Get ahead of 99% of software engineers in 5 minutes

[@Bgo_J]

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[@randomtech5929]

Hi, I have been watching your content for a while now,, and it mostly suits my problem, I have worked to learn many languages and databases and different technologies but am still stuck in the same place, most of these go to my poor communication as a developer which leads me to bad interview and bad impression, I am good in all the technical aspects of the field but still not able to have a good figures job, can you help me out here.

[@HoD999x]

let's all do that, then we're all ahead of each other

[@saravanabalajik]

No, then you are sorted on the basis of IQ and luck factor, and ability to understand what is important. Because not ever one has same growth rate in the software knowledge.

[@saravanabalajik]

Now, you can get out of the way, cause people doing this would like to dominate you.

[@ElvijsTeikmanis]

Everyone will only get exponentially better xD

[@genericdeveloper3966]

@@saravanabalajik Nah, you'll be sorted by how well you get along with the hiring manager and anyone else in the hiring process.

[@friendoverse]

It’s the capitalism fallacy. If everybody just worked harder, they all can be Billionaires.

[@nicholasbailey6236]

One LeetCode per day means after 2 years you've done over 700 problems. Just sayin'.

[@stuartphimmer7429]

Curious if solving leetcode problems pays off.

[@Ecyber401]

@@stuartphimmer7429 Excercising your skills helps but leetcode alone wont do much for understanding large codebases or understanding how to tackle larger problems.

[@stuartphimmer7429]

@@Ecyber401oh for sure. I’ve developed on systems both large and small. Curious if at this point spending more time on something Ike leetcode pays off as developer or is mostly aimed toward junior devs or those trying to break into the industry

[@nagamanjunath2102]

As someone who did lot of leetcode I can tell that it majorly helps to crack interviews. That’s it. It is by designing and building real world data intensive applications is when you truly gain “technical acumen” of a software engineer. Those are the real engineers who aren’t found on leetcode.

[@MHNK77]

A huge advantage of creating that wasn't mentioned in the video, is that by creating the solution to a problem you have you become your own user and the stakeholder, developing that "business side" mind that many SEs lack and it's so valuable for any company

[@Bgo_J]

Phenomenal point - I touch upon this in my other videos but well said.

[@PaulAlwin]

Didn’t know Shia la beuf is a software engineer.

[@apoorvasharma8675]

Bruh 😂😂😂😂

[@fifaham]

It is hard to find a sincere engineer like you.

[@diandradeeke]

yes its basically the same like many others have said: Never stop learning

[@vcmplatform1690]

N learning is a scam , in Software world as every other year things change

[@PabloArielMedina]

Having a solution for their problem demonstrates knowledge, interest and above all the ability to give them exactly what they need. Excellent advice, Bgo! I follow you !

[@michael_mei]

Of course, everyone who aspires after success of any kind should make consistent efforts. But they need or may have come to the realisation that the results or effects of their endeavour may not be linear as they expect or assume. On their journey towards their goals, there will be fast lanes if luck is on their side, but it would be more often the case that they will be stumbling blocks, detours, or even dead ends. That's why the number of people who end up successful as compared to those who end up on the contrary is not really encouraging unfortunately. Anyway, just be clearly sure what exactly you want to achieve, study the most likely paths to get there, make enough effort, and leave the rest to God.

[@KazmirRunik]

You know what 90% of people in any software or engineering job doesn't do? Read the documentation. 90% of that remaining 10%? When you have questions or ideas, experiment. You can also do it in the other order, where you think up an idea and use documentation in service of making it happen. You can look up advice, but don't use other people's code snippets without understanding each & every line, never copy-paste, you CREATE, then you can permute the building blocks to do what you want. Which is basically the same conclusion, just with the intermediate steps spelled out.

[@bojantanasic221]

Getting past the 99% involves programming and innovating. Working on serious projects like avionics, missle defense systems, nautical systems, embedded systems, robotics, mechanical engineering etc. While the other 99% are web developers who follow trends and cookie cutter frameworks. Made by other competent/smarter people. None of this would even exist without them. Example node, v8 js engine,

[@joshbakit]

agree. I hope my todo task app can generate money magically

[@Smolandgor]

By working on those things you will be just good embedded dev. May be working for some raytheon for a mediocre salary.

