I Asked LinkedIn Software Engineers How To Get Hired

[@Lolgubstep]

As a Microsoft SWE, advice is to focus on soft skills. Engineering skills are still important, but if you demonstrate a willingness to learn and have strong communication/soft skills. You will be so far ahead of other candidates, even if you end up bombing a leetcode style interview. Teams want someone that they can collaborate with easily and effectively. Passion shines through on interviews, I feel that's why companies will invest in non-traditional graduates like the employee in this video. They have broken out of their traditional background because they have a genuine interest in tech and usually aren't just in it for the paycheck.

[@VillageJoker]

What would one do to improve these skills @lolgubstep

[@mryup6100]

Thanks for this, my soft skills need a lot of work 😅

[@npc15077]

Your advice is garbage.

[@WellActualllyyy]

bro i have strong soft skills and can’t even land an interview lol

[@VillageJoker]

@@WellActualllyyy hahahahha keep applying How many years of experience you have?

[@mrbobbilly]

Seems like these people were lucky with timing, they got into the industry around 2020 or before and don't really understand how difficult it is to even get interviews nowadays. I remember I saw a video where they said if you were to see Google employees resumes from 2020 and compare it to what's required nowadays, they would be automatically disqualified by most hiring managers these days because the bar to entry and expectations has gotten unreasonably more higher now

[@ricardomartinhodacruz]

Its 90% luck someone the person who has the power to choose likes you. Recruitment is quite terrible nowadays. I sincerely dont know how some people got hired.

[@Anon-jz7iw]

Def which is why I don’t take these seriously. If you don’t study leetcode right now or barely have any background in cs, you won’t get hired. Before Covid, anyone that can touch a keyboard got hired

[@valeriacerpasalas2330]

@@Anon-jz7iw Agree 100%, I will start CS at 28yr, because today´s industry is just a bit closed for career switchers, and even more if you come from a career totally different. But as the video mentioned, these people studied and did a lot of self-taught learning.

[@martinlutherkingjr.5582]

If you think it’s unreasonable, start your own company and have better standards

[@mannb1023]

​@@martinlutherkingjr.5582 because entry level devs can just start a company on a whim without extremely high levels of risk, right

[@chess4964]

Damn that senior gave a really good advice. As someone who is now 2 years as SWE his advice were really so valuable and meant for those who just got their job!

[@namanhkapur]

glad you found it helpful

[@larbesabdellah7079]

​@@namanhkapurhello sir I stuck in tutorial hell in java , could you please give me the best free ressource where to learn java with a link to that ressource

[@arsenal_84]

​@@larbesabdellah7079try code academy, the website teaches free java basics.

[@gronkhfp]

@@larbesabdellah7079just do personal projects. You will learn step by step everytime you are getting stuck. It’s easier with a project you really want to finish

[@xakiri4577]

Ive been applying for software engineer jobs the past year and still nothing yet, been networking an insane amount online. Attending meetups and still nothing so far, it is brutal. You legit need to know someone on the inside where the team is currently hiring to even get a chance. You have to be insanely lucky to even stand a chance just cold applying. The grind continues.

[@GodOfFools]

Damn I'm cooked

[@xakiri4577]

@GodOfFools you may have better luck than me, I had to switch back to my old career path for now since im literally broke. Studying for the national home inspection exam and I already signed a contract for work once I pass it. It all comes down to how much your networking for software dev and you have to meet the right person to get you in or give you a chance

[@zachariahmagallan5738]

Did you find a job yet?

[@kennethmyrez]

or you need to be a hot chick

[@seidokage23]

Did you get a degree? Or self taught?

[@jobhunter-j7d]

In this market, it's the roll of the dice.

[@chickenjoy]

My boss who was a manager never really liked management, and just couldn't give up coding, and even when he got promoted to even a higher position, still requested to not strip off his task in coding because he said coding is his life.

[@BlackBanterOfficial]

Been searching for a SE job for 7months now but still got no luck. I've been a SE for a decade now and all I can say is this is the worst job market for tech industry that I've seen since I started my career. Hope I can get a job soon to save my a** and Goodluck to yall SE that facing the same dilemma as me.

[@trentirvin2008]

Job prospects should improve when the Fed cuts interest rates from my understanding. Interest rates for borrowing money has been at a 20 year high for the past two years to combat the crazy inflation that happened during the pandemic. I think once that happens either in September or as late as November the hiring blockade may ease for tech. Again this is just my shallow understanding but what i gathered from a few articles on the topic

[@Dizzyslizzy]

Mind sharing your specialization? (stack‌, technologies, domain, ecosystem etc) It'd give some more context and I'd really appreciate it!

