A Week in the Life of a Monzo Developer #1

Part one of a week as a backend engineer (software developer) at Monzo.

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[MistaT]

This is probably the best "In the life of" video I've seen. The rest are usually just montages of people eating in their offices, and opening an editor and mashing their keyboards. This was actually very insightful and entertaining. You never fail to amaze us Jake!

[nuttygold]

An actual "in the life of" video with more content than eating!

[manujbhallaindia]

This video goes on to show a very important point - Software engineering is not equal to just coding. It is about human interactions to come to a decision and then execute that decision (of which a part is coding other part may be documentation or operations)

[joeyocorps]

The MOST REALISTIC "day in the life of a software engineer" I have seen (this is coming from a VP of Software Engineering). Kudos to you and the team!

[DanielH-pour]

No way man! I remember watching your Cambridge vlogs years ago! It's awesome to see you working for such an awesome app, I love their technology. Best of luck mate

[mcrdle]

This is the kind of content Monzo should be producing themselves for marketing and attracting talent.

[davidmackenzie]

Really enjoy this Jake, I'm a university student myself studying in Computer Science, and a very frequent user of Monzo, I really like what the company are doing and providing. I'd love to see more videos in this series, keep it up man :)

[TheCieronph]

I work for a “classic” bank in the UK on backend databases, have to say it’s crazy to see the culture difference. The bank are tying to build fancy workspaces and give everyone 4K ultra wide monitors and fancy laptops but ultimately they just don’t understand that it’s the culture that has to change not just the buildings looking nice. We have about 20 layers of red tape to wade through just to change the smallest elements, they always blame this on regulators but clearly this isn’t the case, and the company is just bogged down in the weight of bureaucracy.

[astroxox]

Hi Jake,
Great video! Could you perhaps do a video in which you talk about the technologies you're using at Monzo? For example Docker, Kubernetes, Programming languages..

[mgjulesdev]

Thanks Jake. It's nice to see how things happen as a Software engineer in various work settings. Great vlog!

[UdaraAlwis]

This is one of the best in the Life of a Developer videos I've ever watched! Great job mate, keep it up! Loved how you emphasize on the actual work environment experience bits rather than the overrated free food and fun activities unlike everyone else.

[FriendlyYoda]

This is awesome. I love how it’s Monday and you turn up to work in a T-shirt. It’s also really insightful as I can actually see how your day progresses. The office environment seems pretty chill too. I’m going on placement as a Comp Sci student very soon and I’ve been pondering on what to expect in a typical developer job. This has really helped.

[aliciachew]

It's so weird to see how far you've come to where you are today. I still rmb watching ur weekly Cambridge vlogs, traveling overseas, starting out work to quitting Graze and now here just casually being tech lead in Monzo😂

[GwilymJames]

I enjoyed it. Especially the more mundane parts. It’s interesting to see what people in different roles and countries do day to day. I work remotely from home or in a co working space, so it’s interesting seeing a more regular office set up. I’m also a massive fan of Monzo.

[DavidWoodMusic]

Wait.
You're THE Tech Lead?
I thought Tech Lead was the Tech Lead.
I don't understand.

[mike_stk]

Hey Jake great content. Very interesting insight - thanks for that tech-work experience in london.

[diogobeato]

Nice content, I’ve been working in Nubank for more than 4 years as a Backend Engineer too and it’s great to see the similarities between two companies. Thanks for share your day and congrats for the amazing product you are building at Monzo!

[itsfarhan]

Wow. This vlog contains so much of positive vibes. I am now highly motivated and proud of the field I am pursuing right now.

[TrangNguyen-cswv]

3 years experience and you're a tech lead already?! 🤯😍😭👏👏👏

[johnvonhorn]

Jake, the only thing that is boring is when you don't post. For us mere mortals it's great to see a Cambridge graduate in action. You and Ted Loveday are legends.

And, "yes", I did design this yinyang symbol myself using Visual Basic. I can even make that bad boy spin if need be. Let me know if you want to meet in a dodgy alley in the backstreets of London and I'll bluetooth over the app in return for a "fast track approved" platinum Monzo account.