How I Became a Software Developer @ Twitter - Sasha Solomon

Sasha Solomon, a software developer at Twitter working on the Core API Team and serving on the GraphQL Governing Board as a representative of Twitter, talks about her journey into software development.
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[@personak6081]

The happiest Software engineer I've ever seen

[@anzaralim3616]

Its a trap

[@javid1326]

@@anzaralim3616 :D

[@sunnycopper9653]

why am I not that happy or energetic lol!

[@kieran2347]

Lol yep never seen anyone seem so happy in videos

[@theophileo]

@@anzaralim3616 that makes it better

[@Iulyanho]

she is having border-top: 5px solid #000 on her eyes

[@laythbarzangi8477]

Haha! Underrated comment.

[@saiefzneti]

I feel bad for laughing at this xD

[@wonjaehwang7670]

@@laythbarzangi8477 holy fuck

[@jasonm9825]

Well played kind sir! 😅😅

[@eseukey2057]

Lol

[@rajatsaxena2647]

So Khaleesi is a software developer now?

[@tadejdanev5030]

she is developing a better conclustion to SERIES :)

[@trinhvu348]

Wasn’t she dead in the last season?

[@IIbg21]

@@trinhvu348 she carried dragons in her womb you don't want her to return from death !?

[@dantep6318]

best comment so far

[@noesundilema-yalungtang505]

Queen of Twitter, Khaleesi of the Great Internet Sea, Mother of Devs, Breaker of Blockchains

[@Honeypotio]

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[@PaulSebastianM]

She must really love her job. She's so energetic and smiling a lot.

[@frydac]

Probably just a really hot guy/girl interviewing her :p

[@nevinkuser9892]

Wrong. The guy is fat and bald. I know him personally. He's a slob.

[@beefortebrea9386]

@@nevinkuser9892 what's his name?

[@JuanGarcia-oi1yx]

@@beefortebrea9386 They call him dizz at the office. Want his last name too?

[@SirBlackReeds]

Late, but she loved her job at Twitter because she got to lounge around the entire time.

[@AgentZeroNine1]

I like these kinds of interviews. I'd love to see more like this, but with a 50/50 split between developers who are traditionally trained and self-taught.

[@BiancaAguglia]

Traversy Media (the channel of KZbinr Brad Traversy) has many videos about being a self-taught developer. Also, Joshua Fluke, another KZbinr, has interviews with traditionally trained and self-taught developers (young and young-at-heart). 😊 Those are two of my favorite channels to watch for inspiration.

[@SirBlackReeds]

Oof.

[@isurujn]

After the whole getting to the Iron Throne didn't pan out, I'm assuming 😜

[@ericaskari]

I was looking for the comment, shit.😂 Thanks God I'm not alone in this.

[@psamueltetteh9366]

hahahaaaa she must see this

[@tutdrei]

Lmaooooo

[@cata112233]

cringe...

[@czos9239]

She is Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains, Software Developer!

[@FarukSharifServantOfAllah]

She is awesome love from Canada

[@danish__official5374]

Tha happiest software developer ever Seen and She's so pretty.

[@dvampofo]

Very informative video. Thanks for sharing Sasha!!

[@MrCaralvalan]

I love this channel. The stories are really inspiring for me.

[@SirBlackReeds]

Double oof.

[@jiushibushuo]

She's so energetic and enthusiastic, but I can't get my eyes off her eyebrow...

[@beefortebrea9386]

@J H you can't tell a personality from eyebrows...

[@whistletoe]

I love the chill meeting for a coffee vibe

[@fireystella]

she's such a great storyteller! love

[@josephwong2832]

After her 3 dragons passed away, she had to turn to little birds next

[@peteriss7824]

i cringed at this way too hard

[@chanellesesh4977]

This was super inspirational, thanks for sharing. I can''t wait to watch the documentary.

[@Honeypotio]

Thanks for the kind comment! We thought so too. We can't wait to share it with you :)

[@Honeypotio]

BTW, the documentary went live yesterday! :)

[@PaperPegasus254]

She has such a soothing voice.

[@guled669]

I thought medium stack was node, hmm I know that twitter use scala but had no idea that medium was using scala as well

[@davhernandez17]

I really love her accent!!!

