Why I Quit My $100,000+ Software Engineering Job…

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In this video, I take you through the story of why I quit my $163,820* software engineering job. After 5 software engineering internships, 4 years of a computer science degree, and a full-time software engineering job...here's what's coming next.
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Thanks to ‪@aliabdaal‬, ‪@CaptainSinbad‬, and ‪@BreaktheFormula‬ for inspiring this journey 🙏
00:00 - Introduction
00:26 - Starting This KZbin Channel
02:30 - Graduating My Computer Science Degree
03:30 - Captain Sinbad Coaching Program
06:49 - Ali Abdaal's Decision
08:48 - The Alchemist
11:30 - Check Out AppSumo (Sponsor)
13:14 - Meeting Captain Sinbad
14:44 - My Final Performance Review
17:56 - My Resignation Letter
18:42 - My Future Plans
I'm Aman Manazir, a career coach and former software engineer. I make videos about making it as a computer science student and landing your dream job. I post new videos regularly, run a tech interview podcast, and run an email newsletter (amanmanazir.com/newsletter).
*location-adjusted to Bay Area

[@AmanManazir]

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[@ZelenoJabko]

Sorry to say, but you are an oofy doofy

[@NaumanShahid91]

A C++ logo pops up at 0:58 when you mention "C#" 😉

[@fallencheeto4762]

Best of luck man, always respect ppl chasing their dreams!

[@simrithranjan6442]

Dude, the alchemist is really good, when I read it, I also had the realization that my phone, largely social media platforms, were taking over parts of my life that could be used for my passion to learn computer science and family time! Good luck, you got this!

[@sa-hq8jk]

i love the alchemist

[@mohammadaliikrammirza8600]

Actually it is

[@mangafoxkingvb9991]

Congrats bro on taking a chance on yourself! Great vid btw, motivated me to think of my goals too!

[@janejihyunlee1]

It’s always crazy to watch KZbinrs grow. I think your insights were on point. My intuition tells me you’re definitely going to make it big, it won’t be easy but you’ve gained a new supporter, excited to see your channel grow, wishing you the best of luck. 🎉

[@jacobmccredie6525]

Best of luck bro! With the quality of your videos, your goal is totally achievable! I’ve been listening to the book you recommended and it has been very eye-opening so far

[@JamieJots]

Congrats Aman! you def have 100k by next March. excited to see where your journey goes

[@AnxKhn]

Well, that's not the logo of C# my friend

[@AmanManazir]

Quick slip up there 🙂

[@rkumarv]

@@AmanManazir same thing happened in my video with java logo 😂

[@Kyle10549]

This is incredibly inspiring man! Also, love the storytelling

[@Duidee.]

Glad to be here at the beginning of your journey! Best of luck to you man.

[@geraIdaddey]

Inspiring. Funny enough it's the other way around for me. Best of luck in your journey!

[@dinakanwamu5676]

Good luck in everything you do. You'll do great.

[@siddarthseloth6250]

One of your best videos, it showed me determination for something you truly believe in, thank you for great content over the years :)

[@victorcheang5910]

Looking forward to your Journey, I hope your channel grow over the years

[@This18_]

Aman this is very inspirational as someone who wants to be a full time youtuber and also juggling school. Good luck!

[@getknowledge540]

best of luck bro

[@Baz345]

Goodluck man

[@abdullahahmad184]

Thank you for making this video I just quit a toxic job today that needed us working and thinking 24/7. Very apt timing 😊

[@glennjammin]

loved your story, just subscribed. best of luck to you bro, from a fellow 2023 grad

[@dabocousin]

Whatever you do, I know its gonna be great!

[@nagomii]

best of luck bro, your videos clearly getting better.

[@andypanfu]

Hi Aman, As I was getting ready to join our meeting for today, I saw that you published a new video and decided to give it a check. The way you feel about Ali Abdaal is the same way I feel towards you. I really respect you and have a great appreciation for the work you do and the talent you have. I wish you the best in this journey. I can see the passion you have for making content, and even though I am no one relevant, I can tell your channel is going to grow a lot soon. I am happy to be in some form part of this journey. You are truly an inspiration for us future software engineers. Thank you for being awesome.

[@AmanManazir]

Thanks for your comment! Looking forward to speaking 😃

[@hayderhammad]

Bro you got this. Im definitely gonna do the same thing as you soon

[@colin6711]

love and support aman!! watching this video from a cs student

[@hasnainbhojani4862]

I m so glad that we will have another great KZbinr SWE!!!

