40 Life Lessons from a 40-Year-Old Developer

[@AdrianTregoning]

I've commented many times on your videos. I'm 42, a mechanical engineer. This week I finally landed an internship at a small tech company! Super stoked. It was scary, it was tough, I wanted to give up many times, but I didn't. And finally the door opened. Super stoked. Thanks for inspiring average people like me.

[@kazoobab.l2836]

Not you Alone, I am from Uganda!

[@billyilla3892]

You are a wonderful person. Thanks for giving us a 43 years lesson in 17 minutes and 14 seconds

[@SohrabK]

Exactly 💯 amazing.

[@argamboad1]

Just loved it! I'm a 45 year old self-taught software engineer (yeah, one of those hated ones LOL), been doing this since 1998, so quite a few years. Very valuable lessons here, I could not agree more on almost all of them. But the point here is not on how many I agree with, how many I don't or why; the point is how inspiring this video was for me. At this point on someone's career it's very easy to find yourself in a career rabbit hole, but your video encouraged me to carry on, because I love what I do for a living, and you remind me that. Please keep doing this, I find this channel so helpful to anyone in the industry, junior or senior. Techy channels explaining the 1s and 0s there are a lot, but yours is like having a cup of coffee with a colleague, and we need that too so badly. You are helping people sir, cheers to that!!

[@Affiliaterobo]

Man, I am near 40’s , work in marketing, learned python and sql, learning html,js,css from Odin projects and really like this field but was too afraid to dip in. Don’t know how YT algorithm suggested your video but now I have HOPE! . Gonna keep learning , sure it may take time but you are the biggest example That passion pays off.

[@akresmiley]

I started to code 2 months ago and I just turned 18 I thought for some reason it was to late (people coding at 14 etc) but you inspired me a lot I swear your my favourite youtuber ever

[@longnguyenthanh9317]

I watch Travis since 2019 for my thesis. Now I'm quite "old" in the industry and everything just feel so old. I feel I'm very lacking. I'm not sure I really like to code anymore. My brain isn't clear and I did thing so slow. Seeing Travis, I'm glad he is doing well. I hope he will success not just in this industry (which he already did :D) but also everything else. P/S: I'm looking for a team to start a fun startup :D Still watching every online guru to get more info on this

[@JohnCalentine]

A startup you say

[@LuckyLuke1881]

Hi, I am 38 years old and just started learn to code to switch my carrer. Your channel is wonderful and I am very gratefull to you.

[@analyst2engineer]

This video deserves rewatching again and again. Thanks, Travis

[@cody_codes_youtube]

This is great advice! Thanks for sharing and making this video. Good work!

[@mon_codes]

I wish my old man, say things like these to me. Thanks Travis, I'm listening to your videos while coding.

[@PoteRomo]

This video came at the right time and at the right moment. I am learning the hard way...

[@TravisMedia]

@@PoteRomo or maybe the right moment at the right time in the season that it most made sense. So not learning the hard way but the way in which it was supposed to happen for you. 🤷

[@BenoitCazavant]

Just turn 65. 20 years ago stop beeing Mr. Director not because of the people I was working with or the technology BUT because of the BOSS that did give a dawn about anything else then profits. Since then doing contracts on things of interest for me with people I like. Biggest lesson select your boss/organisation carefully do not let your efforts and life go to waste because of "ass...". I do agree with a lot of you are saying, thanks

[@mazlanhalim9141]

Thanks Travis for pointing that out >> #32 Hydrate more = Drink more water! Invaluable tip!!! Plus, empty your bladder and bowel as soon as possible. Why? Kidney stone. I learned this the HARD way last year. I didn't drink enough water and keep procrastinate going to the restroom just to finish up on some code or fixing a bug. Surely enough at the age of 46 I got kidney stone attack. It was the most painful experience I ever had in my life. I wouldn't wish it to anyone even to my worst enemies. Drink 3 liters of water (fruits included) and avoid brocolli and peanuts, thank me later.

[@arunkutube]

this content is gold, but you only learn these things hard way, otherwise they don't get into head.

[@wendiborden6590]

All things I need to hear! Eventually will listen to myself.. thanks Travis, please keep it coming 💖

[@zakariaelhalbi2081]

i really need to go through you whole channel and take priceless notes

[@shreyaschillal]

In turning 24 now I want get a job in data science before turning 25.definitely I work for that!

[@kojodidio]

Bless you Travis. You are such a wonderful man.

[@GrowthMindset_J]

Great lessons. Make a video on developing soft skills please

[@pabiforbes]

Thank you for this Travis. Very valuable 🙌🏾

[@ekeminios]

Thank you, Travis

[@shafiqahmadzai3262]

Love the content you put out Travis! Thanks 😊

[@Eng_Jaber_Said]

Thank traves ❤️

[@bena7228]

Love your videos! I love that you are talking about soft skills they are often overlooked

[@kamillewandowski3112]

Thanks man, you gave me some food for thought with this video

[@Ravis98]

Best advices to get Inspired. Thanks!

[@caty863]

I feel called out on many things here. For instance about multiple incomes, networking, finances, working out, etc. Fact is, I used to try all these things. But living with a partner who doesn't care drained my energy out. I believe having a little bit of competition in a relationship, or a kind of fear that you may be rejected if you drop your edge, is a big source of motivation and drive to keep improving. I feel I do much more than my wife, that I am much better than her, so why do more?

[@mohammadimran2219]

This video is GOLD

[@robb7148]

So much gold here.

[@SohrabK]

Amazing, very very helpful thank you so much Travis

[@fortyfour7410]

I always enjoyed your content, but this one was the best!

