Why Software Engineers LIE On YOUTUBE? (Real Junior Life)

In this video I vent a bit of frustration on what it's like to be a junior software engineer, and why I think youtubers lie a bit and don't share how vunerable they are at times. The real struggles and what it's really like to code. Too many people want to break in for the salary and more people need to know what it's really like so if I'm known for one thing when it's all said and done I'd be super proud to know that I was known for keeping it REAL!
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[@iiwakenashi]

WOW! So nice words "I am a creator! I want to be able to create everything I think of" This will be my life motto too from now on. Thanx

[@pedro.zurita]

This is exactly the type of video every person needs to see before they jump into development. Dev life isn't all free sushi rolls and breakfast danishes.

[@lionelthebuilder]

More like console.log and network Tabs 😅

[@MakanaTheCoder]

@@lionelthebuilderread this as my log filled with errors 💀

[@Zigarius1123]

You got free sushi!?

[@andresarias5303]

Bro they don't give you waygu

[@kenswireart88]

Same as everything else in life that one desires.

[@zaofactor]

Welcome to tech bro. Nothing but trial by fire. A ton of people were hype on tech when it was hot. They didn't know it was like this. But stay strong everyone, eventually the ones who aren't built for this will be weeded out and then by that time, we will be able to look back and see how far we've come.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Facts bro I’ll keep that in mind

[@majorkeyzfitness]

I'm glad you're being real!! The amount of times I almost quit because I thought I was too dumb for this field. Everyone acts like it was so easy once they did the bootcamp. Man I love it but I'm struggling and I need to see the real experiences of others

[@lionelthebuilder]

Yes bro exactly, well your deff not alone. I just quit gaming to devote more time to this because I've came too far to go back I really want this and I'm no quitter

[@nathannyawaya]

coding is another job guys.

[@baroquea]

We're all struggling at the start. Hell, I work with a guy with a masters in this and sometimes he struggles too. The imposter syndrome is so real in this field.

[@paca2058]

I like that YT recommended me a real guy, brutally honest and kinda encouraging in the same time(at least I get it like that), and not just some "dream seller" like the majority. For people like us, I guess the struggle is part of our nature and cause, but we like the journey. Keep it up man, big respect .💪

[@lionelthebuilder]

ayyye thanks bro! That's exactly it I was thinking if I keep it real I will at least save the ones who aren't built for it from heartache and at the same time I'll make sure to motivate the ones who are ready to keep pushing

[@theclimbto1]

Remember guys, Multi-Authentication is not designed to be MULTIPLE WAYS, but Multiple CATEGORIES. What do I mean? A PIN and a Password would be MULTIPLE WAYS... but both are 'something you know'. You need AT LEAST 2 out of 3 from "something you know", "something you have" and "something you are" to be true Multi-Authentication. Like a PIN, and a Keycard (know, have) or a Password and a Retina Scan (know, are), or a Keycard and a Thumbprint (have, are). (And yes, I understand a Personal Identification Number is a Sub-Category of a Password that uses only Numeric... but they are still different, hence the Sub-Category. We don't call the 4 Digits you input your Password, after all... it's your PIN.)

[@parishsenter]

Life is about overcoming obstacles, this is your passion if you put that kind of pressure on yourself to work that long. You take pride in your work.

[@lionelthebuilder]

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[@KhalidWar]

You remind me of when I was learning to code during the lockdown. Having flashbacks right now. It is one of the most difficult skills you can learn cause you have to change the way you think. Telling computers what to do and handling edge cases is crazy if you think about it and don’t even get me started on debugging lol You’re gonna make it cause you have what it takes. You’re built different. And please make a video on your old life. It sounds interesting.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks! I’ve been considering making a story on my life bro appreciate the motivation to get it done be on the lookout!

[@jasonl9266]

It's the grind that nobody wants..everybody wants to code an app but don't want to grind bro ..and that's good !

[@lionelthebuilder]

Exactly bro for the real ones it's the life we choose!

[@PLAXIS93]

I appreciate that there’s someone out there that isn’t afraid to spit facts

[@lionelthebuilder]

thanks bro I'm going to keep em commin

[@Sephiga]

I'm new to coding, and was deterred for the last few days, feeling that i'll never make it in this field. But everything you said in this video is exactly what I needed to hear. Thanks bro!

[@lionelthebuilder]

Glad I can help bro take your time but keep pushing

[@thisguymartin]

Flooded market

[@ChadAV69]

You will most likely fail. there's thousands of people that are laid off from Google that can't get a job. It's unlikely for ANYONE to get a job in SWE at this point.

[@lionelthebuilder]

@@ChadAV69 that's what everyone on youtube is saying but the crazy thing is at this building I go to everyone there is getting clients left and right, myself included.

