5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Software Engineer

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Video Timestamp for what I wish I knew before becoming a software engineer
00:00 - Intro
1:12 - Side Projects
3:30 - Problem Solving
5:00- Location
6:08 - Choosing the right tech stack
7:40 - Industry to pursue
9:00 - Outtro
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[@SulaimanBotha]

Another helpful tip is to understand that you'll never feel ready to build a project, you won't know how to build every part of whatever you're coding, but as long as you know the basic syntax of what language you're coding in and you understand what you have to code, you can just google any problems you run into.

[@GyasiLinje]

FACTS

[@adipurnomo5683]

Agree

[@luckyjeremiah3769]

So true

[@dearadulthoodhopeicantrust6155]

This is me right now.

[@Kglviews]

I would have very much liked what was the story on 5:44, anyway great content and thank you for sharing your experience…from your great fan

[@BattleOfficial_]

Yes same here, replying in case he comments it.

[@amyrmurray9190]

Highschool senior interested in pursuing Software Engineering. I am a little nervous to go into programming as an African American, as the lack of diversity can be off putting, but your videos are helping me figure out what I need to do/not do in order to navigate the tech industry. Love your videos!

[@kennethreed8746]

The diversity doesn’t matter at all as long as you have the skills. Don’t let a superficial thing hold back your mentality.

[@laurenivana4590]

Super helpful!! Healthcare has been a buzzword for me too. I’ve been in it for 5 years now, but tech has always been something I’ve studied on the side. These videos inspired to take the plunge and go for it. 👏🏼

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[@Dragon30ficationXD]

5:41 "...and someone literally-" Literally what?! I NEED TO KNOW

[@OHMYJOSHH]

my best guess is someone probably confused the place where he lived in with somewhere else, or had never even heard of that place before and cracked a joke about it or something. Hopefully he sees this and gives us the truth 🥺

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Another awesome tip ang a great video! ❤️

[@nabaggalagift5863]

Thanks. This information is really helpful.

[@maoraymond5610]

Facts!!! Side project is a critical part!

[@LeonnaJones]

Sooo good! 💛

[@slawbrina]

Rad video! I am ~1yr post grad and into a FT software engineering role, and I would echo what you said!

[@brandonxsimmons]

Great video, looking to get into software engineering myself and this helped a lot! From Ohio myself - Middletown area.

[@harshvardhanupadhyay8010]

200/100 for the quality of the video

[@SeattleDataGuy]

I couldn't agree more with the "Not needing to memorize anything" section. Problem solving and critical thinking are far more important than knowing an obscure function in a library you only use once a year.

[@2daneck_j964]

I’m 13 and I I’ve been studying to be an software developer and you videos really help me thanks

[@geraldgbagbe3511]

Great video overall

[@christopherpam6087]

Thanks man

[@JessicaAlexus]

Thanks for the helpful tips

[@GyasiLinje]

No problem!

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Great Content

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Hey what's up man. Hope your doing good. Wanted to ask what was that song in the intro that just was flames 🔥😂

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Big bro has been dropping a lot of content lately 👀

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[@TheTwizted]

Even though I'm majoring in Finance I really love your content man!

[@GyasiLinje]

I appreciate it I really want my content to be great for everyone!

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[@larrywilliams6241]

@@TheTwizted hi I’m trying to figure out if I should major in computer software or business finance and since your already started what do you suggest also I’m 26 years old 🤨

[@TheTwizted]

@@larrywilliams6241 Hmm well man both are really good. It really depends what you wanna do I guess. Do you want to do corporate finance and make about 50-70k out of college and have a high ceiling or would you rather do software developing where you might start off making more than a finance major but have a lower ceiling since there isn’t much career progression after. It also depends where you want to live, the best paying program jobs are mainly west coast and east coast. Kinda the same for finance but every company needs finance people so you can find jobs in most places of the U.S

[@larrywilliams6241]

@@TheTwizted thanks for the advice buddy I appreciate it and going to take it into consideration. Probably going to lean toward business now.

[@stevenstone307]

Something I'd tag on is when you finally get your job, find that person who is the best coder in the company and learn as much as you can from him/her. My boss is the best programmer I have ever seen and I'm voluntarily taking lower pay at this job than other similar ones, just because I know I'm getting so much experience and knowledge from him. Finding a good programming mentor really changed my career, I'm far more valuable as an employee now than when I started

[@brianbrzoska5028]

I wish I knew where to start in terms of learning a new programming language. It took me a while before I decided to master Java and then python

[@Yuzema]

What did you study in college? software engineer or system engineer or computer science and what's better? Thank you for this video! Subscribed !! ♡

[@Robnas621]

Athens Ohio huh? OU grad? I visited there many times. I graduated from Cleveland State in spring 2020

[@codyhagbergMTB]

A question i have would be how is family life in this career field? I'm studying general IT and web development via coursera and the odin project. I have grown tired of 12 hour swing shift manufacturing jobs.. working weekends, holidays, nights, and days.. I hope to get into the IT industry as a major career change with much more opportunity. Most of the entry level jobs i see say 8 hour days mon-fri.

[@bocanegradev]

Hey! Do you have any tips to improve English for us, who aren't English native speakers?