[@JamesBond-mq7pd]

She got job at Medium. Incredible. It's like to work for Twitter

[@hannesRSA]

Startups will take any female Devs.

[@vemaiesli1121]

I thought all Elves left Middle-Earth for Undying Lands after LORT but good to see a she elve software developer around.

[@Saaad2]

Hahahaha! An Elve which smiles.

[@AbhimanyuAryan]

Man I keep coming back to this video to look at her eye brows. Those eye brows are so EVEN. Not even a hair poping out

[@bayanm.3564]

Best pure personality ever

[@hyxxx1564]

I love her personality!!!

[@malipetek]

So she met people. kewl.

[@nicanornunez9787]

Misa, mother of dragons

[@user-tn4js4ys2f]

i love her

[@vadymterpko5347]

This video is kinda like nice!

[@torni.s.abrija2719]

I hope she will still get time for her role in Game of Thrones.. ha!

[@josetotheworld]

Why do I feel like I suddenly became friends with her after the interview? Haha. Her storytelling is so natural. I'm inspired. 👊

[@ryanrichard6164]

I already married her after she started talking. So yeah I get u

[@matzesox]

@@busimo You're*

[@busimo]

@@matzesox grow up, who takes grammar seriously on yt comments

[@MrRedstonefreedom]

@@busimo some1's a h8r

[@busimo]

@@MrRedstonefreedom im not hating, only pointing out simpery

[@kaloezhka]

OMG, She is awesome

[@wessmall7957]

tldr: she accidentally stumbled into it

[@babygirl-nl4im]

what do u mean? computer science graduates dont “accidentally” stumble into software dev roles 🤣

[@babygirl-nl4im]

Bryan Barajas that’s not true... she applied to twitter so she was obviously seeking twitter. the reason why she wasnt previously was because she went to a school in idaho and felt she wasnt capable

[@babygirl-nl4im]

Bryan Barajas so she networked and god a job at twitter? idk i think ur just not rlly understanding how this works lmao

[@alexanterkentros4770]

She is the actor from Game of Drones?

[@tanvirshahriar5912]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MuminjonGuru]

Nice interview! 👍👍👍

[@isnull_or_empty]

My Queen.

[@davidsaint8866]

Everytime she says "kinda like", I would donate $1 to charity

[@utuber2]

and what about those eyebrows?!

[@derzart]

you would be broke af

[@leisiyox]

@@utuber2 Exactly... i.imgur.com/qCaq1mW.gif

[@yellowdiamondrocks]

i need her to delete my old accounts

[@julianfelipebautistavelez1636]

I wish i had a dolar for every time she said "kinda" or "like"

[@Neolisk]

It's kinda... like, all the time.

[@dosya6601]

omg, she is so adorable😍😍😍

[@jsjsjs1116]

the real reason: her mom told her to she would disown her if she did an english major because it literally has zero prospects (my english prof told me)

[@00el04]

amazing person, amazing story! :)

[@nothingiseverperfect]

how is she so PRETTY WTF

[@samatbayasgalant7108]

Abai's link? Thumbs up!!!

[@mustafatamyapar8242]

that shade of blue

[@mooNylou]

"kinda like"

[@rickyjoebobby1]

there's just a certain level of respect when someone says they got a computer science degree

[@DivineZeal]

Read programming language documentation, build your git hub, git hired

[@utuber2]

Be attractive woman in tech, network a lot, get hired

[@cautarepvp2079]

you need college degree

[@Cappell7]

cautare pvp you definitely don’t need a college degree

[@fronix5060]

So how is she so positive about being a software developer? I need to know the secret

[@aahanimation]

it's pretty simple she's getting paid

[@fronix5060]

@@aahanimation Might be! I, too, get paid but not nearly as much probably :D

[@averagejoe2563]

The secret is PASSION! I switched my industry after 10 years and although I am not paid as much as I should be, I am happier than her! My mood has changed dramatically. I see everything differently, I enjoy my life...Go where your heart is!

[@mrodriguezalas]

@@averagejoe2563 Did you switch to Software Dev?

[@averagejoe2563]

Mauricio Rodriguez Alas No switched to Data Since. You may think that Data Science is not exactly Software Development and that’s true, but the point is no single field of study or industry makes you happy per se. People are different so you may hate what interests me. So it doesn’t matter at all what industry you’re in. What matters is you can’t wait to go work for another day!