[@RenaissanceCoders]

I feel your frustration. One of the problems these days is people are being told they can get a high paying job from a 6 month bootcamp or something similar. It is extremely frustrating to work against that expectation. Just relax and enjoy the process of learning a new skill. It takes about 5 - 10 years before it feels second nature. No need to rush. Cheers.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks for the advice bro I'll keep that in mind, a marathon not a race

[@slimjimjimslim5923]

@@lionelthebuilder I'm a hardware engineer so my work is a little different, I been in the industry for chip design, 7 years already and I always try to absorb as much info and learn as much as I can about my job. Only just last week as I was looking at jobs I realize I been segmented, specialized by big tech. This tends to happen in big company when they push you to a specialty and you just keep diving deeper and deeper until you are kind of an expert. The downside is without breadth and flexibility and the big picture, changing roles/jobs becomes harder. I have co-worker who had worked on the same type of project over 20+ years, they are expert at what they do but during layoff season they are scared shit-less because: they old, they don't have other skills, and they have a fear of learning again. I already made plans to keep learning new skills that I need for my next job and try to get project that get me exposure to new skills. Rome wasn't built in a day but also Rome had a building plan. When the job feels comfortable and cushy, think about what new skill, problem, challenge can help you learn. There was a 3 month period where I had normal 8hr days and that quarter was the one where I learned the least because I was on autopilot and using the same skill set over and over again.

[@RUNML]

finding solutions to problems is the best part about programming w vid!

[@lionelthebuilder]

Big Facts bro thanks

[@mario-yo6td]

I dont know why this video was recommended for me by youtube. But I will give you a sub, because it was good to hear your thoughts. I've been in the same place 3 years ago. Working 12hrs a day and trying to grow as fast as I can. My energy lasted for little less than a year when I gained enough reputation to take responsibility over some specific parts of the app, leading some juniors and so on. From this time I started working in more relaxed way. You sure have to keep on working hard when you are new in the team or when the deadline is near but otherwise no one will judge you if you keep saying "still working on this or that" for few days even if its relatively easy task. Everyone has their ups and downs, it is hard to keep the same productivity level all the time. Goodluck on your journey, be sure to keep on growing, helping others and taking responsibility for specific features. Taking into account your attitude I'm sure you will not be junior for long by doing so.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks for the encouraging words i'll take this advice to heart, deff hoping to not be a junior for long

[@YaredTadesse-pu7yd]

This is one the realist video i've ever seen! Love your energy man!

[@lionelthebuilder]

I appreciate that! Thanks bro

[@tasheemhargrove9650]

Great video. I like the positive energy. One thing I’ve learned about CORS is that it can be caused by so many issues. Many times, I ignore the CORS error if I’m sure it’s not one of the typical problems caused by CORS, like a missing Access-Control-Allowed-Origins header, or a missing handler for Options requests (although most frameworks should handle that for you). A couple months ago, my team lead and I got stuck on a CORS error when trying to fetch video data from AWS, which seemed very strange because the code did everything to handle it. It turned out an interceptor on the frontend was setting the withCredentials header to true in the HTTP header. So that’s another header to look out for if you’re sitting there wondering why requests won’t go through.

[@lionelthebuilder]

I figured it out shortly after letting all my frustrations out as usual it was something that I could have avoided with a bit more attention to detail cors wasn’t even the issue 🤦🏾‍♂️ it was something else causing that

[@trentirvin2008]

Love your video man. Speaks to a lot of what im feeling right now. I’m building an app i had an idea for with a buddy I’ve been collaborating with for the past few months and we managed to get a couple senior engineers on the app with us as mentors while not handholding. Its been even harder than getting my biology degree, and I’ve been learning how to be a software engineer for the past year and a half. I’m so far from where i was even 2 months ago and its a grind, but i really love it. Nothing better than that aha moment. Hoping this app is impressive enough to break into the industry. All that said you just got a new subscriber ✅

[@lionelthebuilder]

thanks bro shoutout to all the mentors out there who take the time to save us from banging our head against the same problem for days lol Not that we are trying to be carried but there is nothing like that life line when you need it because chat gpt isn't even close enough to help you if you don't already know exactly what you need to do

[@MattBramer]

Saw your title, jumped right in. Love the energy. Let's do this! (0:33 in)

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks bro! Appreciate the follow here and on GitHub; just now getting that account going, I was doing most of my work from the GitHub tied to my start-up's email. Just now getting the personal one back rolling but will have this account with green squares rocking soon lol

[@Legendweaver]

Nice positivity in the sea of discouragement they release in waves. :)

[@lionelthebuilder]

Yes they do unfortunately, I honestly thought some people would be discouraged by this as well how I said you actually have to GRIND but glad it's also encouraging as well

[@Tytrades]

I appreciate this video. The “day in the life’s” always look like the dream life but they never describe what the job is actually like day to day. Just having fun has never satisfied me and I always love a challenge so maybe this career is actually for me. So far in the learning stage I am enjoying the process but still have to attempt projects so on so we’ll see.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Right! Bro that's why I made this because every single day in the life I remember seeing was people waking up in a dope apartment and going to a cool office doing some typing then going on break and going to the gym. They almost never talk about being stressed out and stuck on something where ever since my job I've been stressed out and stuck every step of the way, still I wouldn't change a thing I just also wish I knew what I was signing up for this is a war and it isn't sexy at all lol

[@ryanmccoy8021]

Dawg I really appreciate your honesty!!

