Software Engineer Expectation VS Reality

you think making 6 figures coming out of college is that easy?
I'm going to show you all the expectations and reality of what it's actually like to be a software engineer. Of course, this is a work from home edition so it doesn't exactly reflect what it's like to be in the office. Hope you enjoy this video!

* none of the code featured in this video are affiliated with any company. none of my opinions are affiliated with any company. All things shown in the video are my own. *

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[CozySage]

me sitting at my desk while taking a coding break and watching this. i dont even think i have a back anymore

[aaroncsantana]

This is too real. However in my experience I rarely get to code nonstop and instead I write something small, watch it fail to build, troubleshoot for an hour and repeat lol

[hatchnut]

I love how genuine this happened to be! As a new software developer, I’ve experienced all of these things but I’ve begun to appreciate that asking questions are the only way to push through and not feel stuck. Awesome video!

[justinherrera]

fav part: "i didnt think that my job is that important, but i get paid 6 figures for it" 😂

[trinitynguyen]

Thump up to you. I was hella laugh through the video. I can 100% relate to all of this. oh and the La Croix part is hands down the best

[nelsonthekinger]

Good job! This is real stuff! You can be lucky and work on something amazing, or you can work on something that do not have that much impact to the customer!

[smitishakya]

I just enjoyed this video so much. 😂 The struggle is real. Made me feel like there is someone who feels the same.
Keep making video that feels so real. Each one of them made me feel like yes I have felt the same.

[dayanandraut]

I have been a software engineer for 2+ years. It's fun to work. Yeah sometimes, it takes extra time to code and test the feature. Everyday is not equally productive. Code takes time to get reviewed and approved. But guess what, all these are the part of job and you gotta learn to enjoy the process.

Best wishes. Keep it up. Looking forward for more videos. 🙏

[keshavdk]

Thanks for this video. The quote "One week later" makes every programmer to learn what patience is :)

[opeyemijonah]

pretty much the exercise you get had me. GUILTY

[RAGSdale]

Im a DevOps engineer and just laughed so damn hard at this. I watch SWE's on my team, both junior and senior, do ALL of these things. That last bit was pure gold.

[lokeshreddy]

work 10+ hours every day. but feels like i haven't accomplished nothing.

[Howlett]

I'm a simple man, I hear "electrical engineering and computer science", *I click*

[colbylithyouvong]

love the la croix scene. i can so relate. lol

[LeoUfimtsev]

Lol. This is my life. You’re funny. Would be interesting to see a video on what to do about food when working from home as software engineer

[alizeacar]

i break my codes and just chilling home right know and watching that video, why its SO TRUE

[mastercoder]

Me looking at my phone while my code compiles and realise that the code is already compiled but just me not realizing it

[FarQuZeDesigns]

Software Engineering is like solving a million puzzles at once. And as one could expect, it never goes right the first attempt :D But for me the fun part is when it finally works. After all the hours and frustration you get the ball rolling, so that is a really satisfying thing, atleast to me.

[ConservativeHippie]

Haha. Thanks for a realistic video. Awesome.

[sweetimpala]

Do software Engineers actually build/creates algorithms from their day to day work? Or what is it that you guys actually do? Not that I don't know what you guys are really working on, but I just want to coming from a SWE's perspective.