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Getting To The Top 1% Of Amazon Engineers - Productivity Tips From A Life Engineered

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro to Steve
0:40 - Why invest in a system for time management?
2:30 - Have a healthy relationship with notifications
6:02 - Optimize your schedule
9:00 - Optimize for impact (not comfort)
11:25 - How Steve organizes his time

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  • @Neonb88
    @Neonb888 ай бұрын

    1. Pause notifications for 1-4 hours while you do deep work. Leave your phone in another room 2. Optimize your schedule. Ask for meeting notes with key information instead of showing up to meetings that don't contribute to your or your team's bottom line 3. Do most impactful and important work first rather than easy tickets.

  • @shiveshgupta1186

    @shiveshgupta1186

    Ай бұрын

    lol you just implemented the advice, (skip basic meeting and get meeting notes :)

  • @codingwithmitch
    @codingwithmitch Жыл бұрын

    I live on mute. All notifications are silent except calls from my dad, wife, grandpa or brother lol

  • @RahulPandeyrkp

    @RahulPandeyrkp

    Жыл бұрын

    your mom didn't make the list??

  • @nSiLEtan

    @nSiLEtan

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RahulPandeyrkp she might be dead

  • @codingwithmitch

    @codingwithmitch

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RahulPandeyrkp no she spams too much

  • @ebrahimbonger3257

    @ebrahimbonger3257

    Жыл бұрын

    @@codingwithmitch fact👋🏼

  • @maxwellali

    @maxwellali

    Жыл бұрын

    How do u do this on android?

  • @angelcodes
    @angelcodes Жыл бұрын

    Great to see this collaboration I really like both of your channels!! Always very valuable content :)

  • @RahulPandeyrkp

    @RahulPandeyrkp

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Angel!

  • @hassansyed6087
    @hassansyed608711 ай бұрын

    Just the combined brain power in that room with Rahul and Steve is mind boggling. One is a staff engineer at Facebook and the other is a Principal engineer at Amazon. Jhees.

  • @kumartatsat868
    @kumartatsat868 Жыл бұрын

    Short, precise and unambiguous videos - you guys are doing what you preach, which increases the value of your advice even more! Love these to-the-point interviews and QnA's. Learn a lot from these compared to other content creators. Taro has been helping me learn countless new strategies and concepts of handling general issues that SE's encounter. So yeah, excellent app man. Keep at it. Thanks for your contribution

  • @deathbombs
    @deathbombsАй бұрын

    Steve is the best guest so far

  • @malikau917
    @malikau917 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for inviting super skilled guests which are getting my trust immediately; the value of these advices is so high because of it!

  • @muzikjay
    @muzikjay Жыл бұрын

    This was such a great video. Especially the point about optimizing one’s schedule. It can be difficult for lower level engineers to know how to handle the barrage of meetings on a weekly basis. Evaluating the necessity of your attendance at meetings is huge.

  • @nirantarsdcs8341
    @nirantarsdcs8341 Жыл бұрын

    You two guys are awesome. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to you. Thank you.

  • @TylerLemke
    @TylerLemke Жыл бұрын

    Finally. My Dream came true. Glad you both are collaborating.

  • @jimmytsai8069
    @jimmytsai8069 Жыл бұрын

    Steve and Rahul! My favorite SDE productivity youtubers / mentors.

  • @michaellee3502
    @michaellee3502 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Rahul! Incredibly valuable content you shared that would take someone years to develop on their own.

  • @thomas6502
    @thomas6502 Жыл бұрын

    fwiw, interpolating a heavy lift with a "dessert" story (the simpler stickies you mentioned) helps some folks I know. Having been on a variety of teams, mileage varies greatly due to team dynamics as well...if you have the kind of control described, AND you also work on a team, you might also be very lucky. ;-) Great discussion, thank you!

  • @nutandevjoshi
    @nutandevjoshi Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the collaboration and enlightment.

  • @akshat6176
    @akshat6176 Жыл бұрын

    Super helpful. Couldn't have come across this at a better time,as i'm starting my journey as a swe myself soon

  • @manishtripathi3751
    @manishtripathi3751 Жыл бұрын

    Two of my fav youtubers.

  • @ShubhamSinghMusic
    @ShubhamSinghMusic Жыл бұрын

    Lots of relatable points. And thanks for the remedies. Great video guys 👏 Looking forward for more such content ✅

  • @RahulPandeyrkp

    @RahulPandeyrkp

    Жыл бұрын

    More to come! And there's more in the Taro app right now as well :)

  • @JackMarchetti29
    @JackMarchetti29Ай бұрын

    I get almost all my productive work done between 8pm and 11pm. I don't know what it is, it might be the lack of notifications during that time or something about the sun being down, but I can just "work" during that time.