[@lionelthebuilder]

Always!

[@sincethatmoment]

love you energy dude, just make sure to take care of your health and don't overwork. don't forget that

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks bro I'll keep that in mind, been going a lil too hard lately ngl I need to remember sometimes it's all about balance

[@josiahvr]

mannn this video blowing up!! long time no see but i c you been putting in the work and still keeping the content relatable and dope. keep going bro!

[@lionelthebuilder]

Welcome back brother we deff came too far to stop now lol, this video going up was not expected I need to make videos more when I’m frustrated I guess 🤣

[@josiahvr]

@@lionelthebuilder definitely! that energy is infectious. converting negative emotions into productive creations is a beautiful thing

[@Juice_grows]

You are going to accomplish it all dawg. Keep working hard

[@lionelthebuilder]

cool ass dude bro thanks for the motivation coding right now took a break to reply to the homies

[@Digi-qb1]

I like the vibe bro! I know exactly what you are saying bro. Keep doing your thing bro. You got me hook on follow your journey, you know what am saying!! Keep it real bro. Great video bro and thank you for keeping it real bro! 😎

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thank you! Will do my guy ain't no stopping now we've came too far!

[@besverjin5130]

I love the honesty!!! I haven’t found much til now!!

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks for watching

[@cuzzo9146]

Need more ppl like you G keeping it 💯. This is what it’s really like but with practice comes improvement

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks, bro. I'm feeling better already, tbh part of me wants to run through another course in react / javascript now that I have some type of reference point. It's one thing when your learning just within the IDE of these platforms out there vs being on your own dealing with the repo solo dolo.

[@cuzzo9146]

@@lionelthebuilder same boat bro. That imposter syndrome is a struggle tho I’ve become so bipolar bc of it

[@nomadsamba]

That's a great video man, thanks for sharing the truth. I'm studying to become a software engineer , trying to learn JavaScript at the moment, damn it's hard. But I'm here still studying 8 hours every single day.

[@lionelthebuilder]

That's really what it takes bro I'm glad your approaching it the right way, some people think they can just blast through the courses and they'll be ready to rock n roll but NOPE with a capital NO

[@nomadsamba]

@@lionelthebuilder very true bro. (y) all the best to you.

[@Toulja]

Hey, man! Thank you for sharing your experience. I'm a new grad in CE, and I'm curious about what my entry opportunity is truly going to be like. Not that I'm feeling doubts - I've been into this since I was a kid. I live in Ohio, and the pay isn't that crazy anyway. We see a lot of glamorized videos talking about the pay and very vague on the troubles they run into. I'm glad to see someone who looks like me breaking through and making it happen! You got it, man. Keep going and keep inspiring others to move in the direction you are.

[@lionelthebuilder]

This is the life we choose! Glad I can give you a preview bro

[@jairusshole8622]

Don't forget the balance between that awesome feeling of accomplishing something by yourself and knowing when its time to get some help from a colleague. Fun times!

[@lionelthebuilder]

Facts chasing that rush has to be apart of the reason we go through the struggle lol

[@parishsenter]

This is one of the cons of remote working. I feel an in office role encourages productivity through the environment. Being around others also in the “suck” makes it feel a bit better haha😂

[@lionelthebuilder]

true man I have a coworking space with really cool people that I have access too it always feels a bit better being in there even if I'm stuck on a problem I should pull up to the office more

[@scifyry]

I don't know if it's like this for everyone, but my school projects make me feel such despair one minute, then pumping my fist Tiger style the next. LOL

[@lionelthebuilder]

Yes bro exactly loll well I'm actually on the job and it's still like that, from thinking you've made a mistake to running around your house screaming for joy

[@TheDoubleMvp]

Much respect man. I’ve had relatively “fast” career progression (new grad -> senior in 4 years at big tech) - yet I can definitely relate to so many things you talked about (especially CORS issues, jeez). I still feel like a noob in many regards. Persistence is such an underrated trait to have in our field.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Right bro persistence is key for sure

[@wilfredomatute7697]

Just 2 weeks ago, i spent 3 days working on a single algorythm... it didn't have a deadline, it wasnt for anyone but me. Thats just the way software dev is

[@ultravioletiris6241]

Wow you want a cookie?

[@Markadown]

@@ultravioletiris6241 Look at you. So edgy.

