He Got LAID OFF FROM META...

[@SajjaadKhader]

If you’ve been struggling in this job market, what have been the main issues for you?

[@calicoesblue4703]

In the descriptions there is not a link to his KZbin content, you said that he makes youtube content as well. Do you have a link?

[@guy-xi5qx]

​@@calicoesblue4703 I think it's in his socials section

[@ViceCoin]

No problems in crypto, online marketing and AI, except fake job phishing scams. I only apply to established companies. No small businesses.

[@studynow_Motivation]

hey sajjad im gonna be soon starting college and i dont want to rely on my uni to start teaching coding from basics in yr two i wanna start right away on my own can you please make a road map video for people like me who want to get into tech that have no experience whatsoever but still are ambitious enough to get through .......just so uk because of your videos i figured out about DSA and then competitive programming i wanna get into all of this later on some day but dont know where to start so can you please help tell what should be the sequence in which we can go on one by one figuring this out by ourselves without relying on the college to teach us all this (it would be great if you begin from core basics ....as i have been following your channel ik about CS50 but then what after that now??) ?

[@Alex-P-Keaton80s]

Been actively on the job hunt after having been part of another massive layoff (10% headcount reduction) at Korn Ferry last year. In the final round with multiple opportunities. Very soft labor market and the rate of hiring dramatically on a downward slope since January 2022 (source: data.bls.gov/timeseries/JTS000000000000000JOL). The main issue? To me, it's actually something the media has missed: Pessimistic CEOs and corporate boards reluctant to create job openings. In my view, that's been the root cause, not macroeconomic headwinds (the latter is merely an excuse and to shift blame away from boardrooms and distract shareholders).

[@m-ok-6379]

When times are good you get frustrated with recruiters trying to talk to you. When times are bad you get frustrated with recruiters avoiding you.

[@c.f.okonta8815]

So true

[@AjitMD]

$200+k per plus stock plan, healthcare, free food? Too good to last in most cases. I would living way below means, max saving and investing, learn new skills. No new car, rent modest room. Have realistic back up plans and be ready mentally.

[@catalinul5700]

That is wisdom... Some people have it by default and while others learn it from their mistakes if they ever learn it.

[@hdhdushsvsyshshshs]

True and the skills that you learn ideally would be blue collar habilities

[@offilawNoone]

We think so because we never had a chance to get such a job. Most of us spend our whole lives solving problems on litcode and never having a chance to get an interview. And when you get 200k right away without having to prove everything that needs to be proven now, then later, having gained knowledge in algorithms and data structures (the question is why he didn't know all this before), with a line in his resume from Facebook... Yeah. Some people's lives are so different that there is no point in comparing.

[@roncall6065]

Love to see brown men winning and making money

[@sonderexpeditions]

Wow a year and a half is tough. I'm sure it was humbling. It took me 2 years to find my 1st job however I didn't have experience then. Congrats on all the offers.

[@abbasdharamsi]

Man, hearing Omayow’s story was intense-I can’t believe how quickly the tech world can flip on you. Loved how he emphasized focusing on real, useful projects instead of chasing trends. I’ve been working on some engineering videos myself, so it’s definitely inspiring to see how he powered through a tough spot and came out on top. Great interview, Sajjaad!

[@SajjaadKhader]

I'm glad you found the interview helpful and I totally agree with you

[@offilawNoone]

after getting 200 k... yeah.

[@Sam-nn3en]

Having a personal loss along with a professional hits the hardest. Doesn't matter where you are in your career. Its really motivating to see how he accepted this setback and took it a life's learning opportunity and got better, faster, stronger!!! Kudos to you really. And yes, your dad would be so proud of you!

[@boytheman1022]

Bro I am 15 years old and solved over 500+ leetcode problems because they say your gonna become jobless in the future if you don't start to prepare now.

