for

[@Scott_Stern]

@@blueicer101 or you need to change your strategy

[@FlavioMOliveira35]

Work for free? Thanks, I,'ll stay with 99% 😂

[@Scott_Stern]

lol enjoy !

[@KanjiCoder_RTFM]

Invest in your own code bases because the government will leverage property tax on a physical factory , but not a digital one . Meaning if you own a physical factory that isnt running , it is a liability . If you own code , its not a liability if it sits dormant , but an asset when you sell the software . High inflation means our economic growth is stunted because who wants to save up money and invest in a business when their savings are going to lose half their value . If I have the priviledge to be an unemployed basement coder , it is the most effective use of my time as the intrinsic value of code is more like gold than fiat currency . God help me when the U.S. figures this out and starts leveraging digitial property tax on code repos .

[@Pikachu-oo5ro]

Huh, your credentials check out bro, but I felt you just said, work hard every day…which is what I have been doing. I was expecting you to say things specific to developers such as keeping track of the errors you encounter and learn how to solve them…

[@Scott_Stern]

Thanks. This is more strategy. What you’re talking about is tactics. But you learn those things by doing more struggling and then solving your way out of. What are you struggling with? Anything I can help with? Want more tactical advice?

[@Pikachu-oo5ro]

@@Scott_Stern strategy and tactics are synonymous

[@Scott_Stern]

Sorry I disagree. Let me know if I can provide any guidance or answer any questions for you

[@atsomtime]

@@Pikachu-oo5ro they're not lol

[@honeybadger916]

he did stated it in the video. Contributing to open source, learn from its issues, networking with other engineers, and take time to build your own software.

[@srijanraghavula]

Just do it.

[@Scott_Stern]

yep

[@KazeemOlabodeAbdalah]

I don't usually comment on videos but you deserve my like, comment and subscription because of this invaluable information. Thanks for sharing this to a beginner like me. Pls what are your other social media handles?

[@Scott_Stern]

Thanks for watching and subscribing. This is my only one right now :)

[@KazeemOlabodeAbdalah]

@@Scott_Stern Alright, thanks for replying.

[@Scott_Stern]

@@KazeemOlabodeAbdalah I will always reply

[@Happyduderawr]

Get ahead of 99% of software engineers, by trying to create a project and understand syntax? That sounds like something most people do, not really a top 1% skillset unless the project was very impressive.

[@dodibtw]

Would be quite useful for you to introduce yourself. (years of experience, companies worked at, fields of expertise.) I don't see any credibility to your words without seeing how they were the backbone to your success. Edit : also tried to click on your linkedin link in your bio, doesn't work.

[@Scott_Stern]

Fixed the linkedin link. Sorry about that. I talk about a few companies i work with at the 30 second mark. Background: 1. 8 years of experience in silicon valley tech companies 2. Specilaize in frontend engineering 3. Have worked at gitlab, autodesk, app sumo and others.

[@Alexanderesmith]

"Skill development is way more important than getting paid". No it isn't. Working for an employer who understands the value of cultivating high-skill employees AND paying them what they're worth is the way forward. At literally no point in my 21 year career have I accepted less than average pay (in that role, in that location), even if I needed to learn on the job. Don't follow this toolbox's advice.

[@Scott_Stern]

thanks for watching and your comment. If you are forutante enough to have a job that supports your skill development. Ya 100%. But skills make you the money you want. If you wanted to switch to a new type of engineering, something you have never done before. You either have a situation where they pay you to learn or you have to learn for less than the market will pay someone with that experience. But hey....im just a toolbox :)

[@alexystiscareno9356]

🎉🎉🎉 awesome video on how to get ahead !!!

[@Scott_Stern]

Thanks so much!!

[@SinCityGT3]

Leetcode every day. That simple.

[@Scott_Stern]

LOL making a video rn on why leetcode is holding people back from getting a job. thanks for watching

[@SinCityGT3]

​@@Scott_Stern hahaha! It's sad but true...

[@SheerazAhmed-k1l]

its not.

[@Scott_Stern]

@@SheerazAhmed-k1lexplain?