[@Pyrogecko08]

At 30 minutes a day, just 30 minutes could drastically change your entire life only if you live for just one day

[@thebocksters2756]

but how you invest 30 minutes into creating, into solving problems if these problems are unknown to you. I mean, you will need to sit and read about the problem, and most of the time this reading and learning is not 30min, its like 3-4 days just to get the idea of the problem and how it works. If you spent 30mins a day you will finish the problem in two-three months I think

[@Bgo_J]

Hi Bockster, The 30 minute is a minimum recomendation - should you decide to spend more time, you are more than welcome to. Regarding the problem, I emphasized choosing an already familiar problem that either you or your network has experienced or you have personally invested time into previously. That being said, some problems will take you two-three months to complete, correct. I talked about it previously but an acquaintanceof mine when applying for quant jobs created one of the first Telegram trading bots on the ETH & BASE chain, which took him roughly ~3 months.

[@voskresenie-]

I'm guessing you've never done this consistently for more than a few days in a row. 30 mins a day for 3 months is FAR more effective than 3 hours a day for 2 weeks, in spite of being a similar number of hours. Once you get the consistency, things will start to fall into place and you will begin to answer these questions you have. The problem is the constant starting and stopping, going hard for a couple weeks followed by nothing for a couple months. This makes it nearly impossible to build up the familiarity necessary to actually start feeling comfortable in the space - you waste all your time trying to figure out what to do, rather than doing. Try the 30 mins a day thing with no clear goal, where the only goal at the start is to pick a goal. Keep it going for two months and you will feel so much more comfortable in the space. It probably won't even take that long, but the point is, begin by focusing on the time dedicated to the problem, rather than solving the problem.

[@arthuraugustoamadeu6441]

I'm from Brazil and I'm in the last year of electrical engineering, thanks for the tips I'm going to use Maybe I'll come back to talk about the results.

[@kobakiria9295]

+ 1 subscribers from today. I appreciate your work. I have asked some more experienced developers that work with the same technologies as me to give me advice how can I improve because I do not like the way of my career development but they did not tell me something specific or useful. But, today, I discovered your channel and there are good advices. I hope other videos are as good as this one since I have not seen many of them, but I am starting to become one of your fun. Keep it up man, we need you.

[@SoulExpension]

Good vid. I generally call it "working for yourself." I created a learning system myself that, unlike college, integrates knowledge in a buildup of layers. The creation thing is real motivation. You need to hit the compile button and run that thing for dopamine. You see lessons with irrelevant or obtuse examples. That asymptotic learning demands a holistic system you build yourself, and for me, a template across languages if I desire performance comparison.

[@Johnycage27777]

I actually liked the idea of compound interest and how it makes you an expert in anything with some extra effort. Warren Buffet is one of the ultimate examples of it. Last but not least, Entrepreneurship should be taught in every field including IT Professions. Nobody wants to work for Jerk Manager...Great Video Bgo!

[@Ilovek1r1m1]

Does it really take 30min to learn anything as a software engineer? It's practical to take 3hrs or more, if you factor in the yak shaving that tends to happen.

[@nguyenquangthai6373]

He didn't tell that 30 mins to become a SE, he suggested to spend EXTRA 30 minutes for creation.

[@t.mollov566]

JS libraries: Good luck.

[@khangquach967]

I am an 18-year-old beginning my coding journey, and I greatly appreciate your advice. Thank you very much.

[@PiyushAggarwalConsulting]

the only thing you should take from that video is COMPOUNDING

[@ryuhaneda]

Congratulations. Coding is not easy, but it is relevant. If you ever get discouraged or don't know what to do, there are so many of us out there willing to point you to your next step. Just know that once you know what you have to do, you have to actually do it. God bless you.

[@metalhead7619]

I am CS graduated student, working as product owner, gonna do master of AI. Do I have a good start to follow your strategies?

[@Bgo_J]

Yes you do

[@kaiser3626]

So the recommendation is "not stop working", as 30 minutes per day usually is not enough. Extra time working always pays off and put somewhat ahead, but not ahead of the 99% of programmers. They are not so lazy and most continue learning on their spare time.

[@devvv4616]

Actually gives you something to talk about in interviews too, and lets you standout

[@videoanalyst4u]

Isn’t software engineers stuck in debugging their complex code / bug for hours or days, then how can they dedicate 30 mins to put effort in creativity of solution creation?

[@Bgo_J]

Good question, The premise that most softwware engineers are stuck debugging their code isn't necessarily true - I talk about how when approaching any programming problem, think of the "why" first then the "how" such that you can avoid many of the pitfalls later on. Instead of spending 30 minutes on leisure time on KZbin or elsewhere, spend it on creating.

[@saravanabalajik]

@@Bgo_J Great answer, bro.

[@KamranRiyaz]

It's totally possible, at first it might seem difficult but when a strong habit is formed it becomes hard wired in our brain. If you can't spend 30 minutes just start with 15 minutes.