[@savingsoulsforchrist6185]

AGI will take all the jobs in 5 years

[@yahyamohamoud7290]

dont do so much there is a large possibility leetcode will be redundant by then and all your time was wasted, be moderate do 1 question a day max at your age and life that is still too much

[@Bhavishya_est]

Just leave this field, If after solving even 500+ Questions You are still worried about getting a job

[@user-oz3hc6lj2e]

Start making a project which people can use, you may start a company in future. Think of problem you want to solve using software like web dev, AI ML, data science, Mobile Dev etc. Don't think about job now, you've a lot of time.

[@ymirr255]

​@@savingsoulsforchrist6185 yeah, in your dream

[@ArshbyJushua]

Everyone needs more than their salary to be financial stable. The best thing to do with your money is to invest it rightly, because money left for saving always end up used with no returns.

[@BrentCowan-b3u]

Am looking for something to venture into on a short term basis, I really need to create an alternate source of income, what do you think I should do?

[@ArshbyJushua]

Cryptocurrency/stock investment, but you will need a professional guide on that.

[@ArshbyJushua]

Facebook 👇

[@ArshbyJushua]

Amelia C. Sanders

[@BrentCowan-b3u]

Thank you so much for sharing 🙏

[@HarisHussain]

A good clarifying question for Google would be to ask what level the offer was for; this is because instead of "lowballing" Google tends to be more strict in leveling and often down levels engineers based on interview perf/experience - the TC he listed is somewhere around the range of an entry level Google offer, unlike the Snapchat / TikTok offers around the exact mid-level ranges

[@browhocodes]

Yes! You’re very keen to catch that. You’re absolutely correct. The Google offer wasn’t the level I wanted, but a level lower. Thanks for clarification for the audience.

[@HarisHussain]

@@browhocodes +10000 aura for the transparent reply 👀

[@dolessaymore]

Damn. I'm literally willing to take 60k at this point. Its rough out here

[@supersaj1536]

How is it out there? 😅😅

[@Barion88]

What about 30k

[@forthdimension686]

These immigrants are getting fast tracked while we starve. Then they wag their finger at Americans. Im sick of it

[@Nova-Apollo]

@@Barion88 how about not being able to pay rent?

[@Barion88]

@@Nova-Apollo Get a shared bath shared kitchen room bro, it’s like $700-$1,100

[@ViceCoin]

You should start planning an exit strategy on your 1st day. I moved to NJ before the 2008 crash, because NJ was #1 in average income, and 2nd in max UI benefits ($600).

[@Alex-P-Keaton80s]

Excellent content, story, and production value with this video interview. Kudos.

[@SajjaadKhader]

Appreciate you! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@movdqa]

Sounds like he did all the right things in terms of education, internships, work.

[@HarisHussain]

great video btw, liked the alternative camera angles in trying to make it feel podcasty lol

[@SajjaadKhader]

Thank you my friend!

[@KordTaylor]

❤ What a great video. Thank you so much for your transparency.

[@adminvx]

Great interview! Really enjoyed it.

[@mushfiqurrahmanasif-bz3vp]

Hey Sajjad, due to transformational state of tech , what should a CS newbie do? need a comprehensive video . Hope you'll do it

[@NOCDIB]

Very well done interview and excellently done video editing.

[@SajjaadKhader]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@unemployedman2509]

I was unemployed for 8 months, but I finally landed my first job with a $50k salary. Then, in this video, $250k is considered low haha

[@hey_im_him]

It is when you can earn 360k. It’s all relative.

[@diazjubairy1729]

The more difficult your skill and the more demand that you get, the salary will follow

[@arkane3168]

@@diazjubairy1729 real, people complaining are jealous honestly

[@maryhobbs4183]

Those hi paying jobs are gonna go away. 130k and less will stay

[@GizmoMaltese]

I have 20 years of experience and this kid is making way more money than me. This is very depressing.

[@kamartaj3010]

People 10 years younger than me are making 3 times more money than me😢

[@erinsylv2098]

They are more skilled than you. Just like a surgeon is. If you want more money, you have to up your skills.

[@GizmoMaltese]

@@erinsylv2098 Haha. No way that's true. Some of these places only hire young people. It has nothing to do with actual skill.