[@josephmarch7142]

Issue isn't skill it's capital.

[@AProfilename]

@@trentirvin2008I agree 100000%

[@justin.johnson]

Yeah it's F'd up and is about the money. Companies have been holding tight to budgets to save their asses while watching one another to make moves on hiring. Some candidates get gaslit from recruiters, take interviews, have conversations about contract conversions then they just pullout and cancel everything at the last minute. Prayers the rate cuts help and for Bitcoin to reach new ATH so we can retire early.

[@11vag]

So, the senior software engineer... my man right there has seen some stuff. You could tell when he responded the management position question.

[@namanhkapur]

haha all senior engineers have seen the most 😬

[@valeriacerpasalas2330]

a past mentor who is also a senior software engineer told me that. I understand it is because they want to continue coding and not get a schedule full of project management activities.

[@ivxxy.__]

@@valeriacerpasalas2330my dads a infrastructure sre manager, either he does a good job at managing stress or management isn’t as hard as coding is

[@itslogannye]

Shout out to the Medical school guy that made the switch. Same thing here, I graduated with my MD two years ago and I’m currently studying CS at Carnegie Mellon.

[@bbk291]

I switched from Electrical Engineering to CS, though its not that different since we did C++ and assembly in my EE degree

[@FamilyYoutubeTV-x6d]

That's wild. Mind me asking your age? PhD here, been studying CS, ML by myself a couple of years. Starting job search soon. Feel too old to go back to school.

[@netsaosa4973]

Dr. Programmer

[@nemartin1]

Can LinkedIn engineers try their search functionality?

[@namanhkapur]

☕️

[@SRJohnnyGat]

I feel like so many of you deserve my job far more than I do. I am in no way qualified for my job, just got lucky. Trying to get out of Software Engineering into something else but I literally have no valuable skills whatsoever. I’m just nice to people, so I got lucky and they helped me get here.

[@stinkytoilet5492]

Can I ask why are you trying to get out of SE?

[@benjaminfaruna5549]

This is really great stuff here and very sound advice. Can't wait to sit down in front of a computer all day and do work i love

[@oakleyorbit]

Being a rockstar coder isn’t enough you gotta have good communication skills and it’s who you know!

[@Turnpost2552]

Are you a developer or are you just complaining

[@ProfShibe]

@@Turnpost2552he’s offering advice lol

[@FamilyYoutubeTV-x6d]

@@ProfShibe lol

[@Aaron14LifeZZZ]

Do not disclose anything that the recruiter/hiring manager needs to know. Do not say anything that raises doubt or suspicion from your prior work experiences or previous duties.

[@justin.johnson]

Huh? Most recruiters need to know your name, birthday and last four of social to represent you. Curious, how do you suggest getting around not disclosing that?

[@haibaidzokwomandre1468]

I am taking the Meta FrontEnd course. It is a great course. When I will finish it I will do the Fullstack course by university of helsinki to improve my knowledge

[@daaimrehman717]

Keep going, good job🎉

[@positivevibe2020]

Is the Fullstack course in University of Helsinki free of charge?

[@haibaidzokwomandre1468]

@@positivevibe2020 100% free and there is a certificate, It is a MOOC by University of Helsinki. But you must know at least one programming language and the basics of web development

[@AProfilename]

@@positivevibe2020ya, it’s free. I just looked it up 🆙

[@usamaahtsham5478]

Yeah ..working as a Python Developer I always recommend that you have to be top notch in your communication

[@ErickPaquin]

That was great advice. Trying to redirect my Linux admin career into full time programming career, not easy but I'll get there. I knew nothing about leetcode, I'll check that out too. 👍

[@rishabhsharma9142]

They all sound like they just got on the hype train in 2021 and 2022 and got in easy, don't seem to know much either other than the senior staff swe. people giving interviews now prob have more skills then them after 2 years there.

[@FDB-]

What that guy said about how a company needs to use AI to make documentation easy to find and use, I’ve been saying the tech manufacturing company I work for. I have been telling them they need a research tool for documentation for at least a year now and I keep getting shot down

[@MVPTC]

Congrats to you all on your success. Well deserved. Hard work pays off.

[@namanhkapur]

thanks man!