[@xVampieKatzx]

After listening to pretty much every youtuber, I landed on python just to realize three months later that I'd be more interested in cpp so now I'm just gonna continue learning it and move on lol

[@ilyasadokha6264]

what is the name of the wallpaper? I really liked the whole Internet already googled? Thanks in advance

[@TheMillionDollarMindset101]

Am currently learning the flutter framework (Dart). Do you think is a way to go in the industry in 2021?

[@asikuroybright7990]

Hello I'm looking forward to joining first year this September or January 2022 but I'm stranded I've to choose between US universities and UK universities to apply. I'd like to study in a place with a better advance to start up. So could you please suggest which country would be best and compare salaries and job opportunities that are in these two countries plus the policies that are placed on immigrants staying in these countries if you know of any

[@nailahsall7354]

Hey, I’m thinking about going to ohio university for computer science and was wondering if it is hard to get in cs at ou for people?

[@RajYadav-fy4lm]

Hey bro, I have my Front End Interview in May last week. What would you suggest that I should do right from now on?

[@reshawnlofters]

Great video! I heard it’s better to complete a computer science degree in 5 years instead of 4 so you can gain more experience. Do you think it’s worth the time and money?

[@vegan_vegageorge_texas_1993]

Mine would probably be javascript and roblox lua (Game development) but i’s like to learn c++ in the future

[@LeonnaJones]

Also, I wish I knew more about boot camps back then! 😊

[@GyasiLinje]

Yes 😊

[@indiraiwuh]

I have a question for a particular language.. what can u actually specialize in and get get a job for using python

[@guyjildirian4030]

bro you really help me so much. any direct advice for a 16 year old getting into coding/ programming

[@GyasiLinje]

I’m glad to help! My recommendation is to build a personal website after learning html/css and JavaScript.

[@guyjildirian4030]

@@GyasiLinje thank you so much man!

[@thegamingsidetothings3712]

if you know react would you not just use react native to build your mobile apps

[@BBartistic]

Thank u for making this video. Trying to get into the world of software engineering so can u give me a good books/audiobooks to learn from? Ps. Pls reply, I'm desperate here 🤣

[@ezekielswanson7813]

Can I ask what industry you work in?

[@tannerbarcelos6880]

I just got my first job brother! I graduate on the 15th of May and I got my offer already and start work next Tuesday. I agree with everything you said. I wanna do videos like these / make a channel. Any tips on where to start?

[@Krimson44]

Well just start bro! I already subscribed so I’ll be ready when you upload

[@dearadulthoodhopeicantrust6155]

Just followed you man. Wishing you the best.

[@aviatorkarthik]

Why not both mobile and web?

[@ea9849]

Angular vs React vs Vue?

[@JeremiahPeoples]

3 videos in a week 👀👀👀

[@averagejoe9128]

🙋🏾‍♂️ Quick question! Is there a distinctive difference between web development and web app development?

[@GyasiLinje]

I don’t really think so

[@averagejoe9128]

Thanks man! I was a bit confused! I follow you on LinkedIn and seen you were blessed with a new opportunity, I’m not gonna spoil it cause it makes for great content! Currently seeking an internship at the same company in Houston! Great video by the way 👍

[@geralddyvv]

When should i know which to pursue(?) I’m looking forward to AI, does it have anything to do with mobile/web development?

[@timorolf8718]

not necessarily, However by learning something like tensorflow.js you can create and train machine learning models in the Browser. That means that you can easily create a UI around it to be user friendly (with some html and css)

[@geralddyvv]

@@timorolf8718 so going for AI is also fine?

[@timorolf8718]

AI is a big part of computer science. If you like it and think it‘s interesting, go for it!

[@geralddyvv]

@@timorolf8718 alright, thanks man! ✊🏻

[@spaxxvilejohn9095]

My opinion in this is that yes they do. At the end of the day you want to present your algorithm in a User friendly way. Web and Mobile apps give you that opportunity. Like if you develop a good backend that sorts data and gives some insight, you need graphs and charts to represent this to the user. Also I think machine learning models are not products per say but they help make the final product much better. Example AI helps youTube with recommendations.

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I really love your vidoe I taught myself coding for a year and half I would love you to review my portfolio if you can sir. you should have a million subscribers

[@adipurnomo5683]

What project have you have been done?

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@@adipurnomo5683 I build an online plateform to teach people code I build an e-commerce I built few clone website like Facebook and Twitter. I build my portfolio I use html css js php mysql gatsby I built a started kit with webpack and gulp I think I am ready

[@ty6512]

5:42 interview one time and what?

[@GyasiLinje]

My fault fam

[@geraldgbagbe3511]

why did you cut out your interview experience?

[@GyasiLinje]

Sorry about that fam

[@geraldgbagbe3511]

@@GyasiLinje no worries bro I enjoyed the video. Watching from Ghana 🇬🇭

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Someone litteraly did what?!

[@PieMongo]

@5:42 someone literally WHAT???

[@kajo2474]

Cut off at 5:44 got me curious 😅

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Quem veio aqui pelo ABC fluente?

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I live in Ohio. 20 minutes from pro football hall of fame.

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c++

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Healthcare sucks

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how many times are you gonna recycle the same content lmfao

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Jesus my guy... the moment you said "Dave Ramsey" I stopped watching, sorry.

[@ryankanno2562]

I spent the last year learning Swift, and now I wish I knew ASP.NET and C# because there's just so many more jobs available. Mobile is fun, but web is where the jobs are at.

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