Tech Career Secrets: to get others to like you, get promoted easily, and get a job you actually like

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00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Secret #1: Choose Curiosity Over Judgement
01:55 - Secret #2: Be Resourceful
03:09 - Secret #N: Arrive with necessary skills
04:14 - Secret #3: Stop Asking for Permission
05:35 - Secret #4: Communicate Your Limits
06:42 - Secret #5: Work Relationship can be Transactional
08:39 - Secret #6: You'll Outgrow Your Role
09:03 - Secret #7: Level Up by Switching Jobs
10:01 - Secret #8: Look Past the Curtains of Hype and Be Realistic
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Mayuko Inoue is a content creator and Software Engineer. After working in Silicon Valley tech companies like Intuit, Patreon, and Netflix for six years as an iOS Engineer, she became a full-time creator in 2020. Her work aims to help people find their way through the tech industry by sharing her own experiences navigating this world through technology, career advice, and lifestyle videos. She is passionate about discussions around mental health, cultural identity, and creating technology with empathy and compassion.
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[@mimino_codingbee4313]

"Permission to exist " is a big relate! I think it's a very asian thing. We really had seek permission in everything while growing up.

[@AK-cf6sj]

I second that! something pretty common in India too

[@mc4444]

My hidden secret is related to the one about "stop asking for permissions" which is to trust yourself. Sometimes when you have gone deep into a subject and then spot a problem, you might be the only person in the world that is both deeply familiar with the subject and knows that a problems exists. You might think that someone smarter or more experienced would have solved the problem if it was really there but you would be surprised how many things like this exist that don't get solved. So trust yourself and present the solution regardless of your level of seniority. If you've put in the work, more often than not you will find that you are in fact correct.

[@meuko]

This, your seniors will also dislike you less because you always ask them for approval lmao

[@derrickm7133]

Feel like the tips aren't meant to only make you better in your career, but also better as a human in general. Thank you a lot. 🙏🏿

[@matteomannino8520]

Another thing is to being a great technical writer. This is to your point about not asking for permission. Sometimes you can't just do the thing because it's high complexity, but you can do the research and do enough code diving to get the idea of how you implement it, the value, etc... Great design docs can win you "permission". Writing design docs for an audience is not a well taught skill, and most engineers see it as busy work, but can be a great communication and collaboration tool if you choose to use it that way.

[@hellomayuko]

wow yes this is so true! Thanks for your thoughts.

[@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult]

Can you share tips?

[@jyowinner]

I love your videos, Mayuko. Every point you made in this video is super helpful. Thank you! 👍🏽🙏🏽

[@AmazingLukeyDrawingsKawaii]

Thank you for the advice! I have been working in this career for over a year, and its really refreshing to hear these thoughts.

[@KuroUmbreon]

I'm a woc in tech over a year in and I really resonated with everything you were saying even if I haven't had the chance to properly reflect and think about some things. It's really good advice! Thank You!

[@tibebe6571]

Excellent content! Way to keep up quality weekly content

[@siansroadtonirvana]

This was great! Thank you for sharing Mayuko!

[@AndreaMotas]

hi mayuko, never commented before but i have appreciated u + ur channel since i started my undergrad in CS 3 yrs ago! i just started a full time tech job and watching this during my break. the advice really came in clutch, thank u 💗💗💗

[@Ray-vz7xk]

KZbin Algo is scary good. Your video topic isn’t what I usually watch or search for but I absolutely love your charisma and energy! 🙌

[@HazemTamimi]

Wow, that was amazingly amazing 🤩 Thank you!

[@OhAanika]

Oooh I haven’t thought of some of these in a while, loving the introspective content ♥️ My recent introspection: While trying to adapt and integrate into a team, don’t lose yourself. That can mean different things for different people, for example, your motivation for taking that role or project, the work you actually want to do, what makes you unique, your chance to grow the skills you want to grow… This does not disregard being a good team member, and ultimately this can come back to be beneficial for your team. They (should) want your uniqueness and drive! :) This point can be related back to some points Mayuko elaborated on, like the forgiveness vs permission one.