[@Devillman90]

Ahmad my man exact same thoughts when i heard "AI will take over my job" i'm waiting on that so i can go to my village get couple of chickens grew, couple of tomatoes and live my live in peace :)

[@engineerr4u]

thanks for making this video ❣

[@ArbitraryZer0101]

Know it alls, people who cannot speak to others but super technical to not get hired for good reason. I'm Senior SE and someone who knows how to work in a team and pleasant to work with is better than high iq guy

[@basicvince]

no one ever mentions codewars

[@mando2908]

it is super but you know it is Russian of cource they never ever mentioned about it

[@basicvince]

@@mando2908 ???? Codewars is not Russian

[@mando2908]

@@basicvince yea I thought Codewars and Codeforce are same a little bit onfused soryy wrong information. But Codeforce is Russian and I am not Russian btw but I recommend the Codeforce too. There are awsome problems over there.

[@kukuricapica]

To be completely honest with you working in Europe is much better than in Valley. I would say that my standard of living is 2x of average valley engineer. My buddy moved here from Seatle as game developer and he says that expect coffee it's the best decision he ever made. i'm surprised that these guys work there living like students in 2 room flat, instead of owning a flat/house and driving Audi.

[@tmswfrk]

I’m constantly asking myself that question - how do I move from the valley abroad?

[@kukuricapica]

@@tmswfrk There are TONs of jobs. If you need something secure the financial and medical institutions always hiring some engineers because they often have multinational teams. Easiest way would be to send CV via LinkedIn (in Europe it's the quickest way). You can look up salaries but expcet to get anywhere between 3000-7000 euros a month. If you want you can be an contractor and then you can get even more. Most companies will even help you get work VISA. With that kind of money you can expect to have nice flat, in time you can buy a car and you are golden. Insurance and healthcare is included. I would also like to add that you will make friends really easy and if you ask someone (maybe some cute colleague) to show you around they will be more than happy to do it. Anyway i hope you will be happy wherever you end up.

[@FamilyYoutubeTV-x6d]

This is simply untrue unless you live in Switzerland. Keep in mind these guys are saving a lot of money or investing it in stocks. They are young so why not live like that for a few years.

[@FamilyYoutubeTV-x6d]

​@@tmswfrk ​ This is simply untrue unless you live in Switzerland. Keep in mind these guys in the Valley or Bay areas are saving a lot of money or investing it in stocks or other forms of equity. They are young so why not live like that for a few years. What you do have in Europe is more holidays (essentially, the entire summer). But why would you trade living in a diverse and social area full of people with your interests to a continent where you would only be happy during your holidays and where the culture is very different and not as accepting of foreigners. Are you ready to learn one or two languages other than English? Are you ready to bring in a third or half of your current salary while paying more in taxes? if you want to have a normie life, sure, Europe sounds better, if you are white. Other than that, the Bay and Valley areas sound like a much better bet for your life, happiness and career. Try to surround yourself with less toxic individuals, not everyone in Valley or Bay are stereotypical toxic tech bros. There are good people I believe.

[@kukuricapica]

@@FamilyKZbinTV-x6d my experience is different. In my field you get around 4-6K €/month while my rent is about 800-1000€. Its really not that bad but maybe you have different experience ;) #skillissue

[@brodymal]

senior staff laughs at AI question in "that AI cannot do what I have done"

[@PvZTryHard]

You not slick you were gathering intel for yourself. Congrats 🔥

[@namanhkapur]

Lmao true

[@johncerpa3782]

Great interviews!

[@namanhkapur]

thanks for watching :)

[@sharaths2294]

Before and during covid getting job was easy for any aspiring software engineers😢

[@jjeverson2269]

Leetcode and system design and make up stuff for behavioral questions. That’s all you gotta do

[@seriouslyiknowhowtoread]

this is silly, all you guys with CS degree's wanting FAANG companies. Go for the lower companies who offer a little less. I quit and chilled for 2 years and then had 6 offers.

[@RevsPrimordial]

Now how do you actually hire developers worth hiring if you aren't a large business yet?

[@gerardobenitez4865]

I am studying to become a Software Engineer, I just started this year and I got a job as a NOC I Assistant which I will start this Tuesday, really excited for the opportunity and I want to keep progressing in the IT field, anyone has a good advice for me to learn? I read somewhere that the CompTia certifications are a really good start

[@Corgiking521]

What does LinkedIn need to many employees for. The website is a mess when looking for jobs. Searches are always full of promoted junk.

[@WellActualllyyy]

how do you find apprenticeships or open source projects to work on?

[@KHM013]

You can google apprenticeships for various companies. From big tech to mid size companies. Some will have them under their job boards, others might have a separate site specifically for apprenticeships and non-traditional programs.

