That's great you went your own way - too many people try to get into FAANG and realize that they're just another big company. I've interviewed some who were leaving because they were so bored working there.

@Dlx329

Жыл бұрын

I recognize all but N- which company doss that happen to be?

@Erik_The_Viking

Жыл бұрын

@@Dlx329 Netflix

@BooleanDev

Жыл бұрын

@@Dlx329 Netflix but it doesnt belong in the acronym anymore, its about time it should be replaced

@d0cx

Жыл бұрын

Working for a FAANG sounds depressing as fuck

@pratyakshyt

Жыл бұрын

@@d0cx lol? It’s not , you get to work with the best and you get paid top notch

If this dude getting rejected, I have no chance lol.

@yg78t76t7

Жыл бұрын

He probably does, still looks like a dweeb

@jordycg5818

Жыл бұрын

You do have a chance, just don’t go for FAANG hype lol

@nirmaljyotibiswas752

Жыл бұрын

Nah!, he didn't leetcode enough

@sol_lekz

9 ай бұрын

I agree lol

@user-xs1yv3kj4b

8 ай бұрын

Exactly bro. Exactly

Everyone has its own aspirations after google rejects u ;(

@JahannUl

Жыл бұрын

Everyone’s villian origin story

@James-25

Жыл бұрын

@@JahannUlwhat do you mean ??

@chaseatlanticfan6553

Жыл бұрын

working a faang job is just fancy slavery they make it look good to get u but you to look beyond the nice dining halls and shiny furniture and the rest of the bs

@vergil_389

Жыл бұрын

But still. This guy is really good at what he does. Have you watched his vids?

I work for FANG and I hate it. Not because it’s boring or because the benefits suck (the pay and benefits are phenomenal). I hate it because it’s stressful as shit. I work 60 hrs a week and constantly feel like I’m barely above water. Every coworker around me seems to know way more than me and is way more productive than me, even if they start around the same time. It has been a nightmare so far. On the upside, my coworkers and managers are really nice and supportive. I’m still stressed as shit all the time, though.

@jacobmorres9817

Жыл бұрын

Outsource it you tard

@bosco7799

Жыл бұрын

What would you say contributes to the stress? I'm currently in my second year of college and I'd love to hear from your experience

@dcp303

Жыл бұрын

Lol lemme guess zon?

@Edude117

Жыл бұрын

@@bosco7799 I'd say the primary issue is that the documentation sucks yet no one does a good job of explaining how things work. I just feel lost 90% of the time. It's extremely stressful because getting anything done takes double the amount of time since I need to spend a significant amount understanding how the thing works/how to accomplish the task/what the fuck I was even asked to do. But the work just keeps on piling up. I'm juggling like four projects right now, and that's not counting all the miscellaneous tasks I have thrown my way *daily*.

@Edude117

Жыл бұрын

@@dcp303 Nope, not Amazon. I won't say which for privacy reasons, though.

I was waiting for the “maybe I got rejected…” lmao. Me too man

I've been watching your videos and good for you, you're good at what you do! Thanks for sharing your path

You should create more content about your startup journey. I don’t feel like many people document the process and the things they learn along the way

Very cool just to know how your career has started, nothing but more growth from here

UTD Legend ❤

@TheNanoBust

Жыл бұрын

Why are you so cute bro 😫 -Nick

very inspiring thank you ben

Its cool that you went to UTD for CS, I am also going to UTD soon for computer science!

Props! Nice to see a fellow comet succeed.

Hi! I also go to utd for computer science. I’d honestly love to do youtube/my own side projects for a living, and it’s super inspiring to see that it’s something that’s possible:]

Follow your dreams. It’s crazy how little people actually get to live the life they want to. It’s a gift, treasure it. I hope that can be me too one day. 🤞

Good for you. I am at the start of my career and hope my path will be similar to yours, but somehow I doubt it :)

Keep doing what you love! Lots of love.

Basically what I want to become

@andersmorille7653

Жыл бұрын

Start uploading some videos, I'm sure you'll be great :)

you’re amazing Ben!

After getting a Network Administration diploma, I now want to branch out and specialize in the Cyber Security field. You gotta follow your own path!

Omg Ben I live like 10 minutes away from UTD,had no idea you went there

This is nice to hear! Glad to see you in a prospering career with the way you want it to be-/!

and how you sustain your lifestyle with that? Maybe cuz i am from a really poor EU country and thats why i cant imagine how the money flows in, but those side bussiness generates enough money instead of consulting/freelancing in X amount of time? Cuz i saw in US there are soooooo fokin great money in the freelancing/consulting or its like more on that side as a work life balance? Anyways keep doing great yutbob vids🤙

Nice Ben. Do what you love, with a healthy challenge.

