Office life, code and a day in the life as a software engineer in New Zealand
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In this video, you'll see what it's like in a day in the life of a software engineer, hear about my up-skilling to full stack strategy and see me working between my home office and city office setups!
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I love the aesthetic of your videos. I am new to that world of coding and programming and watching someone self-taught having such a cozy-looking life inspire me so much! I hope to see you more and more on video during my journey to becoming a software engineer! Big love from Canada!
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
it's really awesome to know that more and more brazilians (like me) are watching content from world wide creators. and it's nice to be part of what you show to us about your day to day life!
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! ❤️
@pedroota
Жыл бұрын
Hey!! I'm also brazilian haha. Thanks, @Jacob
Nice to see the family growing as fast
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
❤️❤️
You should make a video of how you got started, how you learned, how long it took all the way to getting your first job. I really think that would be a useful video
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Good idea!
Another banger. Nice to have these on while I take a break from coding on my startup. Keep it up.
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Keep it up bro!
q&a and day in the life combo, nicely done! great content!
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
Loving your videos, such upbeat vibes 😊
I usualy watch your videos in the evening & when I do, the motivation to do anything kicks in. Love the videos, I can't get enough of them, you should do a 1 hour videos 😂😂
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Haha one day!
Loved the video! Home camera setup please.
Love from Greece mate ! Really enjoying your videos keep up
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!! 🇬🇷
Heyy, watching from Portugal. Love the videos, keep up with the good vibes my dude!
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks!
Your channel is my favorite on KZread!🤩 Thank you for your videos!❤ It motivates me so much.💻 Greetings from the Czech republic.👋
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!
I've been watching your videos for some time now, thanks for the awesome content. I am currently enrolled in a Software Engineering bootcamp. I'm very excited to learn the skills needed to succeed.
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Nice work!
@user-bz6wx2ng6x
Жыл бұрын
@@JacobSucksAtCode Thank you!
Loving your videos man, the music, and the vibe is just on point! Greetings from Poland :)
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Appreciate it! 🇵🇱
These are so fun, amazing, and inspiring keep up the amazing videos 🔥🔥🔥
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
Amazing video like always bruh! Keep up the good work🔥
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
I started using 12 week plans, which is effective. Set-up 3 goals to accomplish over 12 weeks. You will accomplish so much more in a year. it's based on a book with the same or similar title.
Just subscribed, love the content! If you have any coding / dev questions I might be able to help! Good luck!
The speed that this family is growing at right now is absolutely insane
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Right!!!! ❤️❤️
i love these, have a great day bro
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks bro!
Is that the Crombie Lockwood Centre? That is where I worked for Bauer Media 20 years ago.
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
It’s a building just off K Road
@sebluketravis2438
Жыл бұрын
@@JacobSucksAtCode Ahh yeah I know where you are, Chur bro.
Your channel is the best binge-watch for a developer. Please upload more videos. Please Please... I have watched everything like a couple of times
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks!
Im an aspiring dev. I like your content how you balance life and keep your self productive and healthy. I already subscribed looking forward to watch of your past video. Happy coding
@blair4699
8 ай бұрын
how's it going??
you are such a lovely person Jacob. Love from Sweden
I like your video dude, inspire my life as software developer, they are lit 🔥🔥
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
Nice video man. fully enjoyed it ❤
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
I was a full stack developer a year ago and now fully frontend 😅. Good luck man!
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Haha let’s goooo
Love the vibe in your videos ❤
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Hi jacob, it's so nice to see your vidoes, Love em a lot...I feel you shouldn't get on call when you're driving. :) Cheers.
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Lovely vlog. Do you do record the vlog with the osmo action 2? Any external mic?
Thanks for your videos!
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
No worries!
Brazil always here bro!!!
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Let’s gooooo
Hey Jacob, been enjoying the vids and vibes. Keep it up my dude. I was wondering, what camera are you using to film your vids? Cheers from Transylvania!