[@ultravioletiris6241]

@@Markadown I spent 3 weeks writing the next generation of Rust. But it wasnt for anyone but me. Thats just the way being a chad is 🤓 😎

[@Markadown]

@@ultravioletiris6241 you think you’re making fun of someone spending time to learn something but even in your non-apt example, I would tell u congrats. People have wrote their own Linux kernels or built LFS systems just to see if they could. They did. So congrats to them. You see, that is called supporting and uplifting someone. So I hope your next personal accomplishment isn’t responded to with “want a cookie”.

[@ultravioletiris6241]

@@Markadown After all that, I’m surprised you don’t think this person should get a cookie

[@jgibson8092]

I remeber coming into my first cors issue building authentication and it took me like a week to figure out the issue someone on reddit actually helped me because i was stuck for like 3 days once you finally get the right solution its the best feeling and I learned a lot about cors policy . Keep going youll get it eventually.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Bro I ran around my house screaming when I finally figured it out you would have thought I won the championship

[@jgibson8092]

@@lionelthebuilder 😂😂😂 I know what you mean.

[@Applecitylightkiwi]

Something i found out later in my career is how to go about concepts and how every file fits together. Not sure if thats possible depending on what company and what responsibilities you have. But priming the arch first helps me prevent all the bugs Great vid btw

[@lionelthebuilder]

Bro that's literally what my lead dev said would have made the difference, instead of diving right in head first outline the steps first

[@AmiraKhaled-ul6li]

You're describing the process very well and truly👌

[@lionelthebuilder]

Glad you think so!

[@cariyaputta]

Those daily meetings are super dreadful and intense.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Truly not made for the weak lol

[@kingdavey87]

Yeah daily standup meetings I do not love. Which pushes me to do my best work day to day and even put in extra hours if necessary so I can be proud of my updates

[@slimjimjimslim5923]

There were weeks I had 3 meetings a day with my manager. That's how time sensitive some projects can become. XD Flexibility and the ability to switch your mind from one type of problem/tool to another is valuable in the industry. It allows you to react fast and work fast.

[@kingdavey87]

@@slimjimjimslim5923 3 update meetings a day? Damn I would die bro 💀

[@slimjimjimslim5923]

@@kingdavey87 lol meetings at 11:40am, so I didn't have much time for lunch. Meeting at 3pm to give results update. And another at 7pm to get more work assigned. And then I work until 10pm ish and send the last update by email. Honestly don't know how many hours I worked, maybe 14 hrs a day for weeks and weeks. But it did result in me getting an organ infection probably from stress and had some get some minor surgery so I had to take a day off. I'm still there working but now I'm focused on gaining new skills so I can change company.

[@JCaudillo]

Yo I love when people can bring authenticity, hugely refreshing. Respect !!

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks glad you enjoyed it 💯

[@fr5229]

Hey bro, when I first started out I had the same thoughts. Little did I know that for the next 10 years I would have the following thought: “I’ve suffered so much and taken so many L’s that I gotta be a master now, right?” You keep having this thought over and over again, and probably forever, because there will always be another door waiting for you, ready for you to struggle against it as you open it. But just remember that it’ll be worth it

[@E_Wideman_Communications]

In grad school now and I find myself waking up and going to sleep with the same issues lol great video!

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks bro glad I'm not the only one haha keep pushing

[@ErazerPT]

You have the right mindset. You need three (non cognitive) traits to stay in soft dev. Resilience, so you keep going at it even if (...). Tolerance to failure, because you will fail and must keep on going. Ability to deal with frustration, because that's almost every day. They are usually present in people that do it for love. Either for love of the thing itself or love of money. Don't underestimate true mercenaries, they are VERY driven. But take some advice from an old hand. Don't overdo the hours, at least not consistently. It's not that you stop at 10/12/whatever. It's that you stop BEFORE you go into the "brain fog zone". Let's say A-B is the 100% productive time, B-C is the semi-productive time say 70%, and C-D is the "near brain fog" where you're being 40% productive. Once you get into C-D you're already in dangerous waters, because you're starting to not even notice the mistakes you're making. THAT can be VERY costly. Go get some sleep, even if it's just 4h, then come back and finish. Persisting in long crams leads to burnout and maybe depression, and trust me, once you go past that line in the sand, life will never be the same again... Not worth it.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Wise advice from an obvious OG I respect and appreciate it , notes taken 🫡 will keep that in mind because I used to think I’m not a real one if I don’t grind it out but have already felt the pain from that I’ll be much quicker to wave the white flag and get back on the horse the next day

[@MrWebon]

This applies to any profession

[@ErazerPT]

@@MrWebon Generally yes, but SWE has this nasty tendency of fostering "permanent stress" environments. First to get things fast out the door, then to fix all the problems that "fast shipping" brought along. Wash, rinse ,repeat. And yes, it's usually bad management, but it's the people doing the work that suffer. As Martin Fowler said, and Dave from CI/CD recently freshened my memory, 'You can Change Your Organization or Change Your Organization'.

