why I rejected Google 👀🤭 work day vlog / software engineer in LA

Hi everyone! Hope you enjoy this work day in my life! In this vlog, I spill the tea on why I declined my job offer at Google and I talk a little bit about the pros and cons of working from home! These are two of my most asked questions so figured I'd chat. Hope you enjoy! As always, leave any comments or questions below!
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✨ l i n k s ✨
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✨ b e m y p a l ✨
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✨ a b o u t m e ✨
hi everyone! I'm Marsela! I'm a 20-something based in Los Angeles, California ☀️ I make all sorts of videos, mainly related to being a software engineer. I'm super new to all of this, and appreciate your support, so thank you so much for watching 🤍
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✨ t i m e s t a m p s ✨
00:00 hi!
00:12 g'mornin
01:56 i missed u guys!
02:59 time to work
04:40 lunch walk
05:34 making spring rolls
07:19 back to work
08:50 running break
09:50 elysian park
11:20 pros v cons of wfh
13:20 work & dinner
15:15 why I turned down my google offer
21:53 bye!
✨ v i d e o t o p i c s ✨
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[@childlikekait]

i love the format of mixing lifestyle vlogging with sitdown talks. keeps me engaged in the video.

[@DobryDzieciak911]

Really cool episode. I love how mature is your thinking about working for big companies and how you see yourself inside such organisations. Definitely such format of vlogs is perfect and suits you and your audience. Thanks a lot!

[@alfredomora5555]

I’ve been watching your videos for the past year and started my first software engineering position last week! You inspire many!

[@marselaaa]

Aw congrats on the new job!! That’s amazing! Thank you for watching!

[@youavang8218]

tips for your spring rolls: there are bigger wrappers available, so if you want more veggies those are better. another thing, cut the shrimp in half, it won't make it so bulky, and it'll still be delicious.

[@ohhthatjess]

I like half vlog, half sit down. I find watching your routine to be motivating. Thank you for sharing with us!

[@marselaaa]

appreciate your input! Thank you 🤍

[@krystalqin]

your editing is amazing and i love the storytelling aspects of your vlogs and how authentic you are :) as someone who also works in tech and loves making videos too i'm so happy i came across your channel!! can't wait for more videos!💛

[@marselaaa]

aw how sweet 🥺 thank you!!

[@carolresen]

One of the big differences of being a software engineer in Brazil is the working hours... my working hours are from 8 am to 6 pm. It's insane... I hope my English becomes good enough as soon as possible so that I can work for a US company 😊 I love your videos, best regards!

[@marselaaa]

It's probably not the country but just the company! My manager knows I like to work 10 - 6pm rather than 9 - 5, and he's alright with it. Some companies/managers have stricter work times so it all varies! Thank you so much for watching!!

[@DD-vc7fq]

From 8am to 6pm? That's insane. Nobody should be spending that much of his/her life working.

[@carolresen]

@@DD-vc7fqUnfortunately everyone in Brazil work from 8am to 6pm... it's official work time by law :/

[@marcusbohns]

@@DD-vc7fq yes this is normal for a brazilian worker :/

[@christinar8419]

@@DD-vc7fq is that 4 or 5 days a week? I work 4, 10 hour shifts a week. I'm off every Friday.

[@graceng29499]

I love the half vlog half sit down because it feels less monotone and it's nice seeing how you put together your life and balance everything at once also! I find it very inspiring

[@Paulapix]

Congrats on hitting 30k!! Loved seeing your growth as a creator

[@vince5260]

What a small world! I’m pretty sure I bought a book from you back in the college days lol. Awesome to see you have a growing channel like this. Best of luck in your tech journey! ✌️

[@Joshua-Chadd]

Is so calming watching your vlogs!