Dude you have fantastic cheek bones. Should have been a model.

Really Proud of u bro

Love your tuts

Kudos for being honest

Ur amazing Ben

Good for you. 👍

Way the go Ben!

Good for you bro. Kicking ass

Would you tell us how many years it took you to reach your current status [graduation age was not mentioned]? Also, would you tell us a little more about income and how you could compare FAANG to your current income?

I'll be completing my CS degree in a year. I'm worried that I don't know enough of anything, and I really want to get a good internship/job. I'm still exploring whether software engineering or data science is a good fit for me. I enjoy debugging and building stuff, and I also love working with data. I like to study too deep into my interests, and sometimes I feel like I'm losing the big picture, and then I jump to my other interests, and it causes that feeling of inadequacy in anything I try to learn. Any wisdom from any of you guys would be appreciated. I'm from Kenya, and my uni isn't state of the art in CS, but I worry enough and try to learn the important CS topics through MOOCS from MIT and the like.

@allentom97

Жыл бұрын

Consider data engineering or similar, it’s a good mix of the two…

@avananana

Жыл бұрын

If you're worried about whether or not you know enough, build some projects on your own. Make a website, make some program that solves a problem you have, it can really be anything. Make it open source and have a few of those around so you have a portfolio to refer to when people ask about what you're good at. Computer Science is such a broad topic that it's impossible to be good at everything, and you'll never be good enough to cover every single job position out there. But by having a portfolio, both you and employers get a good idea of what you're good at, which can help. Usually you don't even need that advanced stuff in order to get somewhere, just something to show them that you have some idea of what you're doing. Of course it's easier if you've graduated from a highly respectable university, if you've got good connections etc, but I know a few people who didn't even go to university and still landed well paying jobs in CS related positions. It's not impossible, all it depends on is how stubborn you are :P

@HYPERLOG

Жыл бұрын

Working on projects outside of school that you can present and show off to employers is your best bet. Get good at communicating and being likeable too, that can make up for lower raw technical skill. The job market is looking rough right now obviously, and people who are hiring don't want to spend time training newbies. It's good that you're worried. Hold on to that feeling, because that will keep you motivated! Just remember that in the end, everything will be ok. I graduated from a no-name school in the Midwest with 0 internships and my salary is in the top 5% of U.S. earners. Good luck to you!

@Offiziersmesser

Жыл бұрын

Thank you all. This is amazing advice. ❤️

@cken27

Жыл бұрын

Just like everyone else said here, work on projects of your interest. Show them on the top of your resume and LinkedIn profile along with all the applications, packages and techs you use. Good luck!

Good vid for a portfolio

I miss your react tutorials 😢

I share the same mentality. Good luck

That’s awesome

love from another UTD grad in software

Props!

How can you get into consulting? Do they have consultations with regards to web development?

Congrats brother

Is it possible to move more into the Electrical Engineering career path roles if you have a CS undergrad? Or would I have to go back to school to get the Electrical courses first with like a Masters in it?

If only everyone had a mom that could fund their first startup

@bigcheung5699

Жыл бұрын

Starting up making software costs about the same as whatever device you made this comment on

@bigcheung5699

Жыл бұрын

​@@tukib_ His advertised app has 40 ratings across 2+ years, and his LLC portfolio is only this app. I can assure you that you can build an app and get 40 ratings for less than the cost of an iPhone. Starting up and being able to live off your income out of the gate? Not easy. Starting up in general? Very simple.

@qwerty-nr9sc

Жыл бұрын

​@bigcheung5699 bro how tf you going to pay for rent without an income 💀💀.

@bigcheung5699

Жыл бұрын

@@qwerty-nr9sc by having another job? this guy has another job?? yt with 1.6k videos + freelance income is fine for rent, and apparently enough time for a small startup

Woooahh you went to UTD?!?!? I just graduated from software engineering

good :)

So when are you going to transition FFS SRS etc ???

do you still recommend UTD for comp sci? I got accepted there but i’m still debating whether or not i should go there or a&m

@Psmdfhhjb

7 ай бұрын

same did u accept?

meanwhile I still havent even graduated at 25 lol

@imt3206

Жыл бұрын

Neither I do at 23

you are awesome

30hrs week as we say here in Brazil. minde papai. Success bro. The most I can reach from now is working on US company

Man I hate it here at UTD lmao

good job bro

Coolest job ever.

Did you find it hard to start freelancing without having work experience or was what you learned from uni and creating tutorials enough?