[@codingwannabe]

Love the trasnparency, enjoy render man. Someday I'll be able to afford flying out to one of those events lol

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks bro! Keep pushing bro I said the same thing after missing it last year and here I am headed down there this time so your right about that

[@kpm1651]

I'm currently a University student in the CS program, and I cannot describe how accurate some of this stuff is when it comes to looking at what the real point of view is. Everyone shows the technical aspect but not their personal experiences in the program. I started the cs program and coding last year around July and have noticed I have went from being unable to write a line of code to being able to do some of the basic things to a limited extent because I always race through different ways to do it rather than just code it. I still find it hard to code at times especially when university puts so much on you in such a short amount of time. I cannot tell you how many times I vent with other students about how stressful this stuff gets. However, I found a strategy that can help me be more productive and successful in the learning aspect but my coding skills are still relatively weak, but I am convinced that as long as I continue to keep trying and look to instructors and others for help when I need it.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Yes bro exactly, all of this. Best of luck in your journey join the Discord and keep in touch!

[@williamlawrence1044]

Man bro… I felt this ENTIRE video!!!

[@lionelthebuilder]

bruhh the struggle is real lol

[@valenciaonthebeat]

I already know you going to be great, you are close. How did you break into tech?

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks bro, mostly through networking I've got a few videos that tell the entire story but if I could sum it up in a sentence it would be Networking put yourself physically around developers and dots will connect from there.

[@Shanna7282]

Thanks for sharing the struggle.

[@lionelthebuilder]

The struggle is real lol 😂

[@ookie218]

Bro is a real one. Instant subscription

[@lionelthebuilder]

Legend!

[@mozateiwilliams8554]

Thank you for making this video

[@lionelthebuilder]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ookie218]

ALL FACTS!!! Listen I struggled like hell in my first role. It was very very rewarding but man did it humble me. Learning to swallow that pride, ask for help. Actually learn to read and understand documentation. IT'S A LOT!!! But man it's nothing like it. The struggles are real tho lol

[@lionelthebuilder]

All facts thanks for sharing your experience fam. Ten years from now we'll be masters at this

[@ookie218]

@@lionelthebuilder yessir! That's the plan! 💪🏾💯

[@web3simplified793]

great video. i will say thought that when your a junior, not asking for help if your really stuck on something actually is really bad. when your working in a corperation its the same as coding on some personal project on your spare time. the end game is to ship software of the highest quality to your client in the quickest amount of time. so by not asking for help its jeprodising this workflow in most cases too, a senior dev will know the awnser to what your stuck on and you could have it solved in 5 mins, instead of staying up for 12 hours straight on your own. if your a junior your not expected to know everything. in fact a senior engineer will be more happy to awnser a question you have and will definitly not take it as you dont know this or don know that. so ask more because it will save you a lot of time and it will help build relationships with yu and your team

[@lionelthebuilder]

Bro you took the words right out of my Senior Devs mouth can tell it isn't your first Rodeo thanks for the reminder

[@life5501]

Its a breath of fresh air to see a black programmar. Keep it up man and inspire others like us to do it too. 💯

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks bro I’m definitely going to keep pushin 💪🏾

[@billybest5276]

damn cors always causing issues, never fails lol. 1st thing I check on cors issues is did I set the 'allowed origin' in my server implementation. Also worth checking in your server implementation are allowed methods/headers maybe etc. But the main one would be allowed origin either set to '*' aka 'all' or some specific ip addresses I felt this, keep it up man the authenticity is much needed!

[@lionelthebuilder]

Right bro this my second time being owned by it, something to do with recaptcha enterprise in google clouds platform you have to run a test before you can use it but cors is blocking the request I'm going to figure it out today hopefully lol

[@billybest5276]

@@lionelthebuilder Expect to get pwned many more times haha. Sometimes too you might have to enable an Ip from the service your using so check the google cloud platform if there is anything for project/app settings? Good luck!

[@billybest5276]

@@lionelthebuilder Forgot to mention another possibility I have encountered in the past has been some services will have dev/live key and if your using the live key then often you need to have https setup on the server. Being it has to do with auth I could also see that being a thing.. Just sharing these tidbits in hopes helps out even if it's not the issue at least you'll have the heads up on future cors problems haha

[@lionelthebuilder]

@@billybest5276 thanks bro had a Memorial Day event I had to help out with tonight but first thing tomorrow literally I’m going to check both of those things out appreciate the help I’ll try anything at this point lol! 😂 will let you know how it goes

[@miss_q6917]

I've been a software engineer for 5 years now, and everything you said is spot on!! It is definitely not easy, and a lot of people don't have the patience. Keep on, you got this!!