[@PoojaDutt]

Excited to learn more about being successful in this industry! Love how genuine your tips are - super inspirational.

[@ozcar02]

Thank you for this video! It is very helpful

[@evans5174]

This was awesome thank you!

[@Auchioane]

Another great video! Having worked at a small company and a large one I can say that the relationship tip will have varying mileage. At bigger companies it pays to make friends and build relations with as many people as possible to make your day job that much easier. Smaller companies you kinda have to use the be resourceful tip to its fullest. You need to know lots of extra things that you wouldn't normally need to know at larger companies. So pays to go out and learn new things, take on that challenging piece of work you are unsure about. I have just finished interviewing for work and was given a few offers by various companies. Each were great offers however it came down to using your last tip regarding cutting through the marketing BS of recruiters. I ended up having to schedule an extra interview or two with the managers/engineers id be under to actually fully understand what work id actually be doing in the team. Remember you are interviewing the company as much as they are interviewing you :D

[@NoKingButChrist]

#3…yup. As a junior, you will have to be careful that you basically don’t shirk responsibility or ignore advice. But as you progress you will notice that a lot of times users do not know what they need or what they would like to have. So I’ve had great success in being visionary and pursuing things in parallel with other priorities to propel things forward, often without feeling like I had to get full approval first.

[@quirkyquester]

amazing advice, thank you!

[@pixelspritevickysvarietych2365]

Awesome tips!! I'm currently pursuing a career change into tech, this helps a lot!!

[@julianaboolean]

AMAZINGGG content!! Loved all of them - especially the last one about hype! A great tip is to reach out to people who used to work at the company you're looking into so you can get a less power dynamic influence. Great job mayuko!!

[@chungusmayonnaiseegg]

Such great advice. Thank you

[@muru7514]

i felt this. thank you, thank you

[@RachelVMadrigal]

These are all so true. Part of me wishes I'd known about them sooner in my career but then again, I bet I heard them, but didn't fully understand most of it until I had to live through it.

[@joshuadelasalas8978]

Thank you Mayuko!

[@AlisaHaman]

I can't believe I just discovered your channel! Love your content 😊

[@ByteOfMichael]

Great vid Mayuko!

[@ahmadsaeid]

You are genuine and frank and I like you.

[@giftowercom]

Great content, thank you!

[@user-ii8iz7hx1y]

Fantastin ! simply Fantastic. you make me smile and learn at the same time.

[@cedricchan4940]

I am not from the tech sector, but I learned that knowledge is not so expensive anymore, but experience is scarce. Thanks a lot for your sharing!

[@mergym]

Love from Germany ! I’m just getting started !

[@korrabel]

Mayuko, thank you so much! I’m not in software, I’m a mech engineer but this advice translates to multiple fields. You spoke so well about this. I really appreciate it 😊

[@Sanyu-Tumusiime]

wasn't useful at all for people like me living in Uganda. advice isn't applicable. i'm stuck here. i'm applying for jobs in USA trying to steal your jobs but i can't land a single one. people won't even call me to the interview.

[@tigerrx7]

@@Sanyu-Tumusiime settle down. Take a step back, breathe, gather your thoughts, regroup and reassess your desired path, considering what’s not working and what you need to do to get into the rooms you want to be in.

[@AwesomeWhale1]

Thank you Mayuko

[@yousuf_adnanshaik2187]

Loved it🛐

[@alondracmora]

Mayuko! You are one of my favorite tech content creators. You helped me begin my journey into software engineering, I wanted to buy your bone color code hoodie to support but will they ever be back in stock? 😭

[@TheRaizerx]

Hey, can you cover ageism in tech? Are there still 40/50/60 year old developers or purely technical people at the big tech shops? Would they hire older developers into junior/ starting roles?

[@ahmedmansury]

This comment has so many likes! @Mayuko I hope this can convince you to make a video on it PLEASE 🥺🙏

[@carlellis9647]

@@ahmedmansury I don't know if a young person can even relate to the issue of ageism. If you are young, you have always been young, it's hard to relate to what an older person may experience.

