Why I Quit My $100,000+ Software Engineering Job…

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In this video, I take you through the story of why I quit my $163,820* software engineering job. After 5 software engineering internships, 4 years of a computer science degree, and a full-time software engineering job...here's what's coming next.
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Thanks to @aliabdaal, @CaptainSinbad, and @BreaktheFormula for inspiring this journey 🙏
00:00 - Introduction
00:26 - Starting This KZread Channel
02:30 - Graduating My Computer Science Degree
03:30 - Captain Sinbad Coaching Program
06:49 - Ali Abdaal's Decision
08:48 - The Alchemist
11:30 - Check Out AppSumo (Sponsor)
13:14 - Meeting Captain Sinbad
14:44 - My Final Performance Review
17:56 - My Resignation Letter
18:42 - My Future Plans
I'm Aman Manazir, a career coach and former software engineer. I make videos about making it as a computer science student and landing your dream job. I post new videos regularly, run a tech interview podcast, and run an email newsletter (amanmanazir.com/newsletter).
*location-adjusted to Bay Area

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  • @AmanManazir
    @AmanManazirАй бұрын

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  • @ZelenoJabko

    @ZelenoJabko

    16 күн бұрын

    Sorry to say, but you are an oofy doofy

  • @NaumanShahid91
    @NaumanShahid91Ай бұрын

    A C++ logo pops up at 0:58 when you mention "C#" 😉

  • @fallencheeto4762
    @fallencheeto4762Ай бұрын

    Best of luck man, always respect ppl chasing their dreams!

  • @simrithranjan6442
    @simrithranjan6442Ай бұрын

    Dude, the alchemist is really good, when I read it, I also had the realization that my phone, largely social media platforms, were taking over parts of my life that could be used for my passion to learn computer science and family time! Good luck, you got this!

  • @sa-hq8jk

    @sa-hq8jk

    Ай бұрын

    i love the alchemist

  • @mohammadaliikrammirza8600

    @mohammadaliikrammirza8600

    28 күн бұрын

    Actually it is

  • @mangafoxkingvb9991
    @mangafoxkingvb9991Ай бұрын

    Congrats bro on taking a chance on yourself! Great vid btw, motivated me to think of my goals too!

  • @janejihyunlee1
    @janejihyunlee1Ай бұрын

    It’s always crazy to watch KZreadrs grow. I think your insights were on point. My intuition tells me you’re definitely going to make it big, it won’t be easy but you’ve gained a new supporter, excited to see your channel grow, wishing you the best of luck. 🎉

  • @dinakanwamu5676
    @dinakanwamu5676Ай бұрын

    Good luck in everything you do. You'll do great.

  • @JamieJots
    @JamieJotsАй бұрын

    Congrats Aman! you def have 100k by next March. excited to see where your journey goes

  • @Duidee.
    @Duidee.Ай бұрын

    Glad to be here at the beginning of your journey! Best of luck to you man.

  • @jacobmccredie6525
    @jacobmccredie6525Ай бұрын

    Best of luck bro! With the quality of your videos, your goal is totally achievable! I’ve been listening to the book you recommended and it has been very eye-opening so far

  • @geraIdaddey
    @geraIdaddeyАй бұрын

    Inspiring. Funny enough it's the other way around for me. Best of luck in your journey!

  • @Baz345
    @Baz345Ай бұрын

    Goodluck man

  • @Kyle10549
    @Kyle10549Ай бұрын

    This is incredibly inspiring man! Also, love the storytelling

  • @getknowledge540
    @getknowledge540Ай бұрын

    best of luck bro

  • @victorcheang5910
    @victorcheang5910Ай бұрын

    Looking forward to your Journey, I hope your channel grow over the years

  • @siddarthseloth6250
    @siddarthseloth6250Ай бұрын

    One of your best videos, it showed me determination for something you truly believe in, thank you