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! It’s a DJI Action 2
I am not dev, *yet* but I enjoy watching your videos as it keeps me motivated whilst I learn. So far about 3 months in and I'm still doing lots of theory from different sources whilst thinking about potential portfolio project. Your goal is to transition to Fullstack dev this year, mine is to get my first web development job by the end of the year. Fingers crossed! 🤞
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
You’ve got this! ❤️❤️
Am a software dev student as soon as i saw sub i just did without thinking twice and i can say it's worth it 🔥
Love your videos man! What frameworks and coding languages do you use the most for work and spare time? I personally love to make all kinds of coding projects from web with frontend and backend to python scripts but what is your favorite?
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Mostly typescript for everything
Hey bro enjoying your videos! Have a quick question for ya, which standing desk do you have?
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
It’s from deskbird 😁
wow, I watched you video first time, I liked it so much, subscribed and greetings from India
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
Hope you get to a million followers this year 🍀☘️
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
what do you use to record these video?quality is quite really dope
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
I just use a DJI Action 2
What is the beat you played at 4:50? Absolute banger
How do you not have more Aussie followers? Budding full stack dev here. Love your vids. Thanks for sharing and putting the time in.
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
I don’t know! Let’s get more aussies in here 🇦🇺🦘
The damaged mirror on your car, story of my life! 😐
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
😂
i love your videos man
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks ❤️
Your vlogs are amazing! Maybe some day I also do a video about A Day In The Life Of A Software Engineer (Living In Front of the Beach) 😂
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
what is the primary camera that you use to shoot vlogs ?
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
DJI Action 2
Road to 10K 👏🏾👏🏾
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
🚀❤️
8:49 what happened to your side mirror? :))
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Smashed in the middle of the night by someone 🤷♂️
Hey Jacob. Great video. I'm from Colombia and I am studying software engineer. I really would like to be a blockchain developer. What can you recommend to me to this journey? (In addition to learning English jaja)
What podcasts do you listen to? Do you listen to music while coding or podcasts?
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
A bit of both! I really like the All In Podcast
@GuyNamedEJ
Жыл бұрын
@@JacobSucksAtCode I’ll check them out! Been needing new podcasts to listen to
I love your video's man.
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
@display_1432
Жыл бұрын
@@JacobSucksAtCode Np
Hey Jacob! Fellow kiwi here nice to meet you 😊 how did you get into software development? Also do you work with data engineers and ML experts in your role? I'm passionate about data, love coding and am looking for guidance on how to get into that space. Would you have any tips? Peace ❤️
I currently work mostly in C#, but I've had the opportunity to finally start using Rust for a new project! Sucks that all the money is in JS because I can't stand it :D
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Enjoy rust!
This video encourages me a lot that i plan to learn more about computing architecture and virtualization technology,thanks for sharing your thoughts about learning more~
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
❤️
Forgot your mouse when you drove to the office ha? :)
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha YES
Hi, I'm new to the channel. Where are you working? Just noticed, looks like many Indians work at your company.
Watching from Philippines
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Welcome!
Nice! 🤩
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😁
whats pathway did you take to get into software engineering
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Mainly just free online resources on JavaScript, react etc
Any tips for a Finance Graduate who's into tech industry and want to switch careers and get in. What to learn and how?
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Do you like the thought of building finance apps online?
@gam3rszone
Жыл бұрын
@@JacobSucksAtCode Yes I like building Finance Apps but never had knowledge as to how.
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
@@gam3rszone Nice. Start learning frontend development. A free resource you could check out is Scrimba
@gam3rszone
Жыл бұрын
@@JacobSucksAtCode So HTML, CSS, Javascript, React and so on right? I'll definetely check Scrimba. Thanks for the advice Jacob, it really means a lot.
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
@@gam3rszone exactly 💪🏼
8:48 what happened to your side mirror? Did you hit something?
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Someone hit my car in the night!
@lowkeygaming4716
Жыл бұрын
@@JacobSucksAtCode that's not cool. Good thing no one's hurt.
Is this in Auckland??