[@84diore]

I really love your vlogs and sit down videos discussing your career and where you would like to be in the future. Very inspirational

[@marselaaa]

yay appreciate your input! Thank you 🤍🤍

[@asifs100]

Wow Marsela, what a wonderful video this was. Very informative which gave me totally different take on things. Thank you for putting so much effort in all your videos 🙏

[@TwixTimeMS]

first haha :) just wanted to say you’re killing it with KZbin and are a huge inspiration! I get so excited seeing your videos in my inbox. much love 💕

[@marselaaa]

🤍! you’re a real one ✊

[@tijananinkovic1400]

I absolutely understand your point of view, I decided to work in a startup for more less the same reasons. Although it's true that each side has its advantages and disadvantages

[@SomethingNick]

Can’t wait to see “day in the life of a startup CEO” 😉 I want to start a company too but I’m on a visa in a different country so I’m pretty sure I’d get deported! You make a lot of good points about not working for big tech, I’ve never really thought about the drawbacks just laser focused on the clout/money/perks, will try to keep in mind when I start job hunting again next month

[@marselaaa]

omggg “day in the life of a startup ceo” 😊😊 hahaha yay! Im glad you found it useful! Just some insight to consider, but it ultimately comes down to what you want for your career :) a few years at big tech won’t make or break it! Good luck with the job hunt!

[@TristanBurgener]

Such a cozy vlog I love it

[@CSJackie]

I loved this video and appreciate your honesty and authenticity so much!

[@marselaaa]

aww thank you jackie!! can't wait to watch your channel grow! 🌻

[@nevermind7652]

I love vlog videos , also all the information you share . Great vid !

[@marselaaa]

thank you!

[@PriyaPriya-jk3xg]

Hi Marsela! you are doing a good job. Love all ur vlogs 😊 Do consider something similar to this video to cover both vlogs + some talks that you particularly wanna share with ur fans. I like that u love to start ur day with yoga. It's great to know about the lifestyle of people from another end of the world.

[@nosato]

really enjoyed this vlog, especially the discussion at the end! navigating your career as a software engineer isn’t easy but it was nice to hear your perspective! you’re such an inspiration✨✨

[@marselaaa]

aww thank you!! 🤍

[@lulu-dr4eh]

Good insight. Thanks Marsela!! You motivate me to keep going on my coding journey. When I picture my life a year or two from now, I envision something like yours but in Denver. ☺💜

[@marselaaa]

🤍🤍 aw I’m so glad it was helpful!!

[@-erik-ny1051]

Your context switch from work to ordinary life and viceversa is admirable :D

[@marselaaa]

hahah thanks! I think it comes off better than it really is. This comment made me realize - I definitely have moments of procrastination on the day to day which is only made worse by the context switching, but it's hard to procrastinate on filming days since filming and work take up so much of my mental capacity

[@AliceTrap]

I am also a programmer, and I understand you soo so well when you were talking about Google and Facebook. I have also been done a similar choice.

[@pushpanthkumar9028]

Nice vlog ..love to see mix of both vlog and marselaa talks..I like your edit skills 👌

[@Lumary]

Hi Marsela, thanks for sharing your insights concerning working at bigger and smaller tech companies. very helpfuL! :)

[@duygurechani290]

80% vlog and 20% talking 👌🏻💜

[@LUXURYCHELSEA]

I love watching ur videos it so motivate me to look forward and work hard

[@Taskade]

Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you see can inspire you.

[@Hednhkgdh]

100th Comment. Watching It Late On Purpose So I Can See Your Next Video Sooner. Love Your Content/Videos

[@10straws59]

omg would LOVEEE if you could make a video on big vs. small companies for tech roles!!

[@sihlejali8453]

Hey Marsela, huge fan of the channel, holding your breath in for 30 sec helps with hiccups

[@happyness37]

Love your desktop setup and morning routine

[@marselaaa]

🤍thank you!

[@chantuff9377]

You're awesome. Every time I watch your videos, I'm even more motivated to eat better, work out and kill this coding thing 😊

[@marselaaa]

🤍 yay I’m so glad!! Thank you so much for always watching and commenting!

[@lesterjohn583]

Your videos do not fail to motivate me!

[@marselaaa]

aw I'm so glad!!

[@sohahashim647]

Would love to watch more videos like this ♥️

[@sarag1018]

omg, this was so helpful. Thank you for giving your insight and sharing your thought process with declining your offer at Google. I just started my coding journey in November 2021 and I can find it so intimidating thinking about companies like Google! But I loved everything that you mentioned! Thank you again for sharing! Random question, have any of your coworkers gone to a coding bootcamp at all? I'm always curious to know! Thanks again!

[@giandie]

love the video!!

