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Software engineers are expected to continue to grow in demand over the upcoming years. Learning about what a software engineer really does, like developing and testing software applications, could help you decide if this is the career for you.
In this video, we follow Sarah, a software engineer who works remotely, to show you what a day in the life of a software engineer is actually like, including work hours, work environment and job duties. She’ll even share the skills and education needed to succeed in the role.
00:00 Introduction
00:06 Morning routine
00:20 What is a software engineer?
00:43 Software engineer responsibilities
01:11 At-home desk setup
01:20 Coding languages for software engineering
01:51 Coding tip
02:02 Coding example
02:29 Benefits of working from home
02:50 Things to do during lunch break
03:05 Planning the afternoon
03:41 Researching new software and frameworks
04:06 Trip to the market
04:22 Tips for being a better software engineer
04:41 Education and background
04:59 Continued education for transitioning to management
05:18 Wrapping up work
05:52 Winding down with video games
06:03 Software engineer career advice
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  • @antoinealez12
    @antoinealez122 жыл бұрын

    the cut to the dog sleeping after she explained what she was doing was perfect comedic timing. Y'all knew what you were doing.

  • @Indeed

    @Indeed

    2 жыл бұрын

    thanks for watching! isn't her dog the cutest?! 😍

  • @Rhanafortin

    @Rhanafortin

    4 ай бұрын

    wdym

  • @infinitelog
    @infinitelog2 жыл бұрын

    As a software engineer myself, this is the most accurate "day in the life of a Software Engineer" video I have seen. Touches lot of daily aspects in life and off course Coding.

  • @Indeed

    @Indeed

    2 жыл бұрын

    So glad that this held up to what a day in the life for you looks like as well! Thanks for watching :)

  • @ahbeincestca2054

    @ahbeincestca2054

    Жыл бұрын

    Especially with remote

  • @thomasmoncrief26
    @thomasmoncrief26 Жыл бұрын

    Man, I would love to start my day in my bedroom at 9:00, take an hour lunch break, an hour trip to the market, and half an hour of personal learning, then finish at 4:00 and say I worked 8 hours, lol.

  • @winterwaffle16

    @winterwaffle16

    Ай бұрын

    Don't forget the hour breakfast 😂

  • @anudeepkollapudi3815
    @anudeepkollapudi38152 жыл бұрын

    I think this is the most genuine "In the life of a Software Engineer" video

  • @danielfennerdev
    @danielfennerdev Жыл бұрын

    This felt super down to earth and real, great video and only makes me more excited to break into the software dev industry

  • @kkmandaniel
    @kkmandaniel Жыл бұрын

    Some comments says they want to be a software engineer. It may be because this video shows the benefit of working from home, but acutlly I think where you can work properly depends on your personality. As an employee, I am not use to working from home for many days. Sometimes I can't reply urgent messages instantly because I am away from my computer and it may let my colleagues think I am being lazy. That makes me feel nervous. But as a software engineer, I can experience your perspective. Sometimes I would get stuck on implementing codes, and at that moment, I really need a quiet environment for taking a rest and relaxing my brain. It often really works in helping me solve my problems.

  • @LearningAndGrowingInLife
    @LearningAndGrowingInLife Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Sarah for walking through your day as a software engineer. Very insightful especially for folks who aren't in the software/tech industry. I noticed that you are taking a course to eventually move into a management role (project manager) from SDE. I can also maybe suggest considering one more role which is the product manager role as I noticed you like to use your creative side (from journalism). My understanding is that product is more creative/strategic (answers the "what to build & why") and project/program is more operational (answers the "how to build").

  • @abdulhameed8023
    @abdulhameed80238 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Sarah, I am thinking of doing the same, food, working, and learning, it's just amazing.

  • @xenialxerous2441
    @xenialxerous24412 жыл бұрын

    Hey there! I am genuinely glad to come across this video. I've been using Indeed for a while now, but being able to connect on a deeper level such as here, on your KZread channel does gave me some additional insights. Sarah made the overall experience a really exciting one. I would love to connect w/her. Thanks!!

