Me after The Social Network movie: i wanna to create things that no one else could create Also me after years of education: here is my ToDo list app

@Thavi

2 жыл бұрын

still i can't find a good to-do list app.

@mohammadameenesafi3815

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thavi use Microsoft to do app

@mwanikimwaniki6801

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thavi make yours.

@TheoParis

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thavi notion.so? asana?

@paulholsters7932

2 жыл бұрын

Really a to do app after 4 years? How come? Not a lot of imagination or not enough talent or not enough time to spend on coding?

One other thing I'd add: documentation. Because at some point in your tenure at your workplace, someone else is going to work on your code. And you don't want to be asked what kind of drugs you were on, and are they legal in Colorado.

@kirktheruler5572

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! and Comments. I respect code with comments

@martinbakker7615

2 жыл бұрын

No, read uncle Bob's clean code on comments. They are basically, foremost, explanations of bad code. Make your code explain itself. Learn the design patterns, use their names correctly so we directly know what the code supposed to do. And write the test!

@johnnymafan

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinbakker7615 Generally, I agree. Sadly, most developers aren't at that level of thinking through their work. It's a skill that needs to be practiced regularly.

@kirktheruler5572

2 жыл бұрын

@@RiZeLegiT exactly!! You said it right!!

@kirktheruler5572

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinbakker7615 I gotta check that book out.

Hey man! Since I started watching you back in January, I started applying to paid internships as a first year student. After 2 projects, 40 applications, 10 technical tests, 10 online interviews, i finally got a paid internship as a frontend React developer. It would've been so much harder without your videos. Thanks a lot. I'm sure there's so many more people in my situation, and on behalf of them too, THANK YOU

@alirzasahin8796

2 жыл бұрын

I'm happy for you man, go for it!

@hubietrades

2 жыл бұрын

can you tell me about your applications/projects and how you managed to land an internship as a first year?

@fknight

2 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to hear that! You put in the work and deserve all the credit, but I'll accept the compliment. Thanks! And good luck at your first internship!

@goodtoseeya1543

2 жыл бұрын

Congratz man. I also had 2 projects when I got my first dev internship. I guess 2 is the magic number huh?

@cristianchira3615

2 жыл бұрын

@@hubietrades well in Romania it's unusual, but not impossible to get a first year internship. First off, did a lot of algorithmics(C/C++) in highschool, but I was never good at it(couldn't solve in contest time for shit). Then, between highschool and uni(like 3 momths) I started crunching web dev courses and trying to mimic what they did. Wasn't passionate enough, until I used web development as procrastination from uni courses. I made a mobile app using Ionic and Angular which integrates the Google image recognition api and lets you scan receipts into text form and creates statistics based on the products. And another one, using react mainly(other things i just followed tutorials cuz i knew i couldnt land a fullstack job so i went for frontend) and nodejs, jquery, etc, i made a site for a hotel, where i mainly focused in showing my css prowess(cool loading animations, responsive pages etc).

I'm 24 and I'm just starting to learn, I wish I started earlier but hey, better late than never.

@ponchov.9116

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@kaydenstevens5193

2 жыл бұрын

Damn you're so old lmao

@HARI-gh3jt

2 жыл бұрын

That's the spirit, dude! Keep at it :)

@daple1997

2 жыл бұрын

Ur not old. Ur very young

@Chewy21414

2 жыл бұрын

Your good man, I'm 32 and still a year away from completing my computer science degree. Like you said better late than never lol. But yeah, I too wish I started earlier.

“Soft skills = be a better human being”. Lol best definition ever.

@FahadAli-ot5kn

2 жыл бұрын

but is there any human live in coding..progammers are not human when they started their work...

@sorvex9

2 жыл бұрын

Not really… it’s more like “appear to be a good highly charismatic human being”

@kaizen5023

2 жыл бұрын

@@sorvex9 No, it's about teamwork. Watch the video again.

@Kaun_of_Man

2 жыл бұрын

@@FahadAli-ot5kn i dont agree. Theres humanity in coding. Computers are so mindlessly dumb it loses the feel of humans. But humans have to become so dumb it seems robotic.

@roivinikmossel2998

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you.

Great takeaway Forrest! Soft skills essentially boils down to “Just be a good human being” and “Don’t be an a**hole”. Totally agree with you on this! Because empathy and the compassion to help a fellow peer naturally follows.

