Working from Home at Monzo 🏦 One Year Later

[@KempQ]

Jake, I found your channel in 2015 when I was deciding what to study and learning about what it's like to get a degree in the UK (I'm American). I was greatly inspired by your videos and got my degree in Computer Science in 2018. I have so many fond memories of watching your journey and still watch to this day! We love to see you post. Thanks a ton for everything

[@marcuscedars8216]

Same here KemnpQ

[@mrwhipp69]

you'll have to sling more runey coin to be able to afford a UK degree kempQ. maybe sell again and run another 'playing runey properly' series?

[@fisikalectures597]

he's aliveeee!

[@SANAT22]

😂

[@Koushik657]

Really! 😂

[@anders8638]

This has to be one of the more real "a day in the life of a engineer" videos I've seen. No bullshit or sugarcoating stuff. Thank you!

[@jt0308]

I mean, getting up every 15 mins to stretch? cmoooon

[@astorarnarbragason9640]

Yeah was thinking the same, great video!

[@ok-us6hv]

there was a bit of sugarcoating but it’s better than the other videos

[@sulaimandev]

This is the man from where I learned HTML. Thank you so much

[@abhaypratapsingh2525]

Same here I also learned

[@sulaimandev]

@arnim I forgot to put "from" 😂😂

[@willmoore9656]

He’s back! Missed your vids mate:)

[@yahyamohamed5625]

Ive been checking his channel every month to see if i missed anything lol

[@mrsupermannow]

so boring your videos are !

[@AnkitSharma-xd1sf]

He is gone again

[@Peter-es7sf]

I've followed your videos since you got your mac mini years ago which inspired me to get a mac mini. I then watched your Cambridge videos and got inspired to study CS at university where I'm graduating this year and moving to London after. Absolutely crazy how much you have inspired much of my life and we don't even know each other. Cheers Jake.

[@emilio6996]

Hi Jake, random comment: I started watching your videos maybe 7 years ago, about life at Cambridge; at the time I was a wee lad and had no intention of going but now I've rediscovered your videos only a few days after result's day, discovering I'll be starting at St John's College, Cambridge in October! Thanks for the stroll down memory lane, your videos are lovely little time capsule.

[@key-loumusic2901]

We waited patiently and were rewarded!!

[@JustSayin24]

Jake, remember to sort out home insurance and increase your pension contribution x

[@jakewrightnet]

Lol I was waiting for someone to say this. Both are done now 😌

[@crunkky8736]

@@jakewrightnet is it a reference to something?

[@derekacosta9840]

@@crunkky8736 its on the whiteboard at 10:30

[@giovanniosorio4759]

I want more information about it, please is there a link that you could possibly handle in which there is all the information thanks

[@yt-sh]

@@jakewrightnet why dont you do more web dev in xx min series, your css was awesome when I watched it when I was starting to learn. Can you do React in xx minutes if you know that? Thanks

[@Maxiey23]

Almost spit my drink out when I saw this lol

[@charankannati7446]

Me too

[@oluwaseunakinmukomi1459]

Same here

[@efthymiosn3381]

@EddieVanTuber cause he had 1 year to upload or sth

[@robdeluksschmidt]

I am new here. It's really refreshing to see a real programmer doing real work. Often what is represented is a show off about how much programmers get to socialize, play games, or eat company provided snacks. I am interested in the process revolving around the work. Thank you, this is really good to see!

[@muhsinaldemir5144]

You alive mate! Glad to see you back.

[@Teranomy]

Hi Jake, welcome back! I wanted to ask you about the social aspect of the remote work culture. As a remote software engineer, I find it difficult to feel connected and synced with my team. Not only because we have much fewer stand-ups than most companies, but also because there's no dedicated time for informal conversations or activities. As a result, we don't communicate much, and on most days, there's nothing beyond work-related stuff. When I saw the planned social sessions at Monzo, I was intrigued. Are they as fun and essential as they seem to be? What are you personally getting out of them? I'm also interested in hearing how these meetings came to be: was it you and the team that took the initiative to start organizing it, or is it a company-wide approach? Thanks, and keep up the good work!

[@streetster20]

I'd be interested in this too... obviously some people don't want to hang around after hours (when socials are often organised for), would be nice if companies offered some dedicated time during the work-day to do something. I expect it's more of a culture/people issue to sort out...

[@dillo298274999]

Love watching these Monzo videos! I’ve actually just been offered a job with them!

[@elimuraya9044]

Congratulations on the offer. All the best. Hope to join a company of such caliber this year.

[@Aimbotfortune]

TC?

[@jawad9757]

Congratulations 🎉

[@theguywithamustache3974]

Thx for the vid , mainly since it really helps us newly upcoming engineers to know what our future routine would be like

[@Oscar-if6lq]

So happy to see another video, hope you and Claudio are doing OK :)

[@kgd9725]

I agree Claudio should just appear once and say hi . 😉

[@octavian3033]

Feels like ages since your last upload. Can't tell you how much they've helped. Massive thanks and great content.