[@missmytime]

@@erinsylv2098How are they more skilled when the only thing the college grad has is a degree, while senior folks have degrees + experience + portfolio + real-life technologies that you don’t learn in college?

[@vlado3304]

I wonder where all the money coming from. These hitec companies are not making anything. If meta disappears tomorrow who would notice?

[@TheDigitographer]

@02:10. Wait…WTF. Why have these engineers been doing code work to link OUR data or connections and sharing with other external apps? Who asked for that, when ppl trying to keep their private info protected? 😮😢

[@muhammadazizbaxtiyorov9474]

He losed and got better job at this hard time in job market that means you can also do that just start make good quality projects and work for quality not for quantity

[@SajjaadKhader]

100%

[@QuangWynn2711]

My concern is that he will lose his job soon once the HR sees this video.

[@wulfbak]

I wonder what kind of severance package he got from Meta. I'd wager it was probably pretty good, though not enough to sustain him for a year and a half on its own.

[@studynow_Motivation]

hey sajjad im obssesed with your videos man everytime i watch it makes me feel like i have an edge over everbody around cause ik stuff you told about people dk yet LOL......🙃🙃

[@SajjaadKhader]

Thank you haha

[@nathangwyn6098]

If anyone wants mock interviewed I'll interview you :). I'm self taught. I'm no leetcode master, but I can solve just about any problem. I suppose my only issue atm is I can't solve problems as fast as I like. It's time I start pushing myself out of my comfort zone.

[@steevejoseph2774]

Great video, need more like this

[@SajjaadKhader]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@investingwithshakib]

I admire his journey but I think he underestimated the Google compensation package. Snap's stock is trash imo, look at the last five years snap about -40% while goog is about +180%...The product is also forgotten compared to the new competitors. The offer from Google would have been best for mid to long term. Not saying he can't become successful at Snap but if you are taking RSUs, you have to think what value they will retain when they do vest.

[@Piengsd4]

Love your videos man! Although it pains me to always hear about the tech market being very stuffy currently, I still want to get into it anyways. Thanks for the many perspectives in this field you’re gathering and I wish myself luck transitioning to SWE!

[@SajjaadKhader]

Thanks! You got this - I hope you land your dream job :)

[@shea1219]

Great interview!

[@quirkyquester]

sometimes, you don't get to pick the job, and you can't afford to not pay rent

[@neyuzu]

Literally hate going to collage now these days bc in the next 4 years there are better majors and new majors we never seen and the old ones get less value

[@drgta6]

Maybe you should learn how to spell first.

[@rockpadstudios]

"rigorous interview prep" - this is the most important thing you can do.

[@ryankramer2217]

There is little to take away from this except that if you get into meta, you can get into similar companies in the mid six figures with less than 5 years of experience

[@jancula9]

250K lowball offer, LOL. Thanks for your insights. I predict high salary won't be the best thing in upcoming downturn. These people 'll be let go 1st.

[@gamers_united558]

I was cs way back, got a nice job and good pay. Honestly I was among the 85% that are just faking it. Ain’t going to lie, most of these people, myself included have problem even coding pointers stacks etc etc.

[@miztamacondatrack]

Wow we live in a world where 250k is lowball

[@rashad123us]

We live in a world where tech monopolies are basically printing money and skirting taxes.

[@NOCDIB]

Only in high tech but for that to be considered low for entry level is ridiculous.

[@Ricocase]

Divide by 2, city has high cost of living n inflation.

[@dipset4016]

I’m just guessing, but I think part of that will stock options and he’ll get taxed 50%. Take home pay might be 90k, factoring in cost of living in an expensive city like New York and you are alright, but not like you don’t have to worry about how much you spend. Also, he spent a year and a half unemployed. That’s just the business of booms and busts. He might have to do this again, so saving is not an option. Also, very rare to see software dev guys over 40. So there is an up or out element to it as well. I don’t envy the guy, I’ll take a boring ok paying job as accountant where I know I will be consistently employed and where I know I can do the job until I’m 65.

[@drgta6]

Well, rent is $3,200 for a 1 bedroom apartment.