[@BecomingBenSmith]

awesome video!

[@namanhkapur]

thanks ben!

[@periodicbeast9994]

3:18 Sounds like they're basically stealing code which is pretty common.

[@89apaul]

the problem is money. As soon as money gets involved........you are dealing with people and emotions more than anything else. You have to work people. Kiss ass, suck up, lie, steal, cheat. Thats money. It is what it is.

[@Freek3143]

No, that's a poorly run company.

[@FamilyYoutubeTV-x6d]

@@Freek3143 He has a point. If you want to compete among the big tech wolves, you probably do have to be OK with knowing that shady stuff is being done in some departments. It would be naive to think otherwise, unless you are just a cog in the big machine. But the people who matter, they definitely have to see a lot of sketchy stuff in this area/time of data and hyperconnectedness.

[@Avacadootoast]

my god Ahmed has such nice vibe

[@FamilyYoutubeTV-x6d]

haha he is a wolf.

[@jokerSensei69]

Nah... to be honest this market has become pure luck and knowing the "owners" since 2021... I've been looking for a job (internships mainly) for a year now... NOTHING... it's kinda frustrating because I'm willing to do the work ot takes.

[@BontuNegasa]

I am a beginner in CS and how I improve my skills please recommend some important things to do with in my work

[@masonasa7009]

Build things

[@prer2go]

​@@masonasa7009 do u mean interesting side projects?

[@mammadudiallo7156]

Hi @namanh, it's me mammadu, the guy you interviewed Unfortunately my name is spelled incorrectly in this video - you used the typical french spelling 'Mamadou' but my name is spelled 'Mammadu'. Could you correct thisnin the video when you get the chance?

[@namanhkapur]

yooo thanks for being in the video, sorry about the spelling but there’s no way to change text on a video after it’s published- i’ll make a note in the description!

[@Eziopct]

Which country are your parents from Mammadou

[@mammadudiallo7156]

@@Eziopct guinea

[@Eziopct]

@@mammadudiallo7156 Okay fam, I’m from the Gambia but I live in Sweden! Nice to see a brother in tech

[@itoibo4208]

Is mammadudiallo your name or just mammadu? Also, how do you say diallo? like "diayo" or "dialo" or some other way?

[@lightningpop8717]

6:00 doesn't care about losing tech job kind of explains it all. Why even bother if living in woods is the goal

[@namanhkapur]

so you can make money before you head for the trees

[@mikespidle3360]

The amount of times the guy says, “honestly” makes me think it is dishonest. 😅

[@namanhkapur]

lmao

[@M22-w3d]

I miss this kind of videos ❤❤

[@namanhkapur]

many more coming

[@M22-w3d]

@@namanhkapur waiting

[@HighEnd-S]

Today’s software industry, as I often describe it, feels like a “monkey business.” It reminds me of the countless street musicians playing for a few coins. The deeper issue lies in modern city life-essentially a massive prison. From a young age, people are funneled into the same path: school, college, university, graduation, and then a career tethered to a laptop. But amidst this race to build a “laptop life,” who is left to plant the tomatoes, raise the chickens, or bake the bread that everyone depends on? This disconnect reveals a fundamental flaw in how we structure our priorities and sustain ourselves as a society.

[@CiakPlz]

9:44 to 10:00 💯

Getting your foot through the door doesn't even guarantee you'll stay there in the US markets. I knew a guy who was laid off in a month.

[@danacarmen2699]

Nice interview. I wonder how smart you must be to solve all these problems or is it a matter of training and spending time coding? the market is ridiculous now

[@namanhkapur]

lots of practice

[@TheFirstStud]

Just make sure you set your LinkedIn Profile as looking for work

[@artificiyal]

i had been coding since 11 (mostly making games), now studying medical after all these layoffs and ai

[@vendettamalize7209]

😂

[@realrawt]

ahmad is so real lol

[@namanhkapur]

a homie for real

[@valenciawalker6498]

Thank you

[@namanhkapur]

always!

[@Editor729dhhdjsks]

Hey, I am interested in joining you as a video editor,i am working from last 3 years on various projects as a freelancer

[@pastori2672]

well well well, notice a pattern ? now yuo see. But what could this mean 🤔

[@ege8240]

what pattern?

[@pastori2672]

@@ege8240 they were all hired in ~2021which was the easiest time to get a software engineering role, just implying that its so unfair

[@shivster]

​@@pastori2672i got hired earlier this year, it's just a matter of luck and timing

[@Scybereye]

I dont mind losing my job in ten years, living in a cabin in the woods... Until its illegal to live off grid....