Your videos are damm good and relatable to real life.. I have subscribed Your channel , But I have a question , in which language you guys usually code? If possible please answer jacob bro✌✌
@JacobSucksAtCode
7 ай бұрын
Typescript
So I'm getting ready to go get my full stack developer certs to move into tech from being a on call firefighter I have mild cerebral palsy so I won't be able to do firefighting forever as it's unbelievably hard on your body
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Nice work!
its becoming tough to learn for me, i started to learn React js, and its making me mad, having errors, dont know how to solve this things. becoming upset, but will try harder
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Just move slowly, I recommend checking something out like Scrimba
@fatemaFinland
Жыл бұрын
@@JacobSucksAtCode okay
I have a pug too, and I am dev too, and I am turning this year to full stack lol, I will move from Brazil to new Zealand now hahahahaha, nice video
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Haha nice man!
Hey mate, enjoying your videos and I'm in the process of learning to code. I'm curious on the resources you used to learn? I know you mentioned youtube in the past but are there specific videos or resources you would recommend? Sorry if you have already gone over this.
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
No problem! For front end learning, I’d recommend checking out Scrimba
i got an idea you should document your learning study via youtube live
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Haha maybe!
Nice house, or apartment !
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😊
Man at the end, that’s one hard banana 🍌 🪨
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Haha right!!
QUESTION: would it even be worth pursuing software engineering after all these lay offs and thousands of experienced devs back in the job market ?
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Only if you enjoy coding!
Web or mobile using what pgmming language?.
@afromovies0
6 ай бұрын
Bro need reply 😦 what pgm language are U making use of
Just curious, does it not pay more to specialise than become full stack?
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
In some cases yes. However, you can always specialise but have applicable skills in other areas.
@jithinsaju4567
Жыл бұрын
@@JacobSucksAtCode I graduate in a few months from my business management degree and I want to be a software engineer. I'm currently learning with the free resources available but I'm not sure if I should go and do a MSc in Computer Science or a bootcamp?
what happened with the side view mirror? hahah
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Someone hit me in the night
Is it really possible to become a full stack developer in 6 months by a freasher.
Nice video Jacob….
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Lovely !!'
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
oh your dog make me laught so hard
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
😂😂
out of curiosity, is it legal to drive with earphones on ? 😂
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Yep!
hermie ate the treats 😂
What city are you referring to? :)
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Auckland city??
Herman is the best!
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
🐶❤️
from Somalia, have a good dat bro
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man! 🇸🇴
HONEY, GET THE KIDS, JACOB POSTED A NEW VIDEO!
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
😂
Dudde, u fix bug but u didnt fix your rearview mirror🤣🤣🤣
6:56 chad face 🔥
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
😂
Can I still subscribe if I'm not a dev?
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
You have my permission
now also Romania
how many hours you work in 1 day ?
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Anywhere between 7-9
need a new car vlog🤞🤞
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha
You live in uk? Nice.
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
New Zealand 😁
bro your rearview mirror LOL
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha
Yoo Jacob I know html suggest me a road map to be front end developer
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React
@orglyrics567
Жыл бұрын
@@JacobSucksAtCode Jacob, Share your journey how you learn how you get hired and how much is your salary,rent? make a dedicated video once .
dude, we are watching from Srilanka, include my country in your list as well.
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
Yooooo! Welcome 🇱🇰
Cute Hermy!!
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
❤️
Jesus you are blowing up on KZread rn.
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
🚀🚀
from india!
I'm not a dev, so I've not subscribed.
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
You have my permission
@jazeeraak2297
Жыл бұрын
@@JacobSucksAtCode I loved your videos.. can I ask you something? Which one is best for fresher mnc or startup ? Will mnc find difficult for fresher ... Because I don't wanna keep everytime work.. I think mnc won't require doing end to end things of product as startup do.. so will it be hard for fresher to join on mnc.. please let me know your reply.. thanks in advance 😊
love from india
Herman is a distant cousin of my dog 🐶
@JacobSucksAtCode
Жыл бұрын
🐶