[@airborneranger-ret]

1:30 -"I really learned how hi-tech works" - ok, this makes me wonder just how much he really knows.

[@eXclusive1]

All of those smart individuals should start their own company.

[@hasan.jakalan]

Hi Sajjad. I've been watching your videos for a very long while now and I wonder if you could give me real advice on my situation now: I'm high school senior. I've recently been granted a full-ride scholarship to Cornell University school of engineering. My plan was to study biomedical engineering for pre-med, after which I realized that I should probably switch to school of Arts and Sciences to study something easier for pre-med. However, it recently hit me again that maybe the software engineering career is still the way to go instead. (I have had very strong interest in this field, especially before the fall of the "golden era" of CS). I genuinely have no idea what to do. Should I stick with the medical field, which gives me arguably the safest and potentially highest paying career but after years of school, or to pivot to CS, where potential is unlimited but getting laid off is the norm? I come from an immigrant background---more specifically, a refugee immigrant background---so I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to me to make the VERY most out of my college education, and of course view money as my biggest goal. What's the better choice here?

[@hasan.jakalan]

I also expect you to tell me that unless I'm passionate medicine I shouldn't pick it. However, I'm really just looking at what will bring me the most money, if I put it straightforward.

[@155stw]

Why are you looking for the most money? If you get a full ride, look for a good balance between a good team and good salary. A typical TC for an undergrad is $125K base + $20k signon +$20k stocks/per year + 10% bonus (of base salary). That is GOOD, not great. If they company you're working for looks solid, I would go for that instead of some crazy inflated figures. Within 10 years you'll double that for sure. Also hardware engineering may be lower than SW but your career path is more stable. Better if you know SW/HW(digital and analog) as the world where all those meet is always in demand. SW like snapchat etc, welp one day when the fad dies down, say good bye to 300K jobs creating vaporware.

[@djcalvin408]

man... i'm in IT for past 25 years, and been unemployed close to 1 1/2 year now. its like impossible to find a job these days. submit countless resumes, and rarely ever get interviewed.

[@SteveB-s3h]

Keep in mind that self-reported total comp numbers are generally inflated and, at best, speculative.

[@Xun_Liu_International]

Hey, I am going to be an AI engineer, and I’m a former track runner. I just want to know which company has the best cafeteria in New York City. I’m only interested in that; can somebody help me?

[@rafaelmateodev]

I can help you, here: Become an AI Engineer and then ask that question later.

[@PJSCode]

Lord help me.

[@JP-debugger]

Learning > Earning Got it

[@SajjaadKhader]

U got it

[@Mike-f2i6h]

Great story. Congratulations.

[@OppK-om7wz]

Happy for the guy

[@thebigbosshogg4947]

The old folks always told me to. Take care of business, while you got business. Work everyday, as if it were your last work day. And never depend on one income to servive on.

[@PetersGameChannel]

Are software engineers really engineers. I’m an electrical engineer and I work with the physics of electricity.

[@migfulcrum1]

It is, electrical engineering is easy so I would ask the same question about it

[@keeperzero]

That turtleneck is pretty cool

[@hey_im_him]

Congrats to him 🎉

[@senturi9645]

Wait off the ‘Great Reset’ … we’ll talk later 😮

[@mr.random8447]

Me making $105k/yr… as developer. Big tech people are overpaid

[@perotin211]

Facts, this guy is not worth 360k at 20 something years old. Just isn't.

[@bhekamabika2234]

@@perotin211He is. You are just jealous

[@tamashbeen6610]

​@perotin211 why did you assume he is telling the truth?

[@てくたく]

Overpaid for sure. Saying 250k is a lowball is like saying Bentley is a peasant car.

[@bhekamabika2234]

@@mr.random8447 Don’t be jealous bro. He was good enough to make big tech. Be happy for him.

[@WisdomofHal]

Thumbnail 😂 you’re looking at him like, tf you mean you’re fine.

[@SajjaadKhader]

😂😂😂

[@ahadhashmi2952]

Hi Sajjad. Amazing video.

[@SajjaadKhader]

Thank you!