[@ahmedmansury]

@@carlellis9647 She could at least try to question people with whom she's worked with in the field of IT that are much older than her regarding their experience with ageism.

[@marcoreviews]

Cool! Subscribed!

[@ivychen5320]

hi Mayuko! thanks for this video! i was wondering, when does curiosity become a disadvantage in terms of being curious about too many adjacent skillsets around your main area of focus?

[@sabrinaeason996]

I have a piece of advice! Do an in office visit AFTER you get an offer. It was basically me interviewing the company by getting to talk to lots of people. One company had me talk to younger people and they all seemed happy which really helped me feel comfortable and see their work culture is healthy

[@trudgemankPhD]

3, 4, and 5 are things I really wish I didn't have to learn the hard way. I'm a 4th year PhD student, and I started off getting involved in too many projects and scratching too many backs without asking for my own back scratches or accepting offers for back scratches. Cut to almost a full year of burnout and just now starting to figure out some of the tools and paths to recovery.

[@speckledlemon]

I don't remember the specific video, but Philip Guo said that your only goal as a PhD student is to graduate, and that you shouldn't do anything that doesn't actively help you towards that goal. The absolutism of that statement is debatable, but it's definitely a reminder to not get roped into distracted by too many other shiny things.

[@CrystalontheShore]

so helpful!!

[@anniebombanie]

"I know what I'm doing, but I also have no idea what I'm doing..."

[@aakash1103jha]

All your points were so important, and precise. The last point resonated the most with me. And while I was watching this video, I was also applying for some openings in Netflix. Hehe... Let's see.. 😁

[@phamdanny]

Very insightful video, appreciate it! I was curious, what are your thoughts on opportunities that seem better long-term but requires a down-level?

[@khaidemprakashsingh8486]

New Video ...yay 🥳

[@jjpp1993]

Great tips!

[@jj1bdx]

I think this is rather a basic tip, but I'll write it here anyway; respect people around you and keep connections/networks with interesting people even if you no longer work with them. Software/IT industry field is so small and you will be highly likely to meet your former colleagues later somewhere.

[@vulpixelful]

I agreed with everything, but it's very annoying to switch jobs while you have a full-time, demanding swe job, because you need time for interview prep (if you don't get a job via word of mouth). Even moreso if you have a family or are a caregiver. I would recommend stacking cash while you're looking for a new job, just in case you find it easier to interview prep without working full-time.

[@Sanyu-Tumusiime]

i'm trying to get a remote US job but no one hires me at all.

[@KumeikoApple]

Awesome video

[@venkat9104]

Hi Mayuko! Is there a remake of your studying for technical interviews video coming?

[@shadowdragonvii]

This is interesting. I'm not really in tech, but the ideas seem pretty universal. The being easy to work with however, I wonder how do you actually have that conveyed (assuming you're not doing it yourself somehow). IE, people you work with have to flow it up to their management and it has to be flowed up through the connections so that you actually get recognition. I've had people whom I've worked with who were really sad for me to leave my position, but if that recognition had been talked up the channels prior, it might've helped to keep me around. Thanks for the video, good watch!

[@just_O]

Wow!! At the beginning I was expecting something like following your gut, work life balance is important, or other things youtubers say, but these advices are super important and useful!!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@rishabhgupta9619]

Lovely hair style you have.

[@Jambajakumba]

Mayuko has such a gentle, calming voice. I absolutely love it. She's been a huge influence in my tech career and I'm so grateful she imparts her knowledge to so many engineers all across the world. Good Job Mayuko, take a bow!

[@msfahrenheitt4506]

I wish more people will do this type of videos (for other careers too) where you can clearly tell they're speaking honestly and from experience. I remember my first job, fresh out of university and feeling like I was a new born baby that could barely walk and wishing I had someone that I could ask for advice. Funny enough I'm changing careers right now and the feeling is very much the same since I'm moving between industries that are very different so this couldn't really come at a better time :)

[@juanjosegonzalezortiz9197]

Can relate with at least 6 points. I would add working on communicating your findings rather than focus 100% on tech skills. 1 or 2 courses on story telling and executive presentation would be really useful now i’m asked to report a 9 month finding to the CEO.