  • @BWG05
    @BWG05 Жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed this video, looking forward to finish senior year then head to uni and become a ML or software engineer.

  • @theprotagonist8764
    @theprotagonist87642 жыл бұрын

    I want to get into IT. Please make more videos about IT. This video is a great start!

  • @jessejordan369
    @jessejordan369 Жыл бұрын

    Wow this has to be the best day in the life i have ever seen. Loved how she explained everything. Keep up the good work.

  • @Indeed

    @Indeed

    Жыл бұрын

    We're happy to hear that you enjoyed the episode, Jesse! If you are interested in seeing more of our a day in the life series, check out our playlist here: kzread.info/head/PL6qIzGkkiXFFb5ck2zmUDnI7nhN7rFZX9

  • @ShaundraFx
    @ShaundraFx2 жыл бұрын

    This is the best day in the life I have seen. Great job

  • @kessiena5852
    @kessiena58522 жыл бұрын

    The clip of the dog sleeping🤣

  • @AhmetMurati
    @AhmetMurati Жыл бұрын

    I am a software developer I have been developing apps since 1994. QBasic, Turbo Pascal, Delphi, Java, C, C++, C#, PHP, JavaScript, CSS,Java, Spring Framework, Spring Boot. The day of work from home is completely same as mine.

  • @taka-en4hp
    @taka-en4hp2 жыл бұрын

    Great workation and nice glasses!😎

  • @Nik-rx9rj
    @Nik-rx9rj Жыл бұрын

    This is the most realistic "day in the life" I think I've ever seen. I appreciate the video!

  • @Indeed

    @Indeed

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the positive feedback, Nik glad that you enjoyed it! You can see more of our a day in the life series in our playlist here: kzread.info/head/PL6qIzGkkiXFFb5ck2zmUDnI7nhN7rFZX9

  • @rachelmarsh572
    @rachelmarsh572 Жыл бұрын

    So she worked 9 - 4, took a lunch break, and ran a personal errand? And then logged 8 hrs of work? Am I missing something? Not judging, just curious if working in tech is that relaxed..!?

  • @vangarrd

    @vangarrd

    6 ай бұрын

    It is most certainly not that relaxed, typically. She should have put in an extra 1.5-2 hours at the end of the day to make up for lunch and the grocery trip. Logging of hours is a bit unusual in the tech industry, unless you're a contractor. It's usually based on output (getting your stuff done), which gives a large leeway of flexibility about how/when you do that. But, for many enterprise tech companies, those demands on output are aggressive and software engineers are frequently 'under the gun'.

  • @tienphan637
    @tienphan6372 жыл бұрын

    well, such a energetic girl with enormous enjoyment in her life. There is nothing could be tough if we'r doing it with a specific purpose. Keep growing and filling your soul into the Software industry ^_^

  • @alexandersaprykin8174
    @alexandersaprykin81742 жыл бұрын

    I'm software Engineer too. And my days are spent exactly like yours. Good luck. I live in Russia

  • @sarahforthewine

    @sarahforthewine

    2 жыл бұрын

    I didn't realize they posted this already! I do get a lot of free time but pretty much every day is the same. Thank you for watching!

  • @okletsdoitt

    @okletsdoitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@sarahforthewine Hey I'd like to connect with you on LinkedIn. I'm also a software engineer.

  • @innocentrage1
    @innocentrage1 Жыл бұрын

    Nice to see an actual walk through of the day instead of 8am get to work and make coffee, 815 code, 830 go to the gym 12 go to lunch at our companies 5 star cafe, 1 go walk in the park, 2 go play in the ball pit and go down a slide at some faang playroom, 315 code some more 330 check email and pet my dog till 430pm

  • @messageus4203

    @messageus4203

    Жыл бұрын

    INBOX US

  • @leetcodeking4859
    @leetcodeking4859 Жыл бұрын

    Wish we could be remote. I am an L5 Google Software Engineer that was remote. But today they are calling everyone back to the office. I loved being remote.