[@lionelthebuilder]

Well said! Congrats on hitting 5 years that's awesome, GOALS. Right behind you I hope haha

[@isaac80745]

I’ve learned how to develop this skill in grade school bc I supposedly was told to work on that and now I ask my supervisor a lot of questions of what he wants done. I always give progress updates. I know eventually I’ll have to call the shots. Currently do government which they don’t pay as well as fang. Which I might consider doing contracting a bit for payout on the side. As someone who was in this field I kind of envision what I’ll be doing afterwards after I reach higher position. I’m basically jack of all trades which I know a good amount about everything just in case it comes up. It’s tiring to know a lot but I’ll use that to save people more time.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Grade school!? Bro whoever told you that so early on prepared you seriously for where you are now thats awesome

[@Noir_Angel]

When its literally 4 in the morning and you just finished coding when watching this vid 😐

[@lionelthebuilder]

The life we choose bro lol At least we know were not alone

[@jibrilrichter2852]

I feel your pain man 😂. I live it

[@lionelthebuilder]

glad i'm not alone man loll

[@slobrat3556]

I just started and I feel your frustration already, I was doing html and css bootcamp, and it was asking for some code, I did the code, but it wanted it in a certain position. It's all semantics. I just laughed in frustration, only to realize the solution is probably an easy one, just think lazy.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Fact bro you can do it we just have to keep pushing through those days when it’s hard

[@dj_supa]

Entry level web developer here, and yea it’s hard but I love it when I figure the bug out. Get a stand up desk it helps out a lot.

[@lionelthebuilder]

I've got to add that to my to do list we have one at the office but having one at the house would be a game changer for sure

[@_Mamimi]

Fellow junior dev here who also live streams their code (not on this account) and I feel this so much lol

[@lionelthebuilder]

send your link bro would be cool to catch a live

[@lyvenzo]

lionel, from leon.. in the UK, i like your ted lasso cap bro

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks appreciate it my overseas bro 💯

[@DriveandThrive]

CORS literally drives everyone crazy when they first start programming, but the good news is, you'll be able to solve it pretty easily and then once you do.I have to deal with it anymore because you'll recognize the problem, and then you'll already have a lot of experience on how to solve it

[@iCrimzon]

Im still suffering cause of this mothasucka but granted i havent really tried to learn or deal with CORS as much as possible lol

[@lionelthebuilder]

Finally got past it bro I need to make an update video I knew if I just vented a bit It would help for some reason. I skipped one thing in documentation learned a big lesson there I should have known if it's something you don't fully understand you can't just go ok let me move to the next step I wasted soo much time by not being thorough enough with the steps of implementation

[@MrMrkram18]

A real bro, subbed

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks bro!

[@Tryshroom]

Studying CS rite now in college. I just hope it will be a viable career when I get out

[@lionelthebuilder]

Join the discord and keep us updated bro I've met tons of people who have gone the CS path and are happy now with their career.

[@justanaveragebalkan]

That's one of the things that people mean when they said back in the days it was harder to land a job, things like the cors issue that you run into we grew up in a time where ides werent that useful and LSPs didn't do more than just highlight your code, basically linters didn't exist and you have to actually learn how to follow conventions and semantics but also have least basic understanding of networking so you can setup your development server, ports, firewalls, and be able to deploy your own solution on the server. Now people lack the fundamentals and some don't want to invest time into them at all, which makes their life horrible and it's a sure path for a failure. But that aside i think you're on the right path, giving your best and spending all your time to do what you love is how you become great. On a side note, on your day job if you're a junior developer and you have to spend more then 8 hours to finish your task, it's not a you issue, most of the time it's management issue and you should weight your options and start looking for a better position somewhere else. I would never trust a junior developer to implement MFA or anything that has to do with authentication unless it's supervised and i know the guy has a unique talent. I lead 2 teams at work, and a lot of my core responsibilities on top of working on the more complicated problems is figuring out who works on what so the teams can be efficient, most of my junior developers focus on user facing tasks during the first year, for example things like CRUD actions on certain interfaces and i will gradually increase the complexity based on the person, but i would never trust someone that doesn't have the experience to go over anything beyond simple tasks till i am certain they are ready to handle the task. It's not an actual trust issue, it's simple business decision, if there is a task let say to integrate passkeys for the authorization module as a second factor option, i would rather hand that to a senior developer because it will take him around 1-4 hours to finish and for someone that is now starting it will probably take 1-3 days, because there is a lot of research that has to be put in place and the physical and soft skill abilities to consume information is different between a person that has 6 years of experience and 6 months of experience. But keep going, you got this and don't make presumptions based on a single experience, i had the pleasure of working in awesome companies and some really shitty ones as well.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Bro I almost screenshot this and sent to my lead dev but had to stop myself haha maybe that's not a good idea but I think you hit the nail right on the head. I deff felt like I was out of my skill level in what I had been tasked to do but then again I don't want to be that weakling that admits defeat and I appreciate it because now when I do little side projects everything is a bit easier as I've been through the fire a bit and I still have along way to go but I feel like I have the battle scars and a bit of experience which will pay off in the future thanks for the input you obviously know your stuff and it's greatly appreciated.