[@raheem81kg]

Let's go, here to support

[@adityaarolkar1867]

Courageous move on your part Aman, proud of you and wish you the best. I first found you through your interview with your bro which was a really interesting listen. Curious to hear how you think you'll continue to relate to your audience of software engineers when you are not actively working in the industry? Do you think your content may change over time?

[@turnpike_sime9897]

Good luck brother i wanna see you win dude

[@TrainWithPraveen]

All the best, Aman. Im sure you will hit your target and achieve all your dreams. Keep going :)

[@mattrusnak]

Your storytelling is getting so fkn good. This video inspired me to get back into KZbin. Best of luck on your journey Aman 🤙

[@AmanManazir]

Thanks man, looking forward to your videos! 💪🔥

[@javiersaenz1040]

Self improvement scam courses

[@browntechdaddy]

Inspiring man. Hope to follow in your footsteps one day.

[@YudiJ]

Thank you for this video! I am a PTYA student and heard your questions there. I am in the same boat as you are, may be we can connect and help each other in this journey?

[@arishmorani2260]

Yo amazing videos keep it up man. Can you make a video going over different comp sci career paths. I'm a senior in hs about to graduate and was thinking to become a SWE but in the last few weeks have been changing my mind. I was thinking something like ai/ml (yes I know its hard and a lot of work). Anyway great video dude keep it up.

[@user-wp5qo6qg7q]

Good luck bro

[@RameshKumar-ng3nf]

Awesome Bro 👌. Loved this decision and proud of you 👏. I too felt long time back , you are so talented and something big you need to achieve in your life than "Software engineering". You are immensely talented in below - having a engaging speaking with confidence - the way you explain concept and talks to audience. Its mind blowing. - Also you are very young. Right decision according to me at the right time and All the best for your future 😊

[@AmanManazir]

Thank you for the kind words! Means a lot 🚀

[@kevinfraser7869]

Maybe use an A.I avatar for a tube/podcast side Hussle, just to land softly.

[@iftak01]

Nice story bro...good what you did, hope it pays off! Showing support brown boys

[@kotk05]

"OmG brown pride!"

[@dawazangpo4354]

All the best :) 🔥

[@yashkanwar308]

Waiting for your courses

[@luhgeezy5062]

It only gets better from here. Wishing you the very best !

[@AmanManazir]

Thank you!

[@jenseballenilla2566]

Great video. hope everone watching this video start supporting you.

[@levelup2014]

Dam this your videos have been banging as of late defiantly earned a new sub

[@Alex-fr5eb]

Subscribed.

[@KB-sb6mq]

im a new subscriber love u man keep on going

[@sungmin556]

I liked the honest thinking process. I'm in the simliart situation, although it is not youtube. I feel like Im gonna hit that mark where "Okay this is it" but we'll see.

[@Abdul-tl4ct]

Great video, you just earned a sub!

[@orlovskyconsultinggbr2849]

Thats interesting , high effective people getting out of the job. I sub because you are interesting and i must known how it ends.

[@The.Harsh.Truths]

No Aman. The Shepard can go back to his job, but a software engineer will struggle to go back if he has a huge gap in his resume where he didn’t stay active and up to date as a dev. It is a high paying and competitive industry and the applicants who get the job, don’t take breaks.

[@Ohiostategenerationx]

Without having a bunch of money saved up it was a bad idea to quit the job. KZbin is a hard business and they have also canceled people on a whim. So it's just asking to be able to fail.

[@LookingAway359]

I heard you say hundreds of thousands of subscribers and was like "what?" And had to go check your sub count. I could have sworn you had multiple 100ks of subs. Crazy, your videos are so good. You might have said this, but are you staying in the software niche or are you changing things up?

[@AmanManazir]

Will be staying in software for now but may throw in some other stuff - open to suggestions! Thanks for watching.

[@challengeyourmind3937]

Bro Gary Vee has been exposed as a scammer. The rest of the names you mentioned are great but I would steer clear of this guy.

[@jacobmorres9817]

You need to be able to differtiate the good and bad parts of people's advice. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water as they say

[@EcomCarl]

👏 What an inspiring journey! It's incredible to see how you embraced self-improvement and entrepreneurship while juggling a full-time job. Quitting to pursue KZbin full-time is a bold move that paid off - a testament to the power of dedication and strategic growth. Keep shining, and congratulations on reaching over 1 million subscribers! 🚀🎉

[@Anapdc99]

This video does not have enough likes! I read the alchemist and thought the same, I stepped out of where I was, I was comfortable but there was soo much I wanted to experience, I knew I needed to challenge myself even if that meant to everybody else I was "stepping backwards". Life is too short to leave on auto pilot. It's totally ok to drop out of school, work, family and friends so u can explore where your ambitions can take you. :)

[@UsmanDev]

W Aman

[@rafay_syed]

I just wanted to say...your editing has improved tremendously. It reminds me of how Ali Abdaal's videos are edited.

