Day in the Life of a Software Engineer at Amazon | Productivity tips, WFH Desk Set Up

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Hello friends!
I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays. The past few weeks, I've been prioritizing rest and self-care as I started to feel burnt out from my day job. Though, I am glad to be back with this video~~
I share a non-typical full day of coding work day, productivity tips, & my wfh desk set up! I hope you enjoy :)
xx,
Jenn
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[Timestamps]
00:00 Intro
01:01 Morning Routine
03:26 My Productivity Tips
04:17 Wfh Desk Set-Up
05:45 Lunch Break
06:27 Unit Tests
08:36 Evening Routine

[@itz_ashirr]

the cat also doing yoga 😅

[@nickstrands]

You forgot to leave a link in the description to let us know where to get such a well-behaved cat :3

[@aliaalea]

😂😂😂

[@imjenncho]

🤭🤭

[@Soffpop]

Great vid! Really enjoyed it 😄I’m an apprentice software engineer and love watching these for motivation during my breaks ❤❤

[@user-mg7ez3og3y]

Thanks for sharing your experience - it motivates me to keep pursuing my own software engineering goals💪

[@KulwantSingh-xr4si]

I didn't take a break for 8+ months. Can relate to the burnout - meditation helps but no substitute for a bit of R and R.

[@silentplaygames]

Your videos are very heartwarming!

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

Amazon make a wonderful software and I know why now. I am a relatively novice for programming, so do not do unit tests and even do not know how to create unit tests. But I write tests only for multitasking, otherwise I can't conclude it works correctly.

[@Ian-day]

우연찮게 개발자 유투브 보다가 접하게되었는데 미국 아마존에서 백엔드로 일하시다니 너무 대단하신것같아요!!! 미국에서 개발자로 일하는 날이 왔으면좋겠네요ㅠㅠ 항상 화이팅입니다!!

[@imjenncho]

감사합니다! 🤭💖

[@MrBaritone]

Love ovehow Howl was like "Lemme get in on this." at 9:10

[@PriscillaSB]

When your cat did a little yoga stretch with you towards the end ❤ new sub 🫶🏼

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Nice video Jenn! Super clean

[@imjenncho]

Thank you!! 😁

[@MitchPontjo]

Yeahh stretching is also important for me as I sit basically 90% of my time

[@StaciaBielka]

How do you handle video calls when your partner’s desk and monitors are in the view area? Asking because I have similar setup and it’s a pain to maintain our schedules

[@allancardona7910]

It's beautiful, I love your videos.

[@jeanbrouwers]

You can also just use the light filter in mac to reduce blue light, if you don't like wearing your glasses. What programming languages are you using, and what IDE?

[@imjenncho]

I use IntelliJ. Kotlin and Java mainly for programming language!

[@ericaokamura1139]

Even though most people don’t enjoy creating unit tests, I really enjoy it. However, when there’s a short deadline, it can make the application development more difficult

[@juanok2775]

I guess it all depends what test you writing. I like doing backend tests but UI test I just hate them.

[@bunapalai7837]

Awesome 😍

[@no3lcodes]

That coffee looks amazing wow. I'm going to try to make it LOL

[@imjenncho]

You should! Hope I didn’t hype it up too much 🤭 but I genuinely love the combing

[@MrSprinklecupcake86]

Love your videos so much! I'm also in the engineering field so it's cool to hear your thoughts/experience. When you say you guys aren't deploying code to production but want features to be code complete, does that mean putting out a CR for your team to review but just not deploying that? Or prepping your code so once you guys can deploy, putting out a CR?

[@imjenncho]

Aw thanks! And good question! Code complete for my team means all the code implementation is complete and at-least in our pipeline to be tested for prod deployment.

[@tyo007]

"snow in seattle" proceed to drink ice latte, similar to those tropican people drinking hot tea in the middle of hot afternoon, i like it 🤣

[@CanadaNickciN]

good setup, u have good taste

[@purev-ochirb4272]

Coool setup

[@nove1398]

+1 for unit testing

[@asandamay6501]

Hey so I'm buying a laptop suitable for programming which would you recommend for a student my college said it has to be i5 or i7 anyone?

[@atmy_pace]

Loving your videos! How many shots would you say is ideal for the banana milk latte?