@Starioshka

Жыл бұрын

That's just blatantly false and misleading people.

I'm starting an internship in about a month, and this video is extremely helpful. Thank you so much, Forrest

This sums up what I encountered on my first dev job. Except I don't think we used code analysis tool. Also the soft skills part you talked about really hit home for me. I never thought that could pose a challenge until I worked in a team. Thanks for the video.

So true about the algorithm/interview stuff. It pains me that we use obscure, advanced algorithms to judge someone's ability to be an effective software developer.

@Nicolas-qe1ef

Жыл бұрын

Fucking HR

New record of fastest subscription. Having someone put you through with your interest at heart is priceless 💯

Regarding project management, the best project management tool I've used for personal projects is post-it notes. Physical or digital, I don't over-complicate it, just a list of "stuff to do" and "stuff done" essentially. Sometimes I use color-coding for types of tasks like infrastructure, application, admin, etc.

You don't like to talk about soft skills, but you clearly have soft skills. Thanks for the tips !

@robbybergers3997

2 жыл бұрын

You learn very very quickly that soft skills are vital lol. Everything you have to do is based off of your communication with others pretty much.

This was very helpful, been working for 10 months at a small start up and I can see myself implementing alot of these tips. Thanks!

Ok ... I HAVE to just pause the video @ around 13 mins... just to say .. THANK YOU. Dude... immediate sub and like. I am an IT professional tryi.... Switching career paths. I "know" or "know of" these things but you made it so simple and easy to understand. You ROCK dude! Keep up the good work and I look forward to more of your content!

Thanks for this! Your videos convinced me to make the jump from biology to bioinformatics and have been a very helpful guide!

I love this video-summary 🎉 Very realistic and accurate! I like your straightforward approach to explaining soft skills / communication :)

@fknight

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

The social network definitely inspired a generation I remember watching that movie and especially the hacking scene. It made sitting behind a keyboard and breaking out emacs look so damn awesome. One of the reasons I chose php as my first language, Im definitely nowhere near where I want to be when it comes to coding , but nowhere near giving up.

@DarrenJohn10X

Жыл бұрын

TheSocialNetwork was for developers what Rounders was for poker players. Both kinda hooked me.

@farid-frederick

Жыл бұрын

@@DarrenJohn10X so you both

Started in Full Stack Development two years ago. Stumbled upon your video just now at random and I have to say, the information and wisdom in each video is invaluable. Appreciate it bro. Helps remove some of the stigmas and fears of starting a job in this industry.

@shantanukulkarni8883

Жыл бұрын

Hey, are you still into development? I am a beginner, learning react. I have been learning web dev for years and the only challenge I face is the complexity of JavaScript. I have learnt C and a bit of Python in the past. C is so consistent in its syntax but JS is just a mix of everything! some methods and functions are really not easy to understand on learning for the first time! How did you get around such challenges?

At its perfect timing bro. I've just landed my first job and will start on june 1st needed that so much

@PixelatedMMO

2 жыл бұрын

Congrats dude. What's the position/company? I will hopefully be a first time employee after my master's.

Super helpful video! Just starting a new job soon and found this really great for brushing up on aspects of the job I should prep for on top of the basics.

Hey man love the videos, gives me hope for a future while I’m struggling through school. Funny enough, played WoW since I was a kid and fell in love with computers for the same reason and now I am Senior CS Major at ODU too!

I completely agree. I have been in the industry for about 3 years and you are spot on.

men, I hadn't subscribed to you, I would have probably not known where to start. I appreciate this wise information!

Excellent video. Thank you ❤️ If you follow up with details about every aspect it would be the perfect mini course 🎯 i. e. : Part I: Programming aspects to master: primitive types, structures, oob, network, multi-threading, api usage,.. etc. with examples in some programming language. Only the general ideas, like 15~20 minutes video. Part II: git, code management, sonarqube,.. etc. like things that improve and organize programmer's work. Part |||: CI/CD dev/prod isolation, deployment automation,.. stuff like that. Part IV: Building portfolio, finding problems to solve, inspiration..etc. Thanks again 🙏

You make really great, down to earth videos! Super helpful perspective! Keep up the great work!

Thank you bro. This is the best vid on this topic I’ve seen yet

Great vid, keep making amazing content, you’re one of the people that inspires me to continue programming

Great video. Felt like everything was relevant to my current position as an about to graduate CSCI major.