[@marselaaa]

🤍🤍

[@anandghansanjay2575]

I’ve been watching your videos for the past few months and I really love your vlogs. You are doing a great job . You're awesome I like you very much. I get so excited seeing your videos in my inbox. much love 💕 honestly I am saying that I love you so much. You are the real beauty with brain combination. Thanks for the Informational video, Enjoyed it .💖💖🌹🌹👌

[@anshitam7470]

Your videos are healing my mental health! You are doing a great job!! Please try to post videos daily😇 love from India ❤️

[@marselaaa]

hahah I cannot imagine posting daily! But thanks for watching the ones I do post 😅

[@pedrosalazarortega6375]

Thank you so much. Could you share the complete stretching routine you use? Maybe a link to other channel or name of the stretch exercises?

[@harshdoshi9642]

you are my favourite SWE content creator! Your videos are amazing

[@marselaaa]

aw thank you!! appreciate that!

[@emmanueldevera8142]

Absolute perfect video. Just a quick question marsela, what is the name of the brand of your long sleeves on the timestamp of 2minutes-8minutes onwards. Seems awesome though

[@LukeBarousse]

I have the same Breville Barista 🙌🏼

[@krishnadamaraju9189]

hi Marsela...great work and awesome videos. Could I ask where you got the pen that you use @ 3:25 in your video? Thank you.

[@kayeserrano3093]

I like half vlog, half talking!

[@Muslim_Son]

Thanks for the Informational video, Enjoyed it! 👌

[@marselaaa]

thank you for watching!

[@whoislolo1953]

here before 1k views hehe

[@TheCMGKillCode]

I feel so bad that you had to bring pepper spray when walking through the park. Really made me realize how safe the place is where I live and that I should be thankful for that.

[@mirzahussain3970]

I too wanted to start my own company

[@navjotsingh2457]

Ty

[@GustavoGuuhh]

Hi, could you make a video talking about the top tech companies and where they are in Los Angeles County? (I'm a software developer from Brazil and my goal is to live in Los Angeles in a few years)

[@anaaloe]

Thanks.

[@turkishdelight6032]

Your career and savings philosophy is very similar to that of Joma Tech. He preaches being financially stable before quitting your tech 9-5 to pursue your true passion

[@madebyymira]

hahaa im literally making spring rolls rn!

[@marselaaa]

the best!

[@joaopedrocruz3150]

I feel like I'm in gta five watching this video🙂

[@ohhimark8028]

how did your honey equity translate to paypal?

[@JamesBond-mq7pd]

What is the name of your monitor? Thank you

[@technologyknowledgetvoffic9278]

Kon sa software use karte he video editing me

[@jaredfritz8883]

Thank you for that information! Im a college student and I think I would also prefer to work at a smaller company as opposed to something like google or facebook. Would love to learn as much as possible for later in my career!

[@jaydenrussell7491]

Hey I have a quick question at 16:38 when you said " you could of just stayed at google until you graduated " does this mean your still in school or or attending college while being an software engineer ?

[@marselaaa]

Not sure I said that? I’m not in school anymore. I did 2 internships at Google while I was in school but have since graduated

[@mundojusto3095]

Whats the name/model of that coffee machine?

[@swinewannafly]

When i see "bánh tráng" in your video. I like 😱. This is specialties in my country. Vietnam 😍

[@marselaaa]

They are!! I was missing ingredients so I definitely did not do it justice but I love spring rolls

[@NaveenJC]

I'd love to work in a startup where the CEO's name is marsela 😊

[@b14ckh4wk3]

hi, i love you

[@niko4617]

I love your vidoes

[@marselaaa]

thank you!!

[@richardzic9845]

Moi aussi je suis comme je suis 😁

[@AnaBatel1]

You mentioned sprint planning and organising a 1-on-1, are you a team lead in your company? If you are, how do you balance coding and leading?

[@marselaaa]

No I'm not a team lead! I'm a standard software engineer :) I just needed to reschedule a 1-on-1 with my manager since our normal one was cancelled + I needed to prep for sprint planning because I had a few ideas for tickets / things that needed to be done so I went ahead and made tickets for that! Not strict requirements of my job but good to do nonetheless!

[@AnaBatel1]

@@marselaaa thanks for the explanation!

[@respergu13]

Great vlog, last section was a bit like a 1:1 😀

[@xaesteria]

what coffee machine is that? :)

[@KennedyKelly633]

Can you make a video about what you typically do when you’re in a funk when you’re trying to solve a difficult bug? One of my biggest fears about starting my full time job haha. And any other tips you have for women starting their first software dev jobs!