@DogeMultiverse

Жыл бұрын

Companies find him to pay him because of his KZread reputation

@Alec_RTR

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you’re going to have a tougher time freelancing or consulting with no proven track record of success. You’d better have one hell of a portfolio, resume, and talk track.

Woosh 🌠

I’m getting my Bachelor’s in CS, about to get my Associate. Is minoring in Mathematics a good idea or should I focus strictly on CS the whole way to Bachelor’s?

@paradiseexpress3639

Жыл бұрын

Bigger is always better

@o0QuAdSh0t0o

Жыл бұрын

@@paradiseexpress3639 so just double major

@Erik_The_Viking

Жыл бұрын

A minor in any other subject would be good - depends on your interests. I was a double major CS-Math with an Econ minor.

@FreshxBaked

Жыл бұрын

Honestly it does not matter. But if you like math, do it!

@ryanheise4656

Жыл бұрын

It depends on what you want to do with your CS degree. If you want to go into AI/ML the math background will be really helpful.

whoosh!

@bevvy.bee9

Жыл бұрын

WHOOSH!

If I could just any job as a software developer my dream would come true. I’m just not smart enough for the math involved unfortunately

You should convert your cooking app into an interoperable blockchain which you can share between friends and families and do simultaneous cooking

So the question is, was it worth it to spend so many years studying and get a CS degree?

@youssef.elmoumen

Жыл бұрын

yes

@amrikmalhans

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@amslu

Жыл бұрын

If you can create a successful KZread channel

@tkdevlop

Жыл бұрын

it is worth it as much as you want to believe it's worth it.

@Q__Q

Жыл бұрын

no, but ur asking this question so yes

planning to go to UTD for comp sci as well

Thanks❤

Ben habibi you should go on the iced coffee Hour with Graham!

Woosh ☄️

What is the cooking app and how does it make money

What coding program do you use

Wait, you got consulting gigs without FT experience at an actual company? You must be a beast at interviews lol

Let’s goooo much better than go into big tech

What do i have to learn to create apps?

you’re 25? i thought you were a boomer

the goat

Is University of Texas at Dallas a good university I was thinking about applying there

Doesn't matter what school you go to. Just get the piece of paper. I work at a big Tech company with a CS degree from a nobody school.

My man

How did you get into consulting

Love

Can you do Angular tho? 🥕🚜

i dont think it could be more cliche than going straight for google and facebook

At what year?

How do you make money ?

Anyone else struggling to get a job rn? Worked my ass off in school got summa cum laude majoring in CS and minoring in math 4.0 I feel like I have a strong understand of what I need to know as a junior/entree level developer but not even an interview lmao. Is this normal or is it just the economy and if it's the economy then we gotta start paying attention to who we vote for economic wise because it'll only get worse if we let this just go on and on you have no idea how pissed I'm getting.

@user-zq1um1mf1s

Жыл бұрын

Not just trying to get into FAANG either btw I've been applying to anyone I can find

Omggg I'm going to utd in the fallll

Dallas is kind of a abuse word in India💀

What was your cgpa

Woah you went to UTD... That's where I'm going

@danny.golcman6846

Жыл бұрын

same

@TheNanoBust

Жыл бұрын

Same, unfortunately

@danny.golcman6846

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNanoBust why unfortunatly?

@thedoublehelix5661

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNanoBust lmao

hapiness is ...

Graduated with a Bachelor's or Masters?

what vappened to void pet

No way we're the same age

Hi from utd

I'm choose between machine learning engineer or software developer/engineer which is more worth it for work or making my own business ?

@Ampelman123

Жыл бұрын

When you want to found your own business do you wanna create a product for a customer oder do you „just“ want to do consulting work? I think your options to create a solution to a customers problem are way broader as a software developer. Even if you have a concrete idea how a machine learning model can improve a customers life/create a USP, you still have to create an App/Interface around it.

most famous comet at this point 🤯☄️

@stevewilkens5134

Жыл бұрын

Ross Ulbricht 😂

Wat bout the salary

Damn your App went from 40 ratings to only 4😂

Is there anyone who is willing to give me an advice because I am feeling bad 😢I got my Computer science degree but I am working as a teacher with different field but I am tired of this job because it's actually profit less but I am afraid of code .it's not mean I hate it but I am not confidenced but I want to be programmer Is it possible to become a programmer if so how long it will take 🤔 to master my skill

I thought u 26 y.o.

Ben we the same age, let’s be friends

a prodigy

UTD!!!!

rejected ? if you give your ULTIMATE BEST , even tho one has no knowledge of CP prior to college , they have chnaces of getting in , right?