[@kevygranero]

The main reason for being stuck in the code, debugging their own code is that they dont spent 30 min studying how to code better and cleaner. After investing that time, less and less the developer will spend time in bugs as the software will be reliable and more time will be available for ideas

[@kevygranero]

@@hansu7474 some code is complicated, agree, but code can be made simple to be understood by us devs. It also depends on how many years of experience a dev has and in that experience he had enough to see code from different developers of different levels, then you can realise that some great devs are able to produce really great code for complex problems

[@pma1470]

doing the basics things is most important.most of my friends knows many things but they don't know why is that happening like that and also don't ask

[@TheRightWayYes574]

Such a great inspiration and role model as an intern software engineer myself. I feel like I already have a huge advantage with you being my mentor. I will certainly apply everything you say in your videos so I can end up like you one day! Thanks for helping us out with these videos!

[@federico-bi2w]

You are perfectly right but...I am not in your country...I am from Europe. I have a portfolio of project in different technologies...I am now after many years really technology agnostic...I can project software whatever the stack is but....if managers in enterprises are in the 99% percent...you end to be an outsider!!!...they often look for mediocracy!!!

[@karantanwar174]

30 mins is saving money

[@siddharthchopda4669]

Needless to say! But this actually works.. Compounding is definitely the 8th wonder of the world.

[@mohamadsawan4070]

is it the same for computer engineering?

[@Bgo_J]

Hi Mohamad, Yes - 100%. I come from an electrical and computer engineering background myself.

[@ryuhaneda]

I was tempted to jump to the end of the video to find that "one thing"... but I watched all the way through instead. Thank you.

[@breakoutgaffe4027]

Nice video. What's your views on using AI to write code?

[@Bgo_J]

AI is a tool - nothing more nothing less, so use it as such.

[@SamiSabirIdrissi]

My man is spitting facts

[@m.veerendrasai8388]

Subscribed just after watching this video

[@AEspinoRful]

since this video was published, it’s a little less easier

[@sandeepnakshe4473]

In the thumbnail i saw right diagram for 99 percentile and that made me click on this vedio, finally someone who understands peak of the curve is not top 1%

[@MamoruKing]

30 - 60 seconds in over 5 minutes.

[@MustangKepler]

Wow I'm luck that i got this video 😂

[@AK-ox3mv]

Doers are real thinkers. Steve jobs

[@shauryasingh4329]

Hey Can we connect on Linkedin?

[@cherubino95]

That's because people don't like to be bored u know... Lol

[@sreyans01]

Me whose android studio takes 30 minutes to build an app 😂

[@estleexin7584]

Underrated video.

[@y01cu_yt]

Thanks.

[@aarav9621]

Im in my 3rd year , am i cooked? I have just solved 44 programs in leetcode

[@Bgo_J]

Not at all, having more technical knowledge will never hurt you, just spending all your time learning ONLY technical things will. Dedicate more time to your soft skills and creating solutions to problems - don't have programming as your ONLY focus.

[@notusperson4667]

I get a head from 99% of SE 😮

[@conscripto12]

Learn haskell :)

[@arman2339]

Why 30 min? Do much more.

[@CristianIntriago_]

Wow awesome video, learned a lot

[@MateuszAandrzejewski]

Thanks for it

[@Decoplr]

Big thanks Bro

[@ZeryusXD]

Truth

[@Make_Sites_easy]

nice learn by doing

[@bader-eddineqodia5964]

Thanks

[@muskandodmani3579]

That's a game changer, isn't it but that 30 mins needs intense deep work

[@piggy4651]

how the hell do you create a whole ass solution just be researching a company before an interview?

[@harambetidepod1451]

Thanks Shia Labepuf

[@faisalamir1656]

Agree

[@stiv_rua]

Good video!

[@pocola.stones]

Nice video mehn

[@CristianIntriago_]

Awesome video dude, greetings from a software developer in south America 🎉

[@bithon5242]

The easiest way is to get a gf

[@anonymoususer3561]

Which color do you want your unicorn?

[@sabuein]

Thank you.

[@guardrover]

Really good and effective advice. Thanks!

[@mybackstage.io.]

I built my EKS, how do I access private subnets? Don't want to build direct access/VPN right now, just put it to public subnets - Terraform destroy , public ALB needs two AZ, oh there are my 30 minutes peep 😅 Sometimes my 30 minutes look like big waste of time, but I get your point. Not lot of people built their own clusters on spare time, and you never know what opportunity might come next...

[@isacgram]

what are you trying to solve? do you really need EKS? If your goal its just to learn building clusters, fair enough.

[@mybackstage.io.]

@@isacgram I have a plan to build open banking application using aggregators like gocardless deployed in microservices architectures using EKS and Kafka is a pivotal thing there. Working slow there since it is a side hustle project. I am open to pairing up if you are interested :)