[@AmanManazir]

He's my major inspiration! Thanks!

[@rafay_syed]

@@AmanManazir And good luck with the future of your KZbin channel! I'm really excited to see where this takes off. It's a huge blessing to also have that safety net from your parents. I'm glad that your family is supporting your journey and at some point, you'll be at a million before you know it :D

[@kazakman7772]

Do not fall into it. If u wanna be a software engineer just be it. Do not listen to anybody

[@pretty948]

respect

[@arshmanazir9971]

"why I don't lint roll my microphone"

[@GIGADEV690]

Every video changes this guys life now your gonna start selling courses which is easy than solving daily programming company problems stop this my passion BS just say this i wanna make quick easy bucks.

[@SajjaadKhader]

As a fellow SWE youtuber, I absolutely love this video! Kudos to you for investing on yourself. Would love to do a collab interview with you some time :)

[@mrcoldshower465]

Good luck man❤

[@robertmazurowski5974]

For me software engineering is amazing, although stressful and requires a lot of commitment outside of work. For me video editing is boring, and I can't talk in an interesting way. I would rather program. However I hate corporate environments, and I don't want the 9 to 5 lifestyle. So I am a startup programmer/freelancer in web3.

[@sliceofkaby2403]

are we not ganna talk about how he said made a course on c# and pulled up a picture of c++, 0:55

[@mecanuktutorials6476]

Let’s talk. That looked intentional to me. Probably to trigger people to comment.

[@Ervilhav10]

Dude, congrats on taking this important step for your life. But sadly your math is wrong... And as a smart guy that you are, you shou've already known that. You're gonna achieve 100k subs much sooner than march 25th Keep it up ma man 🙌

[@AmanManazir]

Hope so! 🙏

[@bra195]

LIKE from 🇧🇷

[@hulokt3631]

Hey, my name is khaled. i wanna say that i always didnt fit in anything and never had a hobby that I really enjoyed. Until I found your channel, you really inspired me and I started learning coding and watch informative video as a 15 year old in grade 10. I also started dual enrollment at a community college and I am determined get an AA then go to a university to get a Bachelors degree in CS. I hope that one day when I graduate, I will be able to find you and tell you that you are the reason I started!! One day we might even work together.

[@observethethoughts744]

Listen to Acharya Prashant! He is a Board Topper, cracked the 3 most difficult exams in India -> JEE(IIT Delhi), CAT(MBA from IIM Ahmedabad), Civil Services. Also a Fast bowler, Writer(150+ books), Poet, TEDx speaker,Climate Activist, fights for Animal and Women Rights.He has read more than 3000+ books that includes almost most of the highest literature of the world. He speaks in almost all the top institutes of India(IITs,IIMs, AIIMS etc..) and answers any questions fired at him without preperation.

[@Jtradesz]

🤣🤣 BRO ! you'll be at 100k by October !

[@AmanManazir]

🤞

[@TooManyPBJs]

go badgers

[@ryangray600]

I wish you the best, but subscribers don't mean much. Your average view count does. I have been watching your videos for weeks and still haven't subbed. I watch what pops up on my suggestion page.

[@AmanManazir]

Good point - in my mind, subscribers is just a solid metric for growth of the channel. Thank you for watching!!

[@teceffect9826]

The System got your seriously hooked into the Matrix. Man...go fishing or something.

[@arjunsanjay328]

All the best aman u motivated me to chose software...now iam getting f'ed on a daily basis...but u know what i like getting f'ed on a daily basis😉

[@AmanManazir]

🤣

[@Veroxus]

Shave the beard, haha. And stop scamming people with your links.

[@WewCode]

C++ !== C# lol

[@Christopher_hernandez2008]

w

[@MarincaGheorghe]

Cool idee, sell books and course on KZbin on how to get a "million dollar weekend". Somebody has to come back to earth, hope I am not too rash but this is a version of "millionaire with sports cars" scams of cryptobosses.

[@PasserbyP]

Ali Abdaal ruined your life

[@ziyadhasen]

i discovered your channel yesterday when i saw your video about leetcode .... man just can do it there is no other option just keep going

[@youtubegarbage4u]

all this for appsumo link???!!!??? good luck with being easily influenced on social media and paying $5k for some useless course. imagine if you are so excited to pay someone $5k for some crap that you could fine for free online. anyways not to sound negative but damn man. and for the last time good luck.