How to Get Ahead of 99% of Software Engineers (in 2025)

[@shivamjoshi8714]

Hope this will help you out! 1- Steal the 10000 hr experience from Others 2- Use AI efficiently 3- Have a coustomer centric mindset 4- Be a good communicator (How - practice and taking leadership.) 5- Be a mentor 6- Build personal brand

[@novak_sm]

Thanks, I don't have to watch the whole video now 👍

[@Mubashar783]

Ohh bro you just saved lives ❤

[@sulayamar8538]

I find it really impressive that you didn’t add music to the video because of your Deen. Respect brother, Mashallah

[@porasshrivas641]

What kind of music you're talking about?

[@noozytechz]

​@@porasshrivas641Ok, youtube earning is halal!

[@zxcvbnm-pb1we]

LOL.. why you read his religion from name. Disgusting !

[@polyglotengineer39]

Excuse me, did you just say you help 600,000 people break into tech every day?

[@mania20]

Hehe

[@eb59766]

Right cringe. "Help" is being used extremely loosely. 600,000 views who with 99% of them probably still unemployed or looking lol

[@Initialthought]

Another thing I love about this guy is his English accent,,,,,wow,,,

[@DisDummy]

The hoodie said truth

[@SajjaadKhader]

Who’s ready to be a top 1% software engineer 🗣️🗣️

[@abrahammanjolo]

hey I've been following your for a year now... you and Abdul carter have inspired me with your insights in SWE I'm now going to second year I hope one day you and Abdul (Baxate) Carter do a collab

[@nayeembinreza5266]

I am

[@connorhonor]

me pls

[@amaanpk]

I am

[@MuniraAbdirsaaq]

Me

[@Ahmed-hu6sm]

I am a beginner in CS. You have changed my perspective of computer science.../(Thank you and may God bless you 🙏)\

[@SajjaadKhader]

Thank you I’m so happy to help :)

[@Lux-yz4oo]

I'm happy that you guys show the importance of a degree

[@EugenBatmanoff]

Hey Sajjaad, You're really sharing good content! it's right on time and pretty solid. Thank you!

[@aliwadi7122]

Great one Let’s do it

[@SajjaadKhader]

Thanks!

[@jesusmercadalmir525]

thanks for the content!

[@SajjaadKhader]

Welcome!

[@anotherone2398]

Here's how to actually become a better software engineer: - Learn your tools, not just using them but how do they work BTS. - Learn to test and write clean code. - Leetcode, it'll make you a better problem solver, and think abstract. - Explore open source code to learn patterns, bedt practices. - RTFM. - Learn concepts by building projects.

[@ZEN1BEATS]

This video was gold! The final tip is a gem for sure! Love it!

[@mazsaeed9936]

Well done young man! Keep inspiring others!

[@mxr_codes]

I visited GT last summer, it's a great school. Met lots of good people.

[@freelancermunim-eq4wm]

Nice hoodie with a great quote bro

[@SajjaadKhader]

thank you haha

[@RahulGanji-w1m]

After watching this, I wish I could have seen this video back in 2022 when I started my master's degree.

[@mat-on-go8644]

My Guy you’re Great so informative I enjoyed this ❤

[@SajjaadKhader]

So happy to hear this!

[@dreamxgames356]

Video editing is crazy It's very interactive ❤😊

[@SajjaadKhader]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nwlk9262]

Last but not least: think like an entrepreneur

[@Ajay_Kumar-uq8rd]

Good person to share benefits to all, besides being smart.

[@remymanee]

i am a sophomore and im worried that this is all gonna be a waste

[@supritgiri1487]

What benefits have you personally experienced due to your Master's in CS?

[@_andrewpeacock]

LOVE this video - we totally share some same opinions and perspectives on this❤

[@SajjaadKhader]

thank you so much!

[@mr.mystiks9968]

Kind of cringe because there’s nothing that shows he’s in the top 1% of anything.

[@Roshan-fy5rk]

Love the Huddie btw

[@InspectedBasixByMahdi]

I like the background music of this video

[@vijaybabu7009]

You're awesome man. You got a new subscriber by seeing 1 minute of this video. Well, this reminds me the value of first impression. Thank you Brother for teaching how to steal others hours.

[@controlyourselfok]

you know what i'm gonna do actually get ahead of the 1%? i'm actually going to build shit.

[@LuisVasDeCamoes]

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes"

[@noozytechz]

"You're not going to lose your job. You'll lose your job to someone uses AI." The fun fact is, the one gonna use the AI is your employer.