Amazing. Clean, fun to watch and SO educational. Great job! Thanks you so much!!!!

Right now, I'm in my last year of high school. Summer, next year, I'm going to be spat out of my school into the unknown. But, I know exactly what I want to do with my life going forward. I've been taking programming classes ever since my first taste in middle school with an incredibly basic robotics class. Then, going into high school, I've been learning as much as I can. I've taken every course I could relating to the subject at my high school, I've been making relatively simple projects on my laptop at home in my free time, I've made a couple websites with my friends, and I'm confident this is what I want to do with the rest of my life. The only issue is I have absolutely no idea how I'm going to get there. Going to university, getting a job, et cetera. It's all complicated, and I feel dead in the water. Your channel has been a life preserver for me. Thank you.

@flix2002

Ай бұрын

Im with you man

I really want to become a software engineer and your videos really helps thanks man💖

Thank you sir. O7. I start school on the 21st. I’m terrified because I struggled with math all my life. But I’m embracing the struggle and charging in. Wish me luck 💪🏾

37 and started learning code about 6 months ago in the most untraditional path possible. Didn't start with education. Started taking completed code, combine it it with similar code. Create a dumpster fire that doesn't work, then try and fix it without know what any of it means. After doing that with 3 different languages (in order: Rust, Python, JS) many times. I started over with guide books. Now im finally starting a foundations of JS course. Now will learn some, build something, then break it and start this mad process over again. My coding mentor's ADHD hates my process. But I feel I've learned exponentially more in the last 6 months than following traditional learning paths .

Love this. This is spot on to how I approach coding. Coding is not just a job it can have a huge impact on the world and even those closest to you. How can we make the world and the processes with it more efficient and less cumbersome for everyone.

I feel like I'm going to be watching this again at some point lol so much good info.

@prworswick

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, saved it for another rewatch at another time haha

Great video, lots of helpful information. I'm in the process of learning to code and switch careers

I love your videos. you speak what aspiring developers would love to hear ... so they can get better... more skilled...thank you. this is going to help me a lot.. to get back

Tron Legacy was what got me first interested. Not the corny digital world stuff, but the few times they show a terminal in the beginning of the film- it always looked so cryptic and intriguing.

I am in high school and have been learning coding on my own could you please put a video focusing on aspiring Computer Scientists(like high schoolers) and what should they do and how should they do it 🙏

Forrest, every one of your videos inspires me. Thank you.

@fknight

2 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU!

Great stuff, I'm beginning to learn , it's intimidating. I'll look for videos on how to start.

Youre a legend. One of your most actionable and helpful vids! Im finishing up codeacademy full stack course and a lot of the technologies and methods you discussed i never knew about. Thanks a lot 😃

I really enjoyed watching your video thank you. I've subscribed, you are the first youtuber that I don't find annoying :)

Holy crap we have a really similar story of how we got into it. I was obsessed with computers when I was young, first got stuck in at 7/8 with an old Amstrad CPC464 then learned some basic HTML and JS at 12 as the idea that I could make the computer do stuff and then let others see it was fascinating to me. Then at about 16 or so I just kinda stopped for a few years, went to university did Mathematics, kept taking out coding books though as the bug got me again, halfway into my degree my maths tutor took me aside and said "Look your results are dissapointing against what I know you can do but I don't think it's because you're being lazy, I get the feeling there's something else you want to do?" and that shoved me into Computer Science a week later (Had some family stuff going on so had to move home which delayed it) Fast forward 10 years from there I'm now still working as a developer and love it but like yourself I wish I didn't stop for those 5/6 years and wonder where I could be had I not.

@blargd

2 жыл бұрын

I should add that Maths Lecturer and my CompSci tutor I feel like I'm always indebted too really, would've been very easy for them to just decide my worsening results were due to being lazy rather than getting to the root of it and sorting it out.

Thank you Forest King and Priest. God bless you.

different background music! FINALLY!

always answering the questions im asking myself

I'm learning a lot from you. Thanks so much for this video

great video, first one I caught from you but I appreciate it!

thanks for the video, very informative.