[@djangosoftwaredeveloper]

I quit. My "lead" gave me a task no one else on my team could solve and he gave awful/incorrect advice and I couldn't skip and try another ticket. It often felt like perception was reality at my company, looking back and researching there is so much that no one tells you about how to deal with leads especially #$___# leads. My advice to those in that situation, let them fire you if that's what they are trying to do.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Where are you working at these days bro

[@djangosoftwaredeveloper]

@@lionelthebuilder I think this is probably odd but I wanted a break from screens so I first traveled to Portugal then since I have been working on my own bwm e46 I actually took a job as a mechanic so I could make sure I had all the necessary tools and skills to restore vehicles safely. I code my own projects on the side working on creating a custom android OS and made an app for keeping track of my cars DIY service records for example. I have a Django interview Wednesday so we shall see if I get back into coding full time.

[@Bizmonger]

Can we interview you on our "Tech Conception" channel? We would like to discuss the current state of junior developers.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Yes that would be awesome! [e-mail]

[@besverjin5130]

“She thought I was dead. She took a picture”😂🎉❤😅

[@lionelthebuilder]

lmaoo didn't think about how crazy that sounds

[@besverjin5130]

@@lionelthebuilder funny as hell 😆 💯

[@BrennenBogue]

Lol I remember running into the exact same CORS issue!

[@lionelthebuilder]

Man I'm not even 100% sure how I solved it but were good for now so I'm going to keep pushing lol. Honestly I came across a small step I skipped when following the process in the documentation which when I implemented that it fixed everything else so I was like oh ok cool lol

[@harrisonekpobimi4764]

This is what it is bro🎉🎉🎉. Most of what’s out there are all lies

[@lionelthebuilder]

thanks bro facts

[@pianohead25]

Great video indeed

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thank you kindly

[@SportsJames82]

Agreed man, I get that same vibe

[@lionelthebuilder]

thanks for watching bro

[@KOKONoir]

We can do this!!!

[@lionelthebuilder]

Big Facts!

[@jeffsteyn7174]

The most annoying thing about juniors is that they dont ask for help quicker. They will sit for days without asking for help.

[@lionelthebuilder]

man that's real, but it's hard to constantly admit your lost we try to hide that as long as possible and you also always feel like your just about to figure it out. 5 hours later your completely lost

[@Plagueheart]

I trust YT channels more that talk about and show their work even the ones they struggle and have to do debug and find their mistakes, its like when you turn in math homework when we were in school growing up that we had to include our solution and problem solving on a different paper showing how we broke down that problem. I don't really vibe check with modern YT channels that don't show the nitty gritty behind problem solving.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thats real shit bro, I shouldn't be worried about looking human I still have some of those videos saved where I tried to get something done and it just didn't work out. Maybe I'll upload them to be even more true

[@rovu7260]

Lets Goooo!!!

[@lionelthebuilder]

🚀🚀🚀

[@_Mamimi]

17:22 man I wish my last boss understood this. I literally would work on a task he gave me that I wasn’t even qualified for and I would work hours on hours, reading docs, stack overflow, explaining him my problems and he would just send me a link to the docs as if I wasn’t already there and tell me “why don’t you know this” lol my new role is so much better. Juniors sometimes get abused I swear

[@lionelthebuilder]

Right they hold the fact that we are new against us, when we really just need a helping hand and encouragement to catch up sometimes but one thing i've learned from the pros I meet is that many people have been through that fire, this is such a hard thing to do and we've all had those moments where we feel like we are barely hanging on

[@TonyDaExpert]

Job market rough right now prepare to be one of hundreds applying on average trying to be the best one sometimes they aren’t even hiring

[@lionelthebuilder]

That part too, have to get good at networking, introvert or not

[@derboss66]

I like it when ppl keep it real

[@lionelthebuilder]

💯

[@bluecheckmiya]

I like this video a lot

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks bro you coding these days? Just watched one of your DBZ vids

[@kamaukanyua391]

True, there is a problem that took me 2 weeks to solve and my girlfriend told me she would never. Cause I would even wake up in the middle of the night to resolve

[@lionelthebuilder]

BRO! Exactly, you think about it in your sleep, then wake up like THATS IT! Let me try this real quick, It's. It's crazy how our subconscious works things out for us sometimes when we finally rest after the waking mind is struggling all day on something.

[@ellelle]

"She thought i was dead...she took a picture"

[@lionelthebuilder]

🤣🤣

[@user-go8zo8vy8x]

we all went through that. You either burnout or you leave the industry early enough

[@lionelthebuilder]

dang you left?

[@user-go8zo8vy8x]

@@lionelthebuilder just getting started

[@rubyciide5542]

If you are not blessed with good health this stuff is not for you, I used to love programming until it became my job recently. My health is messed up more than it ever was. And you gotta be really lucky to fix bugs . I take long hours just to fix the simplest of bugs .

[@lionelthebuilder]

Facts bro, you have to eat right sleep right exercise all of that I had to quit smoking and drinking just to not feel like my head was going to explode sometimes.