[@KatlegoTawana]

Pls do a video on how to be better than 99% of CS Graduates

[@Ela-uk4zz]

Sijaad I Like You !!!!!!!!!1

[@HarisHussain]

Another Sajjaad video 😍

[@SajjaadKhader]

You got it 😎😎

[@arafatrahman1907]

can you share your studying methods when you were in uni?

[@SajjaadKhader]

Practice practice practice

[@Haugsbd]

I want to become a DFT engineer 😊 ,

[@sunam_ali]

Respect bhai...for not using haram sound ❤

[@spektriye]

Fire vid. When are you resonding to the one guy on reels that hates you 😭🤣

[@spycontroller5426]

i finally found this guy from tiktok

[@yahyawafi8498]

love The hoodie

[@Chocolatebeeef]

Let’s get it

[@SajjaadKhader]

😎😎

[@adamchoe7328]

nice Content. I like your list. how bout this. 1. sheer IQ/intellectual power. 2. how hard one works. simple. i like your 10K hour stuff. in the long run. there is no gimmicky.

[@SajjaadKhader]

Thanks!

[@roshanwasure6081]

I've heard this 10k rule in a tedtalk

[@SajjaadKhader]

valid

[@eb59766]

Half of this advice is so cringe and while it may fool most non or semi-technical people, truly good engineers you might want to respect you will see right through it or quickly fire you after. Nothing but smokescreens and highly transparent.

[@ayman4490]

is that a nasheed background music? its really subtle but i love it

[@Mighty_Ninja_]

From today instead of playing games I will make games

[@helpmecaesar]

Hi bro, my name is Sizan from Tanzania..I'm a music student. I have this wonderful idea about a smartphone that will have an amazing feature that will revolutionize a phone's world, I really want to share this idea with you

[@Dailylifeofagovt.jobaspirant]

Haha, everyone try to get software engineering job. Then no one will be got the job.

[@Purganico.]

Can you Share the Reason...?!

[@shahankhan7685]

Assalamualaikum bahi amazing work thanks.

[@ssu371]

I want to start software engineering but can it be a safe job?

[@dishcleaner2]

I’ve been doing devops for 5 years and I’m still grinding leetcode even though I’m just doing cloud infra but these jackasses keep trying to make me reverse linked list hashmaps in O(1) runtime in interviews. Bro just let me cook.

[@Mono_212]

I feel am late because i am just starting to learn software engineering, now you telling me it’s useless without AI/ML? How will i catch up and i just started

[@JReuben111]

You cant "steal" someone else's 10K hours without some kind of scifi neural interface, and ML cant learn for **you**. Only you know what you know. Soft skills are critical - software engineering is a team sport.

[@jag353]

Always great content

[@SajjaadKhader]

Thank you!

[@Blaze-vp4nl]

From Instagram 😌

[@SajjaadKhader]

Welcome!

[@is11105]

Dont wanna break the mood, but if every step here sounds like a nightmare would that mean im not suited for this field?

[@SajjaadKhader]

No, I don’t recommend doing all of this at once, break it up and focus on one area at a time and play off ur strengths

[@sbsafi4981]

Background music ❤

[@zxcvbnm-pb1we]

Waste of time. Your perspectives are wrong.

[@Mighty_Ninja_]

10000 hrs = 416 days

[@premphoenix8575]

I'm in 2nd year of my undergrad, can i follow this even if my course is electronics & communications

[@BatmanNukesGotham]

Pls tell me what should I do , I was thinking of doing software engineering but my friends say cybersecurity is better because of content and current job opportunities , any idea on this cuz I like both 😅

[@omegle_shortz]

But if someone has not cleared there concept or basic concepts in react or in other languages what they should do I mean you said that cursor ai will write react code plz guide them properly for what they will get proper roadmap to became top 1% Coder

[@maykbrito]

Tks !

[@thusharakc3458]

Im doing a full stack developer course.. is it a waste 😢 should i do ml course?

[@Aravindh143s]

That's what I'm thinking... 😂

[@SatheekshaHeshan]

Software engineering jobs will never disappear then ??

[@muslim8315]

insha'Allah ☝️

[@NajeebYAbdi]

Nice hoodie, do you know where i can get it?

[@Anikaasharmin]

I am currently living in rome. I did my BBS in Bangladesh. Can i do software engineering in rome with my 12th certificate?

[@ahmedidrismohmmed8176]

Hey Eng. Sajjad i am one of your fans, and i want to become a successful software engineer, but I am weak in Mathematics and i don't like it. What do you advise me...?

[@mohammedrehaan2811]

Bruh why you got that dawah music in the background lol

[@myboringdesktop]

That "free" prompt engineering course is $49 per month.