You know what! I really enjoyed watching this video. You told the truth. good job man

1 year full stack web developer and this video helped me a lot. Thank you 🙏

@lepidoptera9337

Жыл бұрын

Did you notice how every idiot who can't even compile hello world without errors calls himself "full stack developer" these days? ;-)

@LewisLivingLife

10 ай бұрын

@@lepidoptera9337everyone starts somewhere bro

Man SAME - just got to the part about the xbox avatar (and maybe MW2 10th prestige lobbies) lol brought back many memories of tinkering back when i was younger.

Really helpful. You earned a new sub

Hey! Feeling super inspired thank you so much! I know little to nothing about computers I feel like but for some reason this keeps coming to me and everything I've read about the type of person who likes this kind of thing is me! Do you feel like it's fun for you? I don't want to dread working and this feels like it would seem very mentally stimulating and kind of fun!

Not sure where this fits, but one on the things that I have learned in the many years that I have been programming is that you need to make your code robust. In this I mean that your code is originally written in a manner that precludes problems. Think about the code and how it operates - this is especially true in Multitasking systems. Never assume that a piece of code will never be changed - that is probably the first one that will be changed. I could go on but the one rule that I try to always follow is - Write the code and document the code so that someone else can come along and understand what you are doing. In my work that person was most likely myself years later when there is some issue. So having well documented code saves me considerable pain.

Great video! Thank you for the information!!

Thanks for the time means a lot I will slowly work my way towards perfection alothough I’m not perfect I seem to be grasping this coding concept I’m going to educate myself a little more but great video overall thanks again ps idk if it’s me or you but you seem to be helping out a lot shows a lot of character and well it’s much needed where I’m from …. Anyway (waving hand emoji)

Great Stuff! Whats your thoughts on learning architecture and TDD for learning "how to code" instead of just dangling around with ui coding and not learning about the bigger picture first before coding UI with no backend and the struggling with "and how to. I get it do somethings now" ?

@imho2278

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

thanks for the info ! now we only go up from here :)

Just described my experience in my internship over the summer. That 3 months benefited my significantly more than school. At least a year of school would be needed to make me feel remotely the same competency way wise compared to the internship

Love the content you make♥

Love the content! Got my first software engineering internship going into my junior year of college starting in about two weeks perfect timing for a video like this.

Hi new subscriber…. What Microphone are you using in this video. I’m an audio guy, you mic has a great sound. Thanks for any info.

you are one of the most logical person i have ever seen

@Zmunk19

2 жыл бұрын

this guy logics

Going for promotion in my own field; has NOTHING to do with coding. I will be using all of these examples of communication and empathy in my own promotion panel. Thanks dude

Amazing video! easy to understand and informative.

Amazing story. I wish to be like you. :)

What can you recommend as a first language to learn? I know C64 basic and Bash. I never really got into coding but I like too. I am your guy if it comes to hardware though.

Thank oyu it was a practical video. I liked it! Great job! :) SonarQube, CI/CD pipeline, Linters (SonarLint) this all is really usefull

Thanks for the help. I'm only 15 but I'll try to apply what I've learned from this video in the upcoming graduate years.

Wow your content has improved a lot over the years. Keep it up brother 🦾

Hey Forest, Ive learned the Branching Model and the Gitflow Workflow model, they though us how to clone, revert a commit etc etc, is that enough for my internship resume,im on a CS Major. If you read this please reply it would help alot of students.. Keep up!

Ah yes, I love when Kevin Parker from Tame Impala explains about coding

I know this vid is 1 month old as of now, but I want to clarify something: when it comes to "creating something no one else can" (and even more in programmig), it does not depend that much on how much you know, or how many years you've been coding. No. It moslty depends on your creativity. If you have the idea, then making it happening is just studying. That's the easy part, because anyone can do that. Anyone can google how to loop through an array or take a free online course, but no one in the entire world had the idea YOU have, and that's what matters the most.

Please add time spans, it helps for the experienced people. Keep up the good work!

You are my inspiration sir

Just started my first developer job last Monday and man, this video really nails it for my experience so far. My first stand up I was like "what is sonar??" Thanks for this video!!

@ducksauce0074

2 жыл бұрын

I just started learning at 27. Is that a bad age to start?

@clockwerkz

2 жыл бұрын

@@ducksauce0074 Not at all, go for it!

@ducksauce0074

2 жыл бұрын

@@clockwerkz thanks man. Any tips on which language i should start with?