[@imjenncho]

I use two shots! But if you want more of the milk flavor than I would suggest 1 shot instead. I’ve tried it both ways and love it regardless! 💗 Also, ty 💌🥹

[@RaiSil-wq7gk]

Wow, Great Video! Do you work with any programming language? If yes, which one?

[@gphsog763]

already have.

[@Simple_OG]

Cutest software engineer i have ever seen 🤞

[@mberriost]

Your cat is so cute 🥺💖

[@imjenncho]

Thank you 💗💖 he’s a cutie 🤭

[@parsefal4664]

wow i glad to see you :) я рад вас видеть : ) И хочу пздравить вас с наступающим Новым Годом! Ваш маленький далекий русский друг/фанат :)

[@danfrith726]

what's the recipe for that chicken that looks amazing

[@luwjournals]

Love your video and your personality. Female engineer, wow you must be very intelligent 😊

[@giovannycantu5350]

I loved how your cat sleeps on the laptop😅

[@imjenncho]

It’s his heating pad 🤭

[@harshs538]

If you are talking about Junits, i feel your pain haha. 😅

[@samdimahmood9047]

Hey great video. Where did you get your blue light glasses?

[@imjenncho]

i got mine from felix gray!

[@pradag5671]

ily

[@MrSprinklecupcake86]

Also, can you link the webcam you use? Been looking for a good one for work :D

[@imjenncho]

I updated the description with web cam link!! I personally rarely use mine.. we have video-less meetings 🤣

[@skeletonboxers7336]

have you been worried about the layoffs in the air ? my offer to amazon got rescinded the other month so i hope i can get something in tech soon. its been a rough fall/winter aha

[@imjenncho]

Sorry to hear about that. I’m sure this is just a redirection for another great opportunity for you.

[@skeletonboxers7336]

@@imjenncho aw no i dont mean to mope or anythin! and im hopeful and see it that way too! day in the life vlogs like these from you and so many other SWE's keeps me inspired because i work so productively in parallel to them. so thank you!

[@8484f]

how long is ur work days usually? 9-5 or 9-7 etc

[@imjenncho]

Usually 9-6! Sometimes I’ll have late night meetings as well 🥲

[@LinkThatC]

Latte means milk in Italian

[@rayl6599]

ITs are much more tedious than UTs - especially when you need to test handling failures in other processes like loss of network connectivity… My opinion…

[@imjenncho]

Lol yes ITs are tedious too. But all are necessary

[@CharleneDandelion]

This video is in Angel Zheng's playlist of her career journey, and I am confused as to why? :')

[@dedal24]

9:08 lol your cat stretched its body as well 😀

[@frameofmind8800]

🤗

[@ezequielmamanillo]

Did they kick you out of Amazon?

[@ChewieTomatoes1]

Why two desks?

[@imjeffreylee]

Me: Mute phone and slack to stay focus and productive. Cat: Sits on the keyboard.

[@imjenncho]

lol that has also happened several times with me!

[@imjeffreylee]

@@imjenncho I thought your cat was about to do that in this video lol

[@tinyprobe5102]

banana latte

[@caiomac1]

You’re so beautiful, love your videos :)

[@tylerliu2760]

Did your team have a holiday party? My team only got a pizza lunch 😂

[@imjenncho]

Mine didn’t even have one 🥹 Lol but pizza team lunch seems like the standard tradition 😭🤣

[@tylerliu2760]

@jennintech Frugality 👌

[@imshulei]

Are you a full-stack engineer?

[@gphsog763]

I already that it product as faith from good one holy eternal.

[@follensay1775]

ILU

[@highyielddividendinvestor]

You must make a lot of money. You should save some to invest in dividend stocks.

[@ivan-sm9jz]

Dios santo estas hermosa

[@valeenoi2284]

No integration testing! Pfft!

[@johnnguyen1128]

Man, you are too cute for a software engineer. Considering how egotistic an engineer can be, you are way too humble

[@nicolatrabace]

You have the same vibes as nameishana, but you are more beautiful (don't tell her)

[@scuderia6272]

Need to unsubscribe. I can't focus 😐

[@MapleJokerRofl]

2:48 your eye went crazy haha . Anyways looking beautiful as always ! Nice video

[@imjenncho]

loll yeah idk why and ty!

[@kadekeqw23]

This fake cute girl voice is really ear grating.

[@imjenncho]

This is just my voice…

[@kadekeqw23]

​@@imjenncho No, it's not. This is not the way you speak to your parents.