[@8phineas]

I’m about to finish college and start working in a company like this, so this video gets me very excited, please do more of this!

[@manvesh97]

this has come just in time! I'm in my first software engineering grad job out of uni and it's so interesting and beneficial hearing how it's all done in a different workplace, I've only ever known remote work so even just your routine is great insight :)

[@cringelord511]

Hey man i want to know like what work do junior developers do?

[@jamienorth1603]

never seen someone intro a video from bed, well on youtube that is

[@momouwu1937]

Basically all aesthetic typical girl youtuber does that. Like mylifeaseva, wengie, etc.

[@atk_2815]

@@momouwu1937 you didn’t get the joke

[@momouwu1937]

@@atk_2815 ohhhhh~ you mean youhub?

[@atk_2815]

@@momouwu1937 that's exactly what I meant

[@marvellousosayande2483]

Please upload frequently i love your videos, you are a great youtuber and you my favourite youtube influencer.

[@nishantbhandari3912]

His videos make me feel good and productive even though the reality differs

[@rewardx]

Swear Jake's upload gets me the most excited on the whole youtube platform.

[@guitarman813]

Being in the UK myself, I know how it feels being in these constant lockdowns. Good to see you back Jake!

[@hunter_bs463]

Hey thanks for the 12 minute HTML tutorial, that helped me out a ton. You're my inspiration

[@radioactivepsycho101]

This is the first DITL vlog where I get a clear idea of what a day to day would be like. THANK YOU!!

[@MsLivinglegend19]

Idk why but your videos are so comforting to me and interesting. I literally know nothing about computer science or software engineering but it’s still interesting to see your day to day!

[@Artermysss]

Yay! Please do keep us updated with how things go, lovely. I've been finding that working remotely in my new job that I started in November has... not been the most ideal of introductions, and I absolutely hate working from home. I struggle getting those personal/work balances in (been finding myself in the wrong headspace at the wrong time!), so I've elected to go into the office one day a week. Cannot wait to not see these four walls during the day for once...

[@user23678-n]

The orange juice slow mo was so satisfying 👁👄👁

[@rewardx]

he's transitioning to more of a lifestyle vlogger now haha

[@godfreyjeremiah8089]

I discovered your video today and really like the smoothness in your editing and the progression. Obviously, it's one of the logical ways software engineers operate; beyond just the world in the device to the real-life systems. Great one, Jake!

[@joshjohnson9097]

I'm aware Monzo had to let go of a lot of engineers over the past year. Would be interested to hear about your experience of that and how it impacted your work etc

[@CalBruin]

I had commented Jake was lucky to be working, his work at home experience matched well current lockdown situation.

[@dincredible2933]

This is by far the best example of a day in the life of a web developer. Thank You!!

[@JaredNaude]

Please post more videos! You look quite happy working from home, glad to see you have a proper chair (Aeron). I have the same chair and would be dead without it.

[@telanos2492]

Jake! You're alive! As always, glad to see you appear to be doing well. Your videos are a nice mix of calming, with an occasional sprinkle of valuable insight (like your criteria for what a good job needs - which I found really useful as a way of framing thinking about work). Looking forward to seeing more videos from you.

[@TheSmileyEmoticon]

Glad you’re wanting to make videos again, Jake! Always love watching them no matter the content. Will you do more life/apartment update type stuff too?

[@josikie]

Look like fun works! My short goal is to Backend Engineer because I love data I'm so happy watching your videos! Inspirable, and it's one of my motivations.

[@Rokazz2]

They say Jake still washing his hair till next video

[@NaumRusomarov]

The Man! The Legend! Jake Wright himself!

[@rwxyz]

I hope we get the next video before 2022 😢

[@ibrahimawadeen8870]

The legend is back!!!! and please make a video about you setup i noticed that you have changed some stuff in it.

[@Ishaaq92]

I love that you upgraded you setup from the last time you showed us. Its much better now with the ergonomic mouse, keyboard and of course the Herman Miller aeron.

[@ainul4443]

Im looking forward to your next video! 😁

[@benneighbour526]

I pinged you on LinkedIn literally yesterday asking about a new video - is this some mad coincidence?!! Thanks for the video Jake!

[@carloskassab2962]

I love your videos. Please post more often! :(

[@kab6140]

my jaw dropped when I saw you had posted !!! yay !

[@jereldlim1968]

Good to have you back Jake! :)

[@yungwarlock]

Jake, I really love your plainliness like @Anders said to sugar coating. I pray you grow even higher in your position. I just love this video man. Lots of emotions

[@user-ug5eo5gf4c]

Really appreciate you sharing these Jake. I have followed since you had 10k followers. Love these

[@CodeWithCal]

Yoga is a great way to balance long days at the desk. Awesome video :)

[@leonardoubbiali9757]

Sick video. Would love to see more content on "Life @monzo" and productivity/remote culture. Just realized that you live very close to my place too. Those mid-day river walks are regenerating

[@naireen0]

I am very happy with Monzo so thanks to the engineers!