[@christofferbay8210]

Great lessons Travis!

[@Quoteoftheday228]

Thanks for the heads-up and the great advice sir Much love 💘 ❤ 💗

[@ryaaan0751]

Thank you for this, Travis! Made my day!

[@isaacfigueroa]

Excelentes consejos! Gracias Travis!

[@YannMetalhead]

Great advice, thank you!

[@vishnumlasia]

Thanks a lot for this video.

[@fardikha]

thanks for sharing sir

[@usamahussain4461]

this is amazing. You mentioned that software engg is a vast field and you don't want to be doing same thing again and again, change careers. And I understand it. But don't new jobs always have this "2+/3+ years experience" thing? How can we get around it if we want to, say, transition from SWE to ML Engg.?

[@rajbohra10]

40 Life Lessons: 1. Act your age 2. Say what you mean 3. Stop wasting time 4. Have multiple streams of income 5. Be financially literate 6. Limit your 401K 7. Turn on your webcam 8. Interviewers are human, too 9. Keep your options open 10. Be direct 11. Let interests guide you 12. Budget for education 13. Make networking a lifestyle 14. Soft skills are key 15. Be accountable 16. Seek domain knowledge 17. Learn to pseudocode 18. Merge before pushing 19. Pad time estimates 20. Read Grokking Algorithms 21. Be a problem solver 22. Know Yourself 23. Do the hard tasks 24. Build stuff 25. Stop coding all the time 26. Bugs will always exist 27. Never promise a customer 28. Make mistakes 29. Protect your time 30. Health above all 31. Chairs kill 32. Hydrate more 33. Shape or be shaped 34. Feel the burn 35. Travel 36. One hard thing daily 37. Easy comes last 38. Max out your PTO 39. Prioritize people 40. Check yourself

[@abdullahhassan8690]

Your need to write a book, you are a top man. Thanks

[@twosatoshis2478]

Solid list

[@ahmedsallam2868]

Thanks for your lessons :)

[@muhammad_khubaib_imtiaz]

Amazing mate. Thank you for valuable information.

[@aiasaiascon3894]

that was a super huge fine video !!!! Good recap of Advices / suggestions and so to the point. I myself have postponed for so many years my liking for SQL and for BI and I certainly Do not Respect my Time and my Health....Unfortunately - by the way same age as you are.

[@EnglishRain]

Happy birthday!

[@danilakhadarovich]

The tip #39 is a very true fact about our life. Couldn't believe I would watch the entire video, but it happened. Need to think a bit about it. Very useful. Thank you! P. S. Subscribe to the channel :)

[@boneydalwani]

Thanks!

[@RomjanAli19964]

wonderful post

[@junka3]

thanks for sharing

[@Keilnoth]

As a 44yo developer, I will add one critical thing: Reputation take 20 years to build, but 5 minutes to destroy. Don't hang out with the wrong people. And don't post shit on social media. Yelling at people on social media is not going to change the world, it will just make you look like a moron. I think young people really have a problem with this. If you want to change the world then do something constructive, not destructive: build a community, a company, or an innovation. Make it your life goal. But being a jerk on Reddit and Twitter will just make YOU unhappy and will not change anything.

[@shesparks64]

Great piece of advice

[@TravisMedia]

Wise words. Thanks for sharing it.

[@toshilam3257]

All really true.

[@anselemmankc3462]

Impressive

[@brilliantgeorge]

On the note of switching jobs at @04:10 I would like to caution that hiring managers notice short periods of stay in one's career when they look at their CV. You don't want to appear as a gold digger, asking for higher salary elsewhere and you better have a reason about it when asked. By all means do search for other opportunities just don't job-hop too regularly.

[@TravisMedia]

You're absolutely right. Definitely don't do it too often.

[@moessyd]

wonderful

[@Onyx0920]

Is it even worth learning to code at this point? Because everybody keeps yapping about “AI is going to replace” Ai this, AI that. “Don’t even get a computer science degree, it’s over saturated!” Durr durr commets that they be leaving.

[@结实反流]

@14:22 not in Mexico 😢

[@vodacbao]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@abdulhannan8129]

Hello sir. Sir I am not good at maths so can I learn and practice dsa and actually become good at it??

[@countedgnome7216]

Yes. Most DSA doesen't require a lot of math, but simply logic / memorization

[@gourabsarker9552]

Sir do you earn 150k dollars a year? Plz reply. Thanks a lot.

[@EnglishRain]

beautiful

[@LonleyCopy]

Don’t do 401k as I’m uk based

[@BeepBoop2221]

Its not a good idea to advise anyone to put money into crypto currency. I know more people that lost everything than have gained.

[@TravisMedia]

I know many also who have lost more than they have gained. And those probably bought the top. But there's a very predictable pattern to it (every 4 years) and with the right mindset (never marrying a coin (except maybe Bitcoin) and being able to sell it ALL when the time comes (which most don't)) its an easy and quick way to increase your funds.

[@BeepBoop2221]

@TravisMedia you can't really assume patterns with something that is purely speculative. It doesn't have any backing it's not like a share where the company performance determines value. Or even a commodity derivative because crypto doesn't actually have a use case.

[@结实反流]

​@@TravisMedia still a hard no

[@TravisMedia]

Oof, is this Dave Ramsey? 🤣. Joking. While I wildly disagree with your statements I have zero interest in crypto debates and am glad when anyone has strong convictions. I think everyone should have BTC in their portfolio long term, you don’t, and that’s what makes the world tick. 😀

[@bryanpardo8948]

I stopped watching the video after 1:27.

[@kazmi401]

I am 18 but after watching this video i am now 43.