  • @JudgeFredd
    @JudgeFredd2 жыл бұрын

    Nice video

  • @deshawnthomas
    @deshawnthomas Жыл бұрын

    It's like... every time I'm slacking on teaching myself code something like this pops in my recc and I remember my journalism major ass needs to get back on the grind LOL

  • @ryadrahman1689
    @ryadrahman16896 ай бұрын

    What code editor do you primarily use for work?

  • @LeftBehind666
    @LeftBehind6667 ай бұрын

    This is what I wanna do, code and program. Should i get a degree in this or computer science?

  • @jayakumar9976
    @jayakumar9976 Жыл бұрын

    Sublime!!. what about vs code ?

  • @miroslavisikiyski4876
    @miroslavisikiyski4876 Жыл бұрын

    barely worked that day...

  • @FERRARISPEED9
    @FERRARISPEED9 Жыл бұрын

    awesome! could we get a day in the life of a security engineer or analyst?

  • @20-NYC
    @20-NYC Жыл бұрын

    Stressful? She started work at 9am (supposed to be 8am), took 2 hrs break, and ended work at 4pm, she worked 5 hrs, logged in 8hrs..

  • @ZoXeph
    @ZoXeph Жыл бұрын

    This is the life of a software engineer that I ever dreamed of..

  • @cyberwolfie7344
    @cyberwolfie73442 жыл бұрын

    2:40 doggo was not impressed xD

  • @angelodavid1998
    @angelodavid1998 Жыл бұрын

    I love you already

  • @ozobianwadibia
    @ozobianwadibia2 жыл бұрын

    What kind of engineer are you? Front-End, Back-End or Full Stack? Thanks. Stay blessed.

  • @sarahforthewine

    @sarahforthewine

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm full stack but prefer frontend because it provides more instant satisfaction!

  • @ozobianwadibia

    @ozobianwadibia

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sarahforthewine Thanks for the update. Have a great week.

  • @rajtonystark6082

    @rajtonystark6082

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sarahforthewine why front end provides satisfaction?

  • @gonzoreal
    @gonzoreal2 жыл бұрын

    Adding salary would add extra spice and transparency for employees getting undervalued

  • @saltpie5176
    @saltpie51767 ай бұрын

    if you see that her job seems really esay and having good life, cuz she already pass throuth the hardest time and now she is professional

  • @Truthbetold1990
    @Truthbetold1990 Жыл бұрын

    @indeed do you guys hire software engineers with only a coding bootcamp education?

  • @dianyadira

    @dianyadira

    Жыл бұрын

    👀 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️ I also have the same question @indeed

  • @Glenningway
    @Glenningway Жыл бұрын

    So is Java still widely used? I see tons of companies in Indeed, Glassdoor, Linkedin ask for this on top of C# and .NET. You mentioned Reddit, and the subreddits advised to stay away from Java... but, it's hard to avoid that I think. Doesn't make sense, unless it's just internet kids not knowing what they're talking about. Also you say you use HTML and CSS? So are you frontend as well? Sorry for the questions, thanks!

  • @rafanliyakkathkhan7377

    @rafanliyakkathkhan7377

    Жыл бұрын

    Tbh java and python were pretty abundantly used in recent years. C, C# and C++ came above these 2 all of a sudden in terms of popularity this year. Don't know why or how but... It is what it is. I will not recommend Java to a beginner. But if you kicked off your programming journey with python or c and fluent with either of them, you can try Java. That's what I did

  • @Nandezaron
    @Nandezaron Жыл бұрын

    Im having a hard time deciding on a major. Could I have a job like that with a computer science degree?

  • @LeftBehind666

    @LeftBehind666

    7 ай бұрын

    That's where i'm at

  • @grey3719
    @grey37192 жыл бұрын

    What programming language do you use for work?

  • @elena6516

    @elena6516

    Жыл бұрын

    it's literally right there in the video

  • @Patchesmama21
    @Patchesmama21 Жыл бұрын

    So my squirrel brain got lost in the forest along the way. You mentioned starting out as a journalism major then ended up doing software engineering. Do you have a degree in software engineering? Thanks!