[@RichardKabiling]

Hi Mayuko. Absolutely love this content. "Be visible." I think that's the best secret to leading a successful tech career. It doesn't always mean hogging the spotlight or taking all the credit. It can be the small and subtle things like telling your manager you did this extra mile even if it doesn't seem like much, or telling your team whenever you have ideas. This will affirm people's positive biases opinions on you and it will potentially opportunities for you.

[@hellomayuko]

Love this. I feel like "being visible" can often seem like you're supposed to force the extroversion, but like you said, small subtle things still go noticed so long as you're telling _somebody_ about them. One of my favorite engineers I worked with was super quiet and was a person of few words but always talked about what he was working on in standup, or fixed things that had been bugging the team for a while and casually was like "oh yeah I fixed that". He literally made my life better at work lol.

[@rachelliu804]

Mayu, you have such lovely hair. Huge asset for a software engineer😄💗

[@Fruitdev01]

Im starting a bootcamp in March, tried self learning many times but I just couldn't crack it. (e.g. I've learnt ruby, but struggle with rails). Plan is to get a job at a specific FAANG company in a good few years haha. I'll come back to this post in 4 months time to share my progression!

[@stevensong8784]

good luck. i've been to bootcamp. it was a life changer.

[@Fruitdev01]

@@stevensong8784 Thank you!

[@elijahsmith5375]

I’m starting a bootcamp in march too, my cohort starts next week! Wishing you the best of luck!

[@mcdonuts2017]

I’ve just started investigating software engineering as a career path for myself and I’m considering a bootcamp! I look forward to seeing how it works out for you.

[@stevensong8784]

@@elijahsmith5375 good luck.

[@inuniversity6153]

いつも観てます。 I always watch your video.

[@mohammedgazi815]

Can you make video on how to make connections for carrer I really do struggle to make good connections pardon my English if it is wrong

[@hellochii1675]

Thanks!

[@hellomayuko]

Thank you Chii!!!!

[@risacan]

「許可よりプルリクエスト」は私の大切にしている言葉です☺️

[@hellomayuko]

これ最高！！！

[@SoftwareJournal]

Oh snap! AWS is doing the same thing as Salesforce courses called Trailhead. Hopefully it has the gamification too, I like collecting badges ☺️.

[@_nik]

you'd make an amazing head of people / culture

[@libertydaniel6366]

You my crush 😍 . Thank you for the great content.

[@OhAanika]

What are some specific examples for choosing curiosity vs judgement? Question for Mayuko or anyone ^ I want to check I interpreted correctly :) but also sharing examples are fun!

[@hellomayuko]

Some examples that come to mind that I've experienced: Instead of judging something about a new, hip, rising technology and telling everyone who'd listen your opinion (i.e. "X is no good" "I hate X" "X is not good for us"), do research on what is X, what makes it possible, what are both the pros and cons of X, and when talking about it, instead of prescribing general "X is good" or "X is bad", talk about it more in a way that's "X could be good for these reasons I looked into but I'm sure there's more" Instead of assuming that a new hire (engineer, manager, VP, etc) is good/bad, withhold judgement and get to know them first, regardless of their work history or what they're coming into the organization. You never know what a person is like until you get to know them (and even then, there's oceans to learn about even if you spend every day with them), so choose to ask questions and be open minded than prescribe that they are "Good/bad/etc" for the company/organization/team.

[@goinggreenforlongevity9048]

Hi, I am also on this journey of interpreting and applying these techniques. Perhaps we can both learn from people's comments here. For me, I interpret curiosity as finding ways to rephrase concerns (or my own know-how) as a learners' question that starts a dialogue. Sometimes, I end up only listening if the other person does not accept input. This view of curiosity vs. judgement has been pivotal when dealing with antagonistic bosses, as well as learning and collaborating, since it puts the other person in a place of respect (most people like to feel capable and talk about what they know). I usually learn a lot or at least an awareness of how to strategically manage interactions with a difficult person through this strategy. I'm interested in seeing other takes on this as well.