[@jorgevictorss]

👏👏👏

[@lionelthebuilder]

Salute!

[@DevLifeUnplugged]

Finally somebody said it

[@lionelthebuilder]

thanks for checkin it out bro trying to keep it real

[@ontoshere]

I'm not a programmer anymore cause fuuuuuck that. But at my first job we had a punching bag in the office to beat the hell out of when we had frustrating bugs lol

[@lionelthebuilder]

mann I surely underestimated how hard this is, I'm used to being able to do whatever I put my mind too but this is by far the most difficult thing I have ever attempted to do and if yall really knew my history you'd see that's saying alot I'm a capable ass dude but this is DIFFERENT

[@ontoshere]

@@lionelthebuilder yeah I'm the same way with going after stuff. But you got this, it literally takes just a couple of things to click into place and it'll be much easier. I didn't stop due to difficulty I actually found it came pretty naturally, my brain just kinda works in that sequential way. I actually took a random coding class when I was in college, first class I ever got a 100 in and my instructor convinced me to changed majors. I stopped because I found working as a programmer for me took the joy away from it. Like coding is fun for me until I'm making something I don't care about, I have to be interested in it, or learning something new. So I pursued my dream job of penetration testing and am loving it. Doesn't matter what the app is, or company, hacking is fun as hell to me. But anyways I joined your discord and will be hanging around there and watching your progress I love your style it feels way more real than other "day in the life" programmer KZbinrs.

[@ninjasdemon]

Hell yeah dude I’m going self taught I’m hoping by may 2025 I’ll be looking for work I’m learning html css JavaScript and react

[@lionelthebuilder]

That’s my exact path bro I work with react front end firebase back end. My project is using typescript and a css react framework called chakra ui for styling though. Make sure you start building as your learning

[@paulywalnutz5855]

i dunno about u man but im junio dev and all i do is go to the gym, shoot off to work and meet my buddies, we chat, play table tennis, have a 15 meeting then grab a coffee, go and get a acai bowl with my buddies, go and sit on the rooftop whilst I effortlessly fix a bug, then go to a fancy reastraunt for lunch. then in the afternoon I have another coffee (naughty I know) before a client meeting (super sweet lady btw!!) then its home time! but my boss has invited us out to a 5 star restaurant and after that its off to a musical...

[@paulywalnutz5855]

this was straight after a 3 month bootcamp guys where i learnedded react guys

[@lionelthebuilder]

That's the life I thought I was stepping into lol sure

[@lionelthebuilder]

LOL

[@PoulLarsenmusic]

Its important to ask for help specially when your a part of a XX mio $ project

[@lionelthebuilder]

lesson learned the hard way lol

[@PoulLarsenmusic]

@@lionelthebuilder You need a kill switch kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5S1hqt4fcx5f9Esi=CqiCQYy00nnEaSTD

[@matty1387]

what language you using bro?

[@lionelthebuilder]

Typescript / JSX with React for the front end and firebase / firestore for the back end broski

[@user-gz3kv8xx8q]

Android studio makes you persistent by lag alone😅

[@lionelthebuilder]

lol its the life we chose

[@shouraki1825]

Facts

[@lionelthebuilder]

💯💯

[@natgenesis5038]

Are u self taught or CS degree grad or boot camp ?

[@lionelthebuilder]

Self taught bro mostly 100devs and team treehouse

[@SonAyoD]

I can relate aha

[@abhaypratapsingh-xc5jt]

Present BLDR

[@lionelthebuilder]

Salute!

[@sirnathan8417]

Discord link is Incalid currently

[@lionelthebuilder]

discord.gg/X8DAfkYJ

[@lionelthebuilder]

Thanks bro changing it in the description

[@bigstv15]

Anybody with experience willing to mentor me? I'm just learning

[@lionelthebuilder]

Join the Discord/Skool bro were trying to build a community lots of people in here to ask for help

[@bigstv15]

@@lionelthebuilder bet that bro thank you, I just been having trouble logging into discord reached out to them and haven't heard back. I'll keep trying or just make a new account if I need to

[@yyyd6559]

It gets easier

[@lionelthebuilder]

ok looking forward to that man cause damn

[@osharpe8096]

@4:36, Oh!! CORS is a BIAAAATCH!!! 🤯 I’ll pray for you, fam! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 The last time I had a CORS issue was an app I created, solo. I tried to deploy the backend separately from the frontend and there were parts of the app that had no issues but other inputs had never-ending issues. After over a month of falling through the CORS rabbit hole, I finally decided to deploy my frontend from the backend to avoid the whole cross origin process. I figure this won’t help you, since it’s not “your” app. I just had to vent. 😅

[@lionelthebuilder]

Mann cross origin policy be in the fkn way but I guess it's some security thing that is needed so the professional hackers cant break into our shit but it ends up stopping us from cooking at the same time sometimes. Glad to know it isn't just me dealing with this and thankfully I made it pass somehow lol for now at least