How I became a software engineer at Microsoft

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[PoojaDutt]

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[evoncodes]

You have no idea how much I valued this video. Despite having a great GPA I still struggle with coding and understanding DSA, I graduate in 7 months and this video gave me tons of perspective and motivation. Thank you!

[francescovanspronsen]

I'm struggling with fear of failure, of embarrassing myself. Thank you so much for this video, just what I needed!

[Obzrve]

At 32, I switched fields from graphic design to engineering. Last year, I was laid off and got into a car crash which resulted in injuries. I then enrolled in a university for a computer science degree and achieved a 3.0 GPA for the semester. I began coding in Python and my goal now is to secure a job in agriculture.

[johnwig]

You don't actually suck at coding. You just didn't get A for school courses which are barely a reflection of real work. You choose to focus on real-world projects that's why u got chosen. Many of my friends did the same. Sacrificed their GPA by taking internships or focusing on personal projects

[amranhossen]

Truly motivating, Low CGPA in my bachelors is killing me though I have completed many complex projects. Thank you Pooja for sharing your journey.

[wavyybased]

You rock Pooja! :) People that never give up like this are truly amazing. I have the same mindset. I believe things are possible even when people tell me I cant or its too hard.

[jaymca]

I had a 2.9 GPA, and only took intro to computer science as my only related tech class. 3 weeks ago I built an LLM-based capacitive search function. Your grades are not always a reflection of your talent.

[ognicklausmickaelson]

Thank you! It helps me being a 3rd year undergrad. It gives me extra surge to stay longer with problems to find solutions, repeating and revising.

[TonyK]

What an awesome way to start my year. too many thing to relate to. Thank you so much for sharing such geniue and honest experiences. Understanding that its a journey rather than a destination is my take away. Thank you so much

[tatyplummer]

I am trying to get my first certification in CyberSec, and this was very motivating. Thank you very much!!! Your content is great. Happy 2024!

[linhnguyen]

These are really good advice delivered with humor. You are so creative that I have to subscribe!

[Burnlit]

Bout to start my software eng apprenticeship with Microsoft next week, my foot into the tech industry. Quite nervous about it but this has been a boost of confidence, so thank you.

[preetham]

Watched two of your videos and I love the content that you post. Nice to share the struggles and the outcome of your hard work. Keep up the good work.

[dpach]

Thank you immensely for the uplifting and insightful content you consistently provide Pooja. Your dedication to sharing knowledge and inspiration is truly motivating for us all. Keep doing what you're doing 👍🏼👍🏼!

[ikigu]

Really love your story-telling, Pooja! And the funny cutaways! 😄It's obvious you put a lot of thought into this video. I'm curious... And I hope that you might make a video about it someday? How do you balance YouTube and working in tech. I'm really into photography. Absolutely love it. I also really love coding and have been working on a couple of personal projects and thinking of trying to get a SWE job. I really wanna excel at both. How do you do it?

[yasminelmahdi]

Thanks Pooja!, your video gave me a new perspective as I'm currently job hunting .. on a side note: appreciate the effort of Andres and Brain too lol

[AwomKenneth]

Loved that you were so vulnerable and honest... this is super encouraging

[anshultiwari]

Grateful to find this video. Was looking for this

[phisit]

You've skipped the MOST IMPORTANT part of how you've got your first developer job? was it a large company or small-mid company ? The process of finding a job is easy once you've got some kind of real work experience.