Join my discord! https://discord.com/invite/msj36vCKMF In this video I explain how I networked to get my first software engineering job. I detail my observations, thought processes, and the specific interactions that led me to breaking into tech. Although this happened a while ago, all these techniques apply today. How you interact with people doesn't really change. How I went from failure to software engineer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP3W2nCFnTU Meetup.com https://www.meetup.com/ #softwareengineering #networking #career #coding
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Lol right mindset in 2026 might be a wash
I also got into programming from an unrelated field. After I studied a lot on my own and made some projects, I decided to get a masters degree in computer science. That's how I got my first job. I'm hoping to start my own business soon
Did you build and learn at the same time? How long did it take you to build your first project? Amazing video
I did the same thing. Nobody cares about you. Being fake friendly is the default for all people in corporate America. Deep knowledge, tangible projects, and proving deep thinking abilities on the spontaneously is the only way to get in without qualifications.
At what level of math is sufficient to create the sophisticated projects you talk about. Probably not as high level as real analysis, right?
This is cool
Graduating from comp sci this year and low-key yeah I did kinda just take exams and forget everything immediately after 😭😭 it's not that I don't like comp sci because I do. I'm currently teaching myself full stack web dev and genuinely love it. But it's rough to do school and do projects and network and everything at the same time. Your brain starts numbing at a certain point. Also realizing I'm not marketable for getting a job as a software dev rn. Didn't do anything with my education for real, it was for real really rough for me :'D But I'm going to grad school for library sciences and during it I'm going to teach myself things I'm genuinely interested in for comp sci. I do genuinely love algorithms, I love comp sci but college and 20 credit hours per semester + depression, anxiety and PTSD did not make me use my education in the best way lol. This video is very helpful btw thank you
not going to lie this doesn't really work now, unless its at a startup with no funds. (which is a gamble most of the time). companies expect you to have a degree now which is the BARE minimum.
Self taught here as well. What opened my eyes was when i got my first full time web dev role and was told I rose to the top over 200 candidates. The intern had a CS degree... lol. Networking didn't get me the job, but going to meetups got me the advice i needed to know how to rise above the basics and what helps stand out! Anyone can do it, but you gotta like it.
for every 100 CS majors, only 1 can truly be a software engineer
Honestly we need to create alternative pathways into STEM fields that doesn't allow the current establishment to gatekeep knowledge from us
I'm still doing the maths book called Beginning_and_Intermediate_Algebra will it prepare me for the book on HOW TO PROVE IT.
really insightful to hear your experience with this
A video on how to build the hard projects would be awesome 🙌
anyone else learning HTML/CSS/JS? Im going through a web dev course if you wanna have a study buddy? MY goal is to learn to make fun interactive websites/games (C#)
Never change goat
Was your project embedded in nature and with what language?
The part about them not answering is brutal. I have never had someone just ghost me so that really really hurt me.
Thats racism
So I feel like a LOT of my projects are just CRUD, of course each year they look better but I feel like the functionality aren't very complex. What are some complex project ideas you can recommend? Also in your opinion what makes something complex?