  • @PascaVlogs
    @PascaVlogs Жыл бұрын

    Was I the only one to notice the delete button bug?

  • @Doka402
    @Doka4025 ай бұрын

    5:00 M.I.B. Ballschinian

  • @vanillamatcha5079
    @vanillamatcha50792 жыл бұрын

    I want to be a software engineer 🥺

  • @Indeed

    @Indeed

    2 жыл бұрын

    We can help with that 😉 To find your next job:, click here go.indeed.com/findjobs

  • @Matt_Alaric
    @Matt_Alaric10 күн бұрын

    So if i become a software engineer my actual working day will only be 4.5 hours?? 😍

  • @hussienalsafi1149
    @hussienalsafi11492 жыл бұрын

    😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @rafaelcardenas5225
    @rafaelcardenas52252 жыл бұрын

    Indeed > Linkedin

  • @elizeesylvains1062
    @elizeesylvains1062 Жыл бұрын

    She is a software engineer cute and is a game cool

  • @hyliannerd4541
    @hyliannerd4541 Жыл бұрын

    This is unrelated but she looks like Laura Bailey, a known voice actress and co-host of Critical Role. 🤣

  • @blameItleaveit
    @blameItleaveit2 жыл бұрын

    Did she said sublime ?

  • @themomentcollector5402

    @themomentcollector5402

    2 жыл бұрын

    yes

  • @jac-pieceynumnums
    @jac-pieceynumnums Жыл бұрын

    I really liked this but with all the breaks she did not do 8 hours of work (2 x 4 hours recorded).

  • @messageus4203

    @messageus4203

    Жыл бұрын

    INBOX US

  • @Netryon
    @Netryon Жыл бұрын

    It's your first day in shops having no employees and empty waste bottle collection replaced by robotic collection and AI just because you have it defined in a namespace. You have a new workspace, but probably thinking how I'm gonna upgrade it again.

  • @bolajibello3414
    @bolajibello3414 Жыл бұрын

    is it me or she is writing jquery

  • @RdozeTV
    @RdozeTV Жыл бұрын

    She's fine but she use JQuery tho

  • @houssemedineselmi9730
    @houssemedineselmi9730 Жыл бұрын

    Test

  • @jasperherr8694
    @jasperherr8694 Жыл бұрын

    Wait...I thought corporate jobs are like The Office. Where's the fun?

  • @ac2italy
    @ac2italy Жыл бұрын

    their interview process is quite unbalanced and old

  • @ach.icreates
    @ach.icreates Жыл бұрын

    out of context, but she looks and speaks like Catriona Gray.

  • @medch1750
    @medch17502 жыл бұрын

    I don't understand how she only works 3 hours a day, also why she is hard coding with sublime 🤔

  • @stevezuze4885

    @stevezuze4885

    Жыл бұрын

    Blew my mind 😂😂😂

  • @mytzusky
    @mytzusky Жыл бұрын

    yeah she cooked and ate in 30 mins, we all sure do :D

  • @sunny7268
    @sunny72682 жыл бұрын

    that is really sad she is alone all the day, she a kind and beautiful shame it is how IT industry take all of your time, I am married and we have 4 kids, which most of the time I see sleeping in their beds, including my wife ... :(

  • @kayflip2233

    @kayflip2233

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, you have to trade your soul a bit to be an engineer, but you get paid well and have good job security.

  • @TheFlukeDude

    @TheFlukeDude

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kayflip2233 job security sucks in software

  • @kayflip2233

    @kayflip2233

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheFlukeDude Nah, demand far exceeds supply for engineering in the US. Salaries are high too.

  • @TheFlukeDude

    @TheFlukeDude

    7 күн бұрын

    @@kayflip2233 Lol i wonder if you still believe that

  • @paraglide01
    @paraglide014 ай бұрын

    start at 11 end at 4 and log a 8 hour workday ?????????????