[@OhAanika]

Well-explained examples, thank you! It can be natural to shut down or blank out when anything we are unfamiliar/uncomfortable with comes our way, and thus lean towards familiarity/comfort BUT to keep it in check is essential for our growth, both individually and in synergy with our teammates :) Oh hmm, I see that curiosity/openmindedness can be passive or active, i.e. keeping the door open vs walking through that door and exploring. Both valid, better than keeping the door shut!

[@hassanahmed2781]

All of that made sense (Y)

[@pikmin4000]

My manager has told me that I do things first and then show people after too often. Basically telling me I need to ask for permission without saying i need to ask for permission. Getting alignment is hard

[@lucasavila6928]

"... If you're a founder, you're gonna shake up things" 😂

[@infinityishere]

Hey, do you still stream?

[@NarutoUzumaki-px4jd]

The crying scene was good XD

[@vibr0id628]

@mayuko I am a Third-year Computer Engineering or Computer Science Engineering student. I would like to know that what can I do if am only interested in java programming and Is it ok?

[@syedmohsin8661]

What's the name of the plant in the back?

[@stevensong8784]

[on curiosity] I think Steve Jobs became a legend because he pursued to make devices based on his imagination. Having computers in the hands of everyone. Use the Internet, call, and listen to music on a little smartphone. With curiosity programmers are driven to learn more languages.

[@ninalove73198]

How can someone be easy to work with but still wanting to go above and beyond in your project or role?

[@VishakhasEngineeredPlans]

I have a question - I communicate my limits, and about 60% of the times the responses I get are *sighs*, "can you do this one thing", "this shouldn't take long". In these cases how do you not feel guilty? It feels like you're being compared to your colleagues who have been there longer than you.

[@oneminutedaily6394]

Just curious, are you an ENFP by any chance ? 😄

[@buggy_bug]

How to speak more fluently and not loose my mind?? whenever i try to speak more I start to deviate from the topic

[@xaviervelez8835]

Excuse me ma'am, did you just question the great Grace Hopper? That's where I check out.

[@gsonDEV]

her hair is so C L E A N

[@Toobst8ker]

love the chipmunk voice lol

[@wranther]

Do you happen to now have a shadow using your likeness Mayuko through a WhatsAp+ response bot?

[@hellomayuko]

?? I have no clue! If you see this can you share it with me so I can report it? Because that's 100% not me.

[@wranther]

@@hellomayuko Hello Mayuko! Am posting the link from another of the same posers that appeared yesterday: kzbin.info/door/aXkWEdIGSRNL8-UQ_zuPtw

[@angsagankenzhebek366]

Why she is not popular on KZbin??

[@joaovmlsilva3509]

4:58 yo what

[@kinkysaru769]

You went from ultra wide to dual monitor 😏 1:17

[@mohammadalkalaleeb2446]

Do people actually cry in job related stress? I mean my attitude was always screw it, I can find another if I was sacked because if it. I'll do what I can, not to the point of crying under stress though

[@Lavaboy1738]

gold worth more than a facemask.

[@berkcanbay9954]

It feels like you keep making the same videos over and over again with somewhat different perspective at this point

[@hellomayuko]

welcome to my channel where i've been making videos for years about things that matter to me lol

[@DanielWayShadow]

Um wow this is one tasty banana.

[@Myron1010]

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[@waytospergtherebro]

If you were successful then why'd you start a KZbin channel?

[@roylee2455]

顔の表情少ないですね、生き生き感じない硬い感じます。

[@christinewasike]

Super helpful!!

[@stevensong8784]

Thanks!

[@hellomayuko]

Thank you Steven!!!

[@stevensong8784]

@@hellomayuko The fast forward audio definitely gives different feel for this. Instead of saying what it’s about in usual way you made your point of diving into successful career.