How I Would Find My First SWE Job

Finding my first software engineering job in 2020 was relatively easy, but I don't think I would have had much success if I did the same things now as I did back then. In this video I go over exactly would I would do now if I had to do it all over again!

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0:00 - Welcome back!
1:00 - How I got my first job
4:26 - Why that wouldn't work again
4:50 - What I would do differently now

[zacurrya]

Your mum finding out through the news is funny asf

[lonesailor]

preciate the video! im a cs major at berkeley and the impending "doom" of having to find a job is a daily crisis haha

[blest.]

Im going through the storm now. Its tough out here. I graduated from my bootcamp in December . Great video!

[_kevin_wong_]

incoming senior at Pomona and your videos are really helping out a lot, thanks for all the tips and helpful tools!

[sahmbtw]

very informative vid. I just finished my process and finally landed a full time SWE opportunity after 700+ application. If I could go back I would definitely optimize how I searched for a full time dev role.

[quixxate]

BRO something that is crazy is the video you used as an example for the algorithm was in my recommended earlier and I added it to my "coding" playlist to watch it later LMAOOOO... btw, love the videos man, keep up the good work!

[Salty_Nutella]

I was surprised to hear that you were pursing a physics degree. I hold one myself, and even got accepted into graduate school and spent 2 years pursuing a masters and a phd. People say a physics degree is hard, yeah they're not lying. Anything beyond that is mind numbing. Pair that with a teaching assistant job that pays like crap just so I can get free grad tuition, I eventually went insane with burnout and imposter syndrome and failed a class and there then got suspended.

Luckily, I did a whole bunch of side projects and 4 *simultaneous* part-time coding jobs in undergrad, and a whole two years of pretty advanced computational physics, coding in C++ and sometimes FORTRAN. I left grad school 9 months ago, but I have yet to get called for 1 interview. So yeah, I'm feeling very down right now. But glad to see you're doing well for yourself mate.

[denitechYT]

loving all the shelves on your wall though brother! good vid

[josuemolina]

I just applied for the Marcy lab school. I hope to see you around bro lol

[YsoEdgy]

Simililar story. TLDR: Took a computer science class my senior year of HS. So in college I decided to also major in CS, but the first semester was just math and b.s classes.. in my mind I thought I would be coding. Got fed up and switched to and graduated with a bio degree. Covid happened during my internship and told me to sit tf down .. joined a coding bootcamp and here I am..
hungry and ready for my first role.

[victorr_olu]

bruh please make more videos, may be randomly, this is great content bruh, for us 😭🥺

[JCDiosMio]

Inspiring story brother! Would definitely like to connect and stay in touch!

[Ricin]

Informative video man! I noticed you attended the Marcy Lab School and I’m in the interview process for that bootcamp.Any chance I could DM some questions I have about ur experience there?

[zacurrya]

Hi, is there any chance you could make a video on your opinion on how AI could take software engineering jobs? Its really confusing to umderstand the general concesus

[gourabsarker]

What is the salary of your new job? Plz reply. Thanks a lot.

[snoopygoldberg]

Why does your resume show the bachelor of science took 4 years?

[seanfast]

Is web development and HTML/CSS much different from being a software engineer? And what are the differences, I'm very new to coding and just started with python so I would love to know which "path" to take.

[adamsledge]

Are Software Dev roles a typical 9-5 or do the schedules vary?