[@infinteuniverse]

It's not as hard as you think :), and if you can't reproduce the bug, just report that. It may be a bug that so rarely occurs that it's not worth fixing.

[@marselaaa]

that's valid ^ but I also find that it pays to be a problem solver than a problem reporter. If you happen to encounter one that has nothing to do with your current ticket / is an existing bug - I'd spend like 30 minutes investigating and trying to get to the bottom of it. It's great if you let the team know "there's this bug, this is how to fix it, I'll make a ticket for that", and you can move on. That's better than just reporting a bug imo - but definitely report even if you can't get to the bottom of it. If it's an area of the project you're not familiar with, I'd ping the people who are more familiar to see if it's a known bug. If you're stuck while trying working on your ticket, there's more tips I have! But maybe a video with tips would be a good idea!

[@creativedemons627]

We all need an auction ad space company with respectable ads concluding. Googles ‘this is what this person deserves’ ad space is probably dated

[@arsheyamathur7459]

Hey! I noticed while watching you work that you’re not using your new m1 macbook pro? any reason for that? also love your videos

[@marselaaa]

My M1 MacBook is my personal one (you can see it in the video editing clip towards the end!) but I have a separate work laptop that is provided by my company and that one is not one of the 2021 models

[@arsheyamathur7459]

​@@marselaaa Ah I see, thank you for responding

[@infinteuniverse]

As a jr dev, my work days get super slow before a release as the managers don't want to overcommit and fall short on delivering on release day. Any advice on what to do during this downtime other than chill? Lol

[@TJHooper123]

My advice is that there are a few things you can do to fill your time. If you have newer members on your team, make yourself available to them if they need help or have questions. You can do some ad-hoc knowledge shares. Other things you can do is to read some documentation that maybe you haven't read before. Learn some new things about some of the systems you haven't really had experience working in. This is most applicable if you work at a bigger company where different teams handle different systems. Lastly, you can always look at some of the code you've been working on or will work on and try to see where you can add test cases or refactor to reduce tech debt. You may not have the opportunity to actually make those changes if your managers don't want new code pushed before a release, but you can start jotting down ideas of where improvements can be made.

[@marselaaa]

^^ agree with TJ! Also a great thing to do is do read up on new technologies / what's going on in the industry outside your company / new technologies that could be helpful for your team to start using / different architecture designs / the list goes on!

[@bigcitylife8897]

You cool

[@vikiluch99]

I also take pepper spray in LA...

[@gmur2]

Nice Vid

[@osinorsis]

What company do you work for right now ?

[@drivethrutours1916]

Have you taken the COVID vaccine for yourself?

[@shauryajain4851]

You are which engineer and which domain

[@dante5622]

I love Valley Girls

[@anirudhpanwar7142]

I just realised that we have same thoughts about these big companies. We share common goals and think in the same way.

[@thanosbrotha3455]

Yaar ye gori ladki kitni awsm Hoti h yaar 😍

[@maximusrevolt9984]

You look like wife of Rocky Balboa from the movie

[@He_ze]

Hi, you probably won't read this comment, but I just want to say you look A LOT like NancyPi the math tutor

[@Gengzu]

You've been using a mechanical keyboard, but now I can see apple magickeyboard. but why? :)

[@marselaaa]

My wrist was hurting with the mechanical keyboarding, I think I may need to find a different one that suits me better. So I reverted to my trusty Apple one while I find one!

[@Gengzu]

​@@marselaaa hm. I can't use the magic keyboard. don't know why. just discomfort. build-in is ok. so, I've got a mechanical one and it's a really great experience.

[@marselaaa]

​@@Gengzu which one do you have! I could use some recs :)

[@Gengzu]

@@marselaaa keychron k3. It’s low-profile. Also air75. Very cool.

[@zerokool-2058]

This whole time I thought she worked at Google lol..

[@DWEthiopia]

I know you might not want to share what company you work for, but can you share what industry you are in or give a brief description of what kind of service your company provides. Thanks.

[@khasmeenusman3931]

i hate this ad "returning to work" thing. WTF!

[@cosmincoco3679]

Cause u just don´t get it ; google.

[@user-wp2tw7rz7u]

It's all because you wanted to become THE woman who rejected the offer from Google.

[@rhineblueskyson]

别让祖国丢脸了