[@bluecpp]

That ehm after reaffirming ten years as senior staff engineer is enough to tell me to stay away from the team that guys is in.

[@KamilleN16]

I love the chickens

[@namanhkapur]

me too

[@CosmicThoughts1]

God forbid anything happens🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@walidzein1]

He already knows lmao

[@JamesSmith-we4mq]

Zach looks just like Jason Kelce lol

[@jakerobb7]

Jumping between people is confusing, doing one person at a time would be easier to follow.

[@namanhkapur]

thanks for the feedback!

[@eggxecution]

nice

[@Gamingbro56658]

Sir if you don't mind you should work hard on your thumbnail. If you can't do it mean you have no time I will make for you

[@namanhkapur]

what’s wrong with it

[@revoktorment440]

Write essays wtf....

[@blu8762]

its not coding its who sent you

[@namanhkapur]

it’s not the end result it’s the friends you make along the way

[@konehafiz2635]

the useless video ever

[@sparkdogy2k]

I love how you didn’t interview one woman 😊😊🤭🤭

[@namanhkapur]

trust me i tried, no one wanted to talk :(

[@yaya9164d]

take your feminism bullshit elsewhere

[@andiuptown1711]

@@yaya9164d typical tech bro incel

[@yaya9164d]

@@andiuptown1711calm down karen

[@alexruan5639]

Theyre putting their heads in the sand.

[@hansepans2446]

Is ahmad open for marriage xD

[@ahmadbeirkdar8335]

i’m married 😭😭

[@hansepans2446]

@@ahmadbeirkdar8335 Ohh my badd, wish u the best 😪

[@SynSlawomira122]

bullshit xd

[@TheRealScootyScoo]

dudes chatting too much for someone who claims to love cryptography. First rule in security is to not give out info to strangers LOL

[@dalilah444_]

Find more women to interview for the girls please 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@irabucc469]

In this diversity hiring time, you can't get hired? you must suck so hard lol

[@namanhkapur]

i try but they reject me

[@mchoy9593]

@@namanhkapur I'm a girl and I work at LinkedIn!! Shoulda interviewed me 😭

[@andrean40]

@@mchoy9593 What's the main tech stack?

[@Tmahmoud5811]

Something wrong, you aren’t listening

[@TheKnottedBranch]

He's probably a Jesuit.

[@lg2971]

I helped build your Internet. I'm not a man. I can tell you about things 🙏🏽 Listening to this makes me angry 😂

[@HueCodes]

i really don't like this guy

[@namanhkapur]

who me

[@Out5Here]

@@namanhkapur he's a f*cking bot bro dont worry

[@intothebeyond8763]

They are lying to you when they say that they're not scared of AI . I'm going into tech not as a coder but as a network engineer and I can tell you there's a lot to be afraid of when it comes to AI. The real problem comes when these geniuses decide to put AI on a Quantum chip and that day is definitely coming within the next 10 years maybe less.

[@pr0adam]

cringe fear mongering kinda like this cringey vid

[@esp86]

AI isn't going to take your jobs. It learns on what it's trained to do. People still need to train them and there still needs to be people to actually create products. AI doesn't have the ability to do that. It doesn't have creativity the way people do. Most of the stuff AI can do right now has been around for a pretty long time it just hasn't been publicly available like it is now. Now people who are just entering the industry or not in it see what AI can do and are terrified. You don't need to be. You need to learn how to utilize it and how it works so you can reverse engineer it and make it better. If you're terrified of AI while in school you're going into the wrong industry.

[@ege8240]

you are throwing bunch of buzzwords around man. quantum computing thing was abandoned long ago, now investors try to get at least academic returns from it. ai is more likely to get rid of trade jobs than swe

[@mrfrantastic1216]

They aren't lying when they say they aren't afraid of AI. The devil is in the details. It gets the details wrong a lot. To the point where it's unusable. It will never get the intricate details right. You always need a software engineer to fine tune. In order to fine-tune you need to know what's going on.

[@engineergaming9203]

Nurotypicals lean on this skill completely unconsciously: It’s called cognitive dissonance, the ability to hold two opposing ideas, not really a bad thing, I imagine they’re some scared of certain aspects of ai, look at the whole picture but don’t actually consciously attach the risk to anything they do for a living, as it impossible to predict the future, even though you probably could predict most large lay offs, if your constantly looking out for it you’d go insane.

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