[@poaczeniastrunowe6792]

HI! I'm a new subscriber to your channel so it's great to see some fresh content. By the way it's amazing to watch your older videos nowadays. Thanks for sharing your storys with us. Greetings from Poland!

[@ArtificialBanana]

Do you have any resentment that you are compelled to socialize with your co-workers at the end of a busy day, instead of being free to do what you want with your time?

[@jakewrightnet]

Not at all, we only have after work socials once a month, and it's not like I have anything else to do these days since we've been in lockdown for so long.

[@xdiegopgx]

Like always it was worth the wait!

[@rufusprogrammer945]

Interesting to hear about your development processes and various meetings etc. Looking forward to hearing more on that and integrating those into the team I work with!

[@ashtynmorel-blake3452]

Glad to see your back on the tube

[@AbstractFocus]

The king of Computer Science is back!

[@SuperKhezar]

It's been so long, good to see you back and doing well.

[@tiffanytham710]

Glad to see you are well, Jakey! Take care!

[@SomethingNick]

I moved to London from Australia in February last year so excited for my software dev role in the big city, only to work from home and never leave Stratford for a year 😂

[@nuraqmed]

Heeyy, Jake !! I really missed you !! Thanks so much for your back in channel ! Please, in the next video share of your best motivation in life ever !?

[@medeirov]

Your videos are so good it actually hurts

[@tobias-edwards]

Nice to see you back! Recently started my software dev job, and similar to you, its standup, meetings, and then some coding time. We also have an all hands and socials so that's fun

[@1309CV]

He's back! Glad to see you on KZbin again.

[@joeapplemac08]

That balcony is massive.

[@JKNProductions]

Glad to see a video from you again.

[@EssLoco]

Great to see you back. Hopefully more videos in the pipeline

[@TheHyperion11]

I love the use of Notion to track your work projects!

[@robimuhammad95]

If i'm not wrong, your channel was the first programming channel i found on youtube!

[@everistusolumese9350]

Where have you been man. I missed your channel. You remain one of my favourite youtuber

[@guyul5704]

Glad to see you back!

[@mishantangunasekar2027]

You're so inspiring. Please keep posting more videos.

[@ethanb4058]

Thank you so much for really talking about what you actually worked on and talked about in meetings. It’s always annoying to watch a day in the life video that’s exclusively shots of sitting at a desk and eating snacks.

[@rohanmohan8004]

I work in at a Payroll company in US as a backend developer and deal with productions incidents on general ledger quite frequently. I got alerted suddenly when I heard the words ledger and incident in you video suddenly :)

[@Soffpop]

Muting my lecture and putting on a Jake Wright video is self care.

[@KieranCrown]

Yaaaaaaay. Missed your videos so much!

[@njofficial25]

Jake we missed you and your vlogs. Happy to see you. :)

[@NuclearChickenn]

That team seems rather large, I feel like trying to practice an agile way of working with a team that size is a hinderance. Rather two teams of 4-8 people would work much better imo.

[@jamescarter5466]

Great to have you back

[@startingover7217]

I see Jake's code has a gRPC implementation. Awesome stuff!

[@alexsonar9284]

very entertaining Yoga exercises Jake thank you inspired me a lot

[@marvinawat564]

dude can you upload more tutorials about programming? i agree with someone on the comment section saying u just cant create a channel and upload amazing videos and just vanish away. bruh your tutorials is what we need and they are so f*king spot on! Please heed our request if you have time to spare! Thank You for those amazing tutorials!!

[@WertzuHun]

I love your vids! Thank you for making them!

[@mabroorahmad2182]

Thanks!

[@207archive]

You're back! Missed your videos!

[@whoareyouandwhatdoyouwant]

Oooo, the bulldog clip on the side of the desk with the charger is a great idea! Might have to steal that one haha

[@davidkross9778]

loved every bit of your video!

[@LittleBigAmbition]

Good to see you taking care of yourself. Would love to hear about your current set-up, in particular the mouse looks very interesting.

[@TehxHope]

It's been a minute, good to see you again!!

[@DancerBoii08]

Loved this, thanks for sharing.

[@cherishi.o9051]

Great to see you back 🥳

[@angeliecortez2225]

Hello! You're back, this is nice!

[@sotirismaragos]

Omagad you're alive we're so glad to see you🥳🥳🥳

[@ntelas46]

What a coincidence I was just watching your JavaScript in 12 minutes video, and you uploaded!

[@listenningtotam]

very inspire，im just writing code at home and see this！

[@Danielevans2]

It's so interest seeing what software engineers actually work on!

[@JayMikB]

Welcome back, Missed your vids mate:)

[@charliesb_2063]

consistent uploads pls. only kidding I understand you're busy lad but you're very good at making videos and you could certainly pursue this and expand your channel further if you wanted to. best of luck

[@vaishnavigurav8967]

Jake: doing yoga Me: What kind of yoga is this

[@cranknlesdesires]

I would love to see a new cooking video, intresting to see your progress over the past year especially.