[@ThangTran-jv7mm]

The dragon queen works at Twitter who would have thunk that

[@qvikk333]

I thunk 😏

[@habovskiy647]

Очень милая улыбка... и ямочки. )

[@swagatochatterjee7104]

I gave the Twitter university challenge. I solved all the questions under half an hour(not 24 hours as expected). Yet didn't get a call for interview 😭😭😭😭.

[@Honeypotio]

They did you dirty, my friend 😔 smh

[@GajanandamaniAdhikari]

1:44 background, reason to love America!

[@SHIVPAUL]

I was like.. then I was like... Then like...

[@mohamedshuaau632]

You should have asked her the secret to keep smiling through all that.

[@venkatbabu186]

If anyone wants to do research and get a PhD just use AI Apple.

[@jihanbanget]

Omg, she's cool

[@zolongOne]

She looks like that girl in that series with dragons people used to be obsessed with.

[@danilocabrini9047]

The mother of computers

This is really weird for me, in my country we dont have this kind of access to technology, highschools dont have anything compare to you....

[@stachowi]

there are no excuses right now... you have a computer and a browser you can become world class at software. I just finished a CS50 Harvard Course on Web Apps... you can do that from anywhere in the world.

[@zenahrb8316]

So uh... I guess you gotta talk and network with people then if you wanna get jobs at good places then.

[@oscargomez4970]

I didn't know you could use Sharpies like that... Pretty impressive. She's cute though

[@BathingAfrican]

lmfaooooooooooooooo

[@ThunderAppeal]

Youre sad and pathetic.

[@oscargomez4970]

@@ThunderAppealok, sure jackass. You can keep posting the same stupid comment in other videos now. Apparently you're sad and pathetic enough to be doing it

[@ThunderAppeal]

@@oscargomez4970 If you took a look in the mirror you would Read More

[@jayc602]

Wow, I am old. Software Engineers used to be dorky guys with thick glasses and button up shirts.

[@rtnjo6936]

.eyebrows{ border:100px solid black; }

[@internetdailydeals]

Dafuq

[@hibaamzil8969]

this killed me fr 😂😂😂😂

[@NuevaHD]

so beautiful thats why

[@p4rzival127]

do all people at twitter wear some sort of blue?

[@pamelarojas8878]

As a girl, this is inspiring

[@mulletman1705]

As a pan-sexual lamp post, this is inspiring

[@Neolisk]

It's also inspiring as a boy, I can tell you.

[@beefortebrea9386]

Every gender can inspire another gender. Seeing a man with the same job wouldn't inspire you? Issa job not a club.

[@hannesRSA]

@@beefortebrea9386 female superiority complex

[@IoniB]

Ughh girl, I can't wait to become software developer too! I've loved programming since 9 years old but now I'm 17 and still not very skilled 😭

[@thevasupodcast4561]

You've got plenty of time, to give you perspective I'm 20 and still struggle with css

[@hannesRSA]

Then you haven't really spent much time building stuff on your own.

[@AdrianDucao]

I've been watching a lot of her lately, idk why...

[@casper5314]

your in love oohh oohhh

[@deepee159]

I couldn't concentrate on what she was saying. Coz the whole time, I had one question bugging in mind! Why would you want to become software developer when you could easily become Khaleesi and chill!

[@sebastians3240]

Her eyebrows : ]

[@t-online92]

How I became Daenarys Targaryan... JK she really remids me that girl.

[@HellYsk]

Like counter: 95

[@SilVer-iw7vy]

Thanks.

[@TukiiTuki]

so many likes

[@ebrahiem7118]

Take a shot everytime she says like, on second thought I dont want you to hurt yourself

[@mfahrianda]

kinda

[@rusimbipatrick5255]

Is that a game of thrones character?

[@SirBlackReeds]

Could she actually articulate, especially in layman's terms, exactly what her job at Twitter was?

[@merridius2006]

it wasn't. that's why she's now fired

[@Fusselwurmify]

02:42 ah yes the big California Tech Rush of '13

[@CrazyFanaticMan]

bro. i cant be the only one who sees that.

[@marufhassan634]

Real-world Khalessi is looking after birds.

[@nothingiseverperfect]

I’m actually so MAD how pretty she is

[@chris94kennedy]

such a stupid comment you sound ridiculous

[@shivrajnag12]

What about DS and Algo ???? Did she cleared all those interviews with her killer smile .