  • @delienz24
    @delienz24 Жыл бұрын

    This was awesome. Thank you both for sharing!

  • @wafercrackerjack880
    @wafercrackerjack880 Жыл бұрын

    I love ALifeEngineered!! And looks like he is an audiophile with those Audio Technica headphones.

  • @shauryatomer1058
    @shauryatomer1058 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video, will be taking back with me a lot of great advice from the video

  • @wuziq
    @wuziq Жыл бұрын

    steve is awesome, glad to see this collab

  • @sun-ship
    @sun-ship6 ай бұрын

    Would love a series or a podcast woth you 2

  • @cooldude6249
    @cooldude6249 Жыл бұрын

    Not sure if this is a new layout or if Rahul has got a new camera set up. The video quality is nicer and more pleasing to watch.

  • @AZNGoSu
    @AZNGoSu10 ай бұрын

    Tomato Timer! Has been huge for me to be incentivized to focus on blocks of work and most importantly stay off my phone!!

  • @iOSAcademy
    @iOSAcademy Жыл бұрын

    Great discussion

  • @silverhairs
    @silverhairs Жыл бұрын

    The collab we needed but didn’t know

  • @joshyboyrules
    @joshyboyrules Жыл бұрын

    10:14 - lol, look at that text size.

  • @xordux7

    @xordux7

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol I can read that even when blurred

  • @AlexSuperTramp-
    @AlexSuperTramp- Жыл бұрын

    These are not well thought out... 6:00 so.. just reschedule the meeting so it fits YOUR schedule what about everyone else? Ignore notifications? Ok, and when you need to get unblocked and message someone? They should ignore you right?

  • @xordux7

    @xordux7

    Жыл бұрын

    this is not what they meant. 1. Meeting reschedule: Steve or Rahul didn't suggest forcing others while doing so. They will still have option to suggest different time or decline the change. 2. Notifications: Yes, ignore them all. Asynchronous communication is the key to productivity. Nobody should text someone and expect them to reply instantly. If you have something urgent (not only important but also urgent) then directly call that person or reach to their desk (if at office). Maybe I am not great at explaining but they really don't want you to become a rude/selfish teammate.

  • @NeerajKumar-ms2wo
    @NeerajKumar-ms2wo Жыл бұрын

    I feel like the suggestions seems more relevant to experienced folks

  • @rddavies

    @rddavies

    6 ай бұрын

    Great point.

  • @_jko
    @_jko Жыл бұрын

    I hit the thumb up as soon as i saw both of your faces when the video started. I don't even need to reach the end to know if it's going to be good. I know it's going to be good.

  • @gwulfwud
    @gwulfwud7 ай бұрын

    I am now putting "behooves" in my professional language back pocket

  • @djethereal99
    @djethereal99Ай бұрын

    Behoove

  • @siddharthapatki271
    @siddharthapatki271 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this!

  • @funguy2627
    @funguy2627 Жыл бұрын

    you gotta optimize your efficiency. Be a robot beeboop

  • @chan90s
    @chan90s Жыл бұрын

    I use zen mode in my one plus device. Your phone just freezes for 1-2 hours. No mercy. No restart works

  • @chan90s
    @chan90s Жыл бұрын

    Rahul, do you know anyone who started companies while on F1 or H1B ? How did they navigate their Visa journey?

  • @RahulPandeyrkp

    @RahulPandeyrkp

    Жыл бұрын

    I do know one, but he had a cofounder who was a US citizen. If you're on a visa, I'd recommend partnering with a citizen.

  • @anaestereo810
    @anaestereo8106 ай бұрын

    Time management......that old friend the we never call.

  • @XXxxMoordenaarxxXX
    @XXxxMoordenaarxxXX Жыл бұрын

    Meeting notes for this video?

  • @Neonb88
    @Neonb888 ай бұрын

    What is this, a crossover episode?!

  • @aldrinseanpereira140
    @aldrinseanpereira140 Жыл бұрын

    me context switching while watching this video at work 😐

  • @fallenIights
    @fallenIights Жыл бұрын

    RAHUL

  • @rishiraj2548
    @rishiraj2548 Жыл бұрын

    🙏👍👍

  • @razzikatta
    @razzikatta Жыл бұрын

    I can't stand the culture of jumping at notifications. Someone liked my post/I got an email or even a text? cool. I don't need to get a beep about it and I don't need to leave everything and check it.

  • @RahulPandeyrkp

    @RahulPandeyrkp

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, very few things are truly urgent