@clockwerkz

2 жыл бұрын

@@ducksauce0074 All depends on your interests - if you're interested in web development, I would recommend learning JavaScript. But for game development, I would say check out Unity and learn C#. The good news is the basics are the same with any language.. variables, if/then conditions, loops, etc. :)

Just discovered this video and just suscribed to your channel. Amazing content and i only have 21 channels that im suscribed to, im very exclusive with my YT algorithm... Keep doing content. Amazing !

I understood all of what he is talking about, I think I'm ready to apply for jobs.

Thank you for video man

It was great that I ended up on your video👍

All great points, wholesome video. Also, I want that NVIDIA cup ...

I'm just 18 and I love computer ❤️

@heyyounotyouyou3761

2 жыл бұрын

Same but I'm 16

@koreanG6

2 жыл бұрын

@@heyyounotyouyou3761 Same but I'm 2

I'm 26, I've been trying to code since I was 21 this was inspiring. Thank you 😊

@umarajmal6216

Жыл бұрын

how are you doing now ?

@lepidoptera9337

Жыл бұрын

@@umarajmal6216 He is still living in his parent's basement. ;-)

28 here been in the the network industry for the last 5 years or so but started going back to school for software engineer and I won’t lie I’m a bit nervous about it and my ability to code. I am doing C# right no and I’m not sure if it’s just my teacher or me but I find myself having to look up things a lot for the projects he gives. Not that I cheat or anything I just look for solutions and it seems there are so many ways to accomplish one task. And not to mention I have no idea why I should learn on my free time. All I do know is I’m nervous and not sure if I should make the jump to this.

RE: Soft skills -- As an Agile Coach, most of what I do is helping engineers improve their teamwork and communication. Developers frequently tell me, "I don't need soft skills, I'm a developer. This teamwork stuff is lame, " or some variation thereof. If that's what you think, you're in the wrong business.

I wish someone can answer this question but it's been a long time that i'm having a hard time using css and i just wanted to know if i have a decent knowledge in css i should move on to JS

Isn't anybody going to talk about how Forrest mocked AlgoExpert for a second there?

Great video!

Superb advice!

I want to become a software engineer but idk what to do how to get started or if I need the cs degree or to learn it from coding bootcamp

in my past few 8 months i've been interest learning coding and i found python and now i'm python developer coding is really fun.

"You're only as good as the worst person on your team." Love that you included that truth.

I recommend learning how to actually read and understand documentation rather than relying on a specific stack overflow to tell you how to write your niche methods

@coldkaozgaming3530

2 жыл бұрын

Any suggestions on how to better yourself in this way?

@carlknightcoph9494

2 жыл бұрын

the document is complex tho

@Scottx125Productions

2 жыл бұрын

Depends if documentation is actually written well. 90% of documentation is absolute crap.

@obelisk.5890

2 жыл бұрын

@@Scottx125Productions some documentation is pretty shitty

@Pscribbled

2 жыл бұрын

@@Scottx125Productions the skill is in learning to read crap documentation 😜

A failed my coding test the past winter term, and it was not because I did not know how to code but the kind of system we are living in. I passed all my assignments with 95 and I got 92 in my midterm. However, I failed because of the final exam. My mental health was getting worse due to the amount of pressure I was having from my other courses, so I decided I wouldn’t give a fuck, and I failed the test. It is very surprising how everything you have been working on just fell apart because of a stupid final piece of paper. I will continue working on my goal, but this time will be different.

I was just on Clement’s video about the same subject and when I saw you put his face up I thought my brain was mixing things up and I was on the same video for a second

Love your videos!

I hear that learning to code "the basics" or "self taught for a year or less" and getting a Job is happening just in USA! I wanted to mention this, because I'm 36 and have more then 10 years experience in programming, I've done many projects on my own "as freelance", I've my own Portfolio online which I build my self, I even have a computer science degree 4 Years..... But, I Still can't get a Job here where I live, it's almost 3 years now! You may ask why, well the answer is: "it's allways that something missing", you know PHP, Javascript, css, C#, I would say mid level, but allways at the end, really allways they say: "well you know all of this, you have ton of project's, CS degree, but we need a senior Laravel Developer, or senior React, Angular etc. Sorry for the Long comment, but I love this channel and I wanted you to know the story.

Hey, do you have a platform besides this of where you teaches students?