[@peterl545]

They hyped up the career then threw people like used garbage. Don't pursue a career in Big Tech.

[@jiwachhetri9262]

360k is insane..... easily can hit 5 million in saving, throw that in high yielding investment... retire in 10-15 years....

[@Mr.Opinionatedlive]

Half stock, half salary; pay attention

[@gaofan2856]

Meta is my dream company

[@Lookiseeyou]

How sad …. Its just horrific what is coming ….. I am not in the tech industry my oldest is a software engineer … Im just a lowly Registered Nurse BSN and have never ever feared not having work its endless and for as long as my body can do it … Im 62 … 😂

[@carlosflores6122]

If you are so smart. You must have been smart enough to save funds for this type of event. Now you can enroll in getting a valuable skill like carpentry or plumbing.

[@vzeq24]

If I get layoff , I would never apply for a job again. I will start a business. Preparing myself to impress the interviewer, what crap is that???

[@nethbt]

Flip burgers, do construction, swallow your pride, it's the reality we live in now coz tech jobs ain't coming back... EVERRR

[@g0d182]

excellent

[@filipnr1]

He still have pretty lit Nike jacket

[@waynewallace2061]

Say goodbye to many of these jobs as A.I. takes hold.

[@dnguyen787]

This is America. Noone is entitled to have a job security for life, just move on to find another opportunity. 🙂

[@dw4525]

drywall bootcamps are taking off

[@__ooo4954]

Yall in canada?

[@yaboybert_2077]

no one in canada is getting 360k for this. this is NYC

[@drgta6]

No...Canada's social system eats up most of your salary.

[@Newyorkgunguy]

Regular working people get laid off everyday B it's part of the American economy you move on get another job

[@ShailendraSingh-po8eb]

People get laid off when their performance is not good or they don’t work well with team members.

[@dangerzzzone2925]

This isn't true in he slightest 😂 the people who got laid at my company were some of the hardest working people. Too hard working. Thankfully one of them was a friend of mine who ended up getting snatched up by another team because she's so valuable. It's based on role. My role was far valuable than hers so I was very safe. But hers was not even though she always went above and beyond.

[@liam1902]

Is this the same guy that was on Namanh Kapur's channel a few months back?

[@SajjaadKhader]

Yup

[@stardarkk]

this is wild

[@てくたく]

This is like a guy who says Bentley is for poor people.

[@quirkyquester]

great story

[@ewanfraser]

Oh yeah $250k is such a low ball 😢. Hey Google, I know how to use Sheets and Forms . You should hire me. What’s messed up is that $60k pay bump is all gravy. You need $170k just to live in the Bay Area. Everything over that is money you keep. So that $60k pay bump was all for him.

[@nitiksh0]

I think we have to prepare more hardly and smartly

[@stevemargolies1187]

And they say we need more H1b workers?

[@b3owu1f]

It's sad though that yet again the only way to land a job in tech right now is you gotta be better than EVERYONE ELSE in leet code.. something you never use again in your job. It's purely for the interview. It is insane that this is the way the industry went. Like.. I got 25 years exp.. and they want to quiz me like I am fresh out of college.. instead of actually spend 5 minutes looking at resume, realize I've been employed for years at a time coding.. and discuss senior+ level stuff. Why senior+ level need to do the same shit that kids right out of college have to for a job is beyond stupid. SO SO many really good candidates are passed up for that one person that likely sucks.. but crammed on leet code. This industry has tanked the past 10 years. So many morons managing things. Same mistakes repeated. Now with AI.. the hype is all about AI replacing engineers.. which its not even close to being able to do, but try to tell that to investors or CEOs/founders of AI based companys.