[@nikhilhira5334]

No its free to Audit, your're charged if you want to get a certificate and all that: 1. Click on one of the courses that are part of the specialization. 2. On the specific courses page, such as "Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT", click Enroll. 3. Choose one of the specializations from the dropdown such as "Prompt Engineering Specialization", and click Next. 4. Finally at the bottom of the modal click the "Audit" link.

[@pachakutiq266]

Nah i think on coursera it allows us to " Audit " the courses , so u can access the course content for free but you gotta pay up if you need a certificate.

[@rahmaseid8173]

There’s financial aid available but I don’t know how much it’d cover

[@mania20]

Your pfp sets up the vibe.

[@AlessioPersico]

React is not a language btw

[@Ynerson9003]

Do you think it’s possible to become this guy if I cannot afford college?

[@etimes2077]

I am an EEE undergraduate in final year. Can a crack software engineer role after my non cs graduation. I have around one year to finish so how can a start to get software engineer and can U provide the valuable and trustable road map. Cos most of the road map doesn't provide everything.

[@itsnevertoolatetolearn4875]

Sajjad you wearing Dunya is a delusion, yet you teach so much about dunya. You Naughty buoy

[@engjellabazaj1878]

Hello Sajjaad! Firstly, thank you for this amazing video. It truly seems like great advice. I wanted to get your opinion about something. I am a final year software engineering student who has only focused on university material so far. Unfortunately I realised a bit late that I need to code more on my own and that school doesn't teach you everything 😂😂. But now I am in duality whether to focus on studying additional materials to get better at coding and build some good projects for my portfolio or to focus more on getting a job with what I already know. What would you do in this scenario?

[@SajjaadKhader]

That is a tough one - I'd say start focusing on building a portfolio and continue your learning on the side. Try with a personal portfolio website paired with a full stack web applications, that should set you in the right direction.

[@engjellabazaj1878]

​@@SajjaadKhaderThank you!

[@Skyger56]

Hey Sajjad, you said the courses are free, but why is it asking me to pay in coursera when i try to enroll for them? It's happening to both ML and prompt engineering courses. Am I doing something wrong?

[@eb59766]

🤡 Plus channel monetization, we gotta stop giving this guy views.

[@idiots6736]

What is coffee chat? And how do we do it😅

[@HarisHussain]

u ask someone for a quick video chat 1:1, or if its in person ask to get coffee together to chat lol

[@AmeadEshpari]

lol my ADHD getting distracted by your hand movements 😂

[@rohan3511]

turned off the vid after the jordan part.

[@SajjaadKhader]

Lol

[@jacobconnelly3415]

Why?

[@GarbaShalom]

So can we steal some of the 10000 hr experience from you

[@udhavagarwal1977]

like your hoodie , this duniya is delusional loll

[@EseitonghaK]

Anyone open for networking 🙏 Really need guilds and network of friends strong on this tech areas ... You could reply so we can connect from here 🙏 Thank you so much

[@abdimajidabdullahi-w1f]

Hi.. Sajjad I follow you and I am software developer though it interests me do mind if ask what is that one course to study you know out there (paid or unpaid) to be software engineer from beginner to pro?

[@SajjaadKhader]

I don’t know if there is just one end to end course, there probably are bootcamps but in general those don’t make u a wholistic well rounded engineer

[@abdimajidabdullahi-w1f]

How would you suggest one should start it?

[@NizamulHaq4471]

Sir where you from ❤❤❤

[@SamzoidYT]

LeBron is the goat, not MJ. Opinion rejected

[@SajjaadKhader]

Debatable

[@Earth.real47]

From insta

[@SajjaadKhader]

Welcome

[@nitiksh0]

You haver not answered my full question previously, --> I am also planning to coming to California for bachelors degree in computer science and i selected san jose and san francisco state University, Is these Universities are good for me And i also have a good knowledge in programming languages like python, java, javascript, html,flask, nodejs and currently learning DSA in c++ and i have passes 12th this year with 70% Suggest me What will I do, Is this a good idea to comes to usa for Me or not. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@SajjaadKhader]

I think the USA has great opportunities but I encourage you to do research and consider ur financial situation and plan accordingly

[@starX7995]

bro why does intro sound like islamic music😅 are u trying to convert us

[@Online_Money_Earning_Tips]

No, only if Allah your creator is willing you to convert, you will be converted. Without his will nothing happends.

[@yaseenhakeem3800]

Buy me an iPhone please Sajjaad

[@ahmadullah_ahmadi]

me!

[@ricardomilos857]

Please dont scam me

[@redouaneamrar2387]

Cv

[@ankitg6454]

generic advice