[@dh00mketu]

So Khaleesi is from Idaho.

[@shubhamshinde3720]

I'm Poppy.

[@kameronmfk6856]

OMG i am falling in love with her 😍

[@superguzikov]

Mother Of Dragons you are awesome! :)

[@eseukey2057]

Software engineers these days tend to be more hippie, IMO. 😁

[@TheGr8one1022]

Not the good ones. The low level, mainstream social media hacks are, because they don't do anything very difficult.

[@dontmakemegothere7904]

@@TheGr8one1022 well none of that applies to her.

[@TheGr8one1022]

@@dontmakemegothere7904 it literally does though.

[@hannesRSA]

That's how you tell which ones are gaming the career, but have no real ability.

[@dontmakemegothere7904]

@@hannesRSA which doesn't apply to her

[@b.t02]

so she is beautiful AND smart. ok.

[@harshadm824]

So many "like"

[@user-qp7kb7yw8y]

Oh my God, she is so cute

[@leslieprice]

But can she code?

[@sunnycopper9653]

@@leslieprice lol!

[@scottamolinari]

Why do so many kids, like, say, you know, "like" all the time. It's like, totally like, I don't know, something like annoying. Right? Like, I know there are like, things called filler words an all. But like, I'd rather here "uhm" instead of "like".

[@LifeWithRilla]

Hahaha she is insanely cute. Love the way she told this story.

[@glaceondev4149]

hottest software engineer ever

[@NoobDude]

She got fired by Elon from twitter today.

[@ruszomalkuko]

A Khaleesi with burnt eyebrows

[@mattmarkus4868]

People in Silicon Valley are so in their own bubble. I don’t expect there’s a lot of diversity. They all seem to think the same stuff.

[@perc-ai]

there is LOTS of diversity in SV lol, you either make it or you don't.

[@mattmarkus4868]

Zah I agree there’s a lot of talent there (it attracts tech people like Hollywood attracts actors). I just mean it seems very homogenous in terms of opinions on culture, politics, etc. People look different but all think alike, and there’s a lot of pressure to hold certain views, to fit in, get along, and essentially act like lemmings. So, no, not really diverse.

[@xavdest5481]

@@mattmarkus4868 you are correct. Diversity of ideas is severely lacking there

[@hackdeeppassion593]

Entire communication I didn’t get what is her specialisation in software development, I only heard ghraphql 😛😛that also last he he lol I think she don’t know how to give media interview as software developer

[@mattmarkus4868]

1:45 so not a lot of people know about Idaho. Mmmmmkay

[@Terranova339]

I am from Austria and even I knew about it :D I didnt know it was so rural tho, so I learned something new :)

[@silentxcure]

I’m from New York City. I know nothing about Idaho. Except potatoes

[@nigushaa]

I’m from Moscow. And I know about Idaho!

[@speedsanti]

Do you know about the states in other countries? Not everyone lives in the US and not everyone takes US geography. She was just contextualizing for a potentially foreign audience.

[@mattmarkus4868]

SHG Beats SHG Beats liar, she wasn’t saying it for a “potential foreign audience.” Listen to her in context. She was making a self-hating joke about herself and the people of Idaho, because now she’s a “person of one of the coasts” and has to signal to others she’s down with the elitist attitude. And it was dumb, and pretentious. The Bay Area is full of these sorts of wannabes. I’d take Idaho over that cesspool of conformity-disguising-as-diversity called SF any day. Gorgeous city, no doubt, but full of foolish people chasing the last big thing that already ended, and it has North Korean like politics lol. But yes, there are many, many morons in this country who don’t know much. You illustrate a terrific point.

[@kylegreen3470]

Dem eyebrows :O

[@Alex-wj9ho]

So many aaa and erms...

[@WendimuSitotaw]

and like's

[@Jone952]

Wait how old is this girl? Medium hired her out of high school?

[@skyecairo6997]

No, she majored in computer science in college then worked at two startups before getting hired at Medium

[@mattmarkus4868]

If you watch the video she had 3 jobs before medium, so no, I doubt it.

[@perc-ai]

@@mattmarkus4868 she is 28 right now

[@mattmarkus4868]

Zah point? Lol