[@MKMK-dv3cd]

It's really a specific US thing in my experience. I work for a US based Tech corporation (~25k employees, $8B revenue) and I live in the Eastern Europe. Most of the actual engineering work is being done in the Eastern Europe and partially in India or China. Our managers located in those locations usually know how to code, they are mostly former coders themselves and very technical. So they can have a technical discussion with you during the interview. They'd ask you about the projects you worked on, check your public coding references (Github, Gitlab, ...) and they'd discuss technical aspects of these projects or code you worked on in the past, the way you approach the problem and solved them. You may get an assignment way beyond the leetcode question but you get some time to prepare and then they would discuss the solution with you. The problem is that the technical skills of managers and even software engineers are pretty low in the US on average. Those managers can barely read any code and would not be able to have a live discussion about anything you worked on, It'd just embarrass them. So they tend to do this leetcode nonsense, It's safe for them, easy, they can see the solutions so they can show off. And they have the diversity quotas in the US, So if you are an old white dude, good luck. We dont have the quotas in the Eastern Europe offices, we are all pretty much middle aged white males doing the job for $50-60k. And these kids in the US who make $200k+ are doing their blablabla brainstroming "let's put on whiteboard" useless work on unlimited number of meetings because they have no families and are able to sit at the office and to talk about any nonsense for hours every day. I do feel sorry for actual software engineers in the US and for many old school guys who built the industry and were made redundant in last years.

[@StezBleu]

What happened to all the “Learn To Code” Bros? lol 😂

[@princemarkied8071]

So can you tell us how much your total compensation was, and the exact amount that landed in your banking account every two weeks. Also can you tell use your incentive package, and who you negotiated the money and the deneiro, and the lootz? ... Can you just give us all your W2's for the past 10 years and not speak at all?

[@justmusic3441]

Not suprised with rise of AI self coding programme apps that these very same coding programmers made

[@gerritlikestohike]

Wow isn't it dangerous to talk openly about architectural internals of meta as I guess as an employee you had to sign a NDA?

[@sharifulize]

Meta is laying off employees. However the stock value of meta is pretty high which land the company on pretty much 2 trillion dollars company. Makes no sense!! 😂😂😂

[@gppgle]

Come on...why need to be proud working in Meta? 🙂 You wanted to work for Mark Z, who owned the responsibility but no consequences? Anyone can easily say to own the responsibility with no consequences. Move on.

[@thomasardizon1430]

It’s almost like we’re realizing meta is a useless shit stain on society along with 90 % of the other tech developed over the past 10 years. How long did you think you could all make 100-400k a year working on something that provides no value to society?

[@mattofella]

5:20 gooood lawd

[@zman4444]

Unemployed? Why just get into the trade, you will not be never without work if you learn working with your hands, you can’t flush shit over the internet.

[@Lbj441]

Why? Because he is not us citzen

[@qutaibabs1]

250K is LOW BALL !!!!

[@AbdulkerimJemal-i6r]

❗Hi @SajjaadKhade, I’m a beginner front-end developer from Ethiopia. What should I focus on learning in 2025 to stay relevant, especially with AI evolving?

[@jeczsz]

1:55 200k for doing a szid

[@prozacsf84]

The next level of advertisement... Content

[@misoadeio]

Should be freezing cold in there…

[@hdhdushsvsyshshshs]

I mean, it's better blue collar jobs

[@mrmagnetic927]

300k!!??...stop the🧢

[@b1ueocean]

He looks like my colleague in our Seattle office - 405k basic with 13 years experience. In these circles no one understands “stop the cap” or even what C.R.E.A.M and Triumph are - it’s code and engineering - all the time and everyday. I rocketed my salary 4x during covid which is outrageous but then that was a preoccupied goal (2x in fact but I over did it and caught the attention of the right people with the right need). If I look at a software engineering role on our careers website right now. Base range before stocks and bonuses is $195,000 to $350,000 depending on experience (min. 3 years with flexibility to go outside the base range for particularly strong candidates). Highest base I see published on here right now for a non-managerial engineer is $530k. It isn’t normal - none of it is - but it definitely is what it is 👈 ✊🏾

[@michaeltphan]

Welcome to the real world

[@SilentGuardian1999]

He got laid off when they cut the DEI programs

[@Boltmotivationm]

That's bad

[@andrean40]

by that logic, you have a DEIer in your profile pic

[@arhumkhan3406]

Hi Sajjaads mom

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

So not creating jobs as promised.

[@gentl_geek]

Focus on getting more valuable.