Honest Advice For Every Software Developer.

In today's video, I share honest advice for software developers. The tech job market is oversaturated, and the once-reliable career path is no longer a guarantee.

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[levi_okoye]

Remember guys, this information is regrading the tech job market in America 🇺🇸. From what I’ve heard the tech job market is pretty stable in most other countries especially Asia. But the whole point of this video still applies to everyone, make sure you’re working on something for yourself!

[xjmbeix]

Dude telling everyone to take more time for own projects and less time fore applications. Thats a way to remove competition.

[malcolmn.]

I wish people would stop trying to make prediction click bait videos. First off the tech world is more than just web development. Second, the tech space is the hardest field to predict because it is constantly evolving and changing. In the 90s people were thinking this field wouldnt exist today.

[vitalyl]

What "oversaturation" you people are talking about when it's nearly impossible to find a competent developer? It may be oversaturated by very low quality masses at the bottom (junior / entry level), but even there, finding a worthy and competent candidate is a massive challenge, so it's not an oversaturation but rather a lot of noise.

[alexandermercyadeiza]

You couldn’t have said it any louder, the sheer volume of applications of LinkedIn for dev jobs is insane, what’s got me hired for a job was when I showed the interviewer some of the projects I had built which were actual software that was solving problems. So it can be the edge for a software developer than just a well optimized cv

[jozsab]

7 out of 10 software projects fail not because they are bad in any way. they fail because software engineers suck at everything else than making software : marketing, managing a company, accounting, budget management, handling customers and most importantly sell the product.

[windowsxp]

This advice makes sense 💯💯. I agree with you bro!! I started my software development journey about 2 years ago and I don’t think anybody will hire me anytime soon. My mentor told me that the job of a software dev is to find solutions to common problems not to keep sending CVs and that stuck with me to date!

[oshanehall]

Y’all software developers need to find entrepreneurs to work as a team instead of joining a mega corporation.

[Gabriel-Aggrey]

There is a certain level of skill you get when you acquire your first job. Certain productivity skills, professionalism and insights that you wont otherwise get to know if you dont ever get a job in tech. .. that entry level is key to become that advanced or intermediate developer that will then go on to build your startup idea

[NobleOsinachi]

I had this exact discussion with a dev I met at a wedding on Saturday, Chidera Ike. The way now is to just build a niche specific SaaS that addresses a particular pain point of a particular set of people.

[johnflavian]

If you're a software developer looking for a new role, you can contribute to open source...
You can build personal projects...
Don't give up.

[astrahcat]

By the way, as far as software goes, I'd build a large network, online and off BEFORE making a product. See what people want in that network and then respond to what they need. The new way of getting a product to catch on is to get it first working with a core small group of people then finding a way to expand from there. The same goes for any product, including games as well.
I'd also meet as many people and network with as many people as possible as a means of finding work, rather than just posting on boards and applications alone.

[sarasaleem]

Bro subtly unsaturating the CS markets

[jqoejgi]

In South Africa the is still a high demand for Software Engineers ...

[CaptainJeoy]

Another advice is to learn another aspect of tech - i believe the oversaturation issue here is just a web dev thing.

[peterayobami]

This is not a foolish idea, my bro. This is what many software engineers must understand.

I had a similar conversation with a friend who just got suddenly laid off after more than three years with the company.

What truly stays with you is that product you built for yourself.

The truth of the matter is basically this: the jobs out there cannot really go round for every Software Engineer.

So please keep advising people to be creative and build.

[fedeac]

You know? I wasn't gonna watch this video, cause social media nowadays is full of deceiving people with "polemical takes" and baity titles just to clickbait people and then sell snake oil to them. But yours was an honest take. (Not saying I agree 100%, but it was worth watching.) You seem like an honest guy in this field, which is quite rare a find nowadays. Keep going! I hope things improve on your side. God bless.

[imni]

hii, thanks for sharing! This was pretty insightful, I love that you are encouraging us to work on personal projects that can take use far rather than just focusing on job skills that can also take us far only if we were to get a job. I’m self studying and new to programming so the idea of starting a personal project that can be groundbreaking sounds a bit overwhelming but I suppose taking the first step and being consistent through trials is what matters. And one day I’ll either I’ll get the job I prepared for or the personal project I also prepared for will
get me somewhere.

[nunyaklah]

This makes a lot of sense. Always helps to have something you can work on as a side personal project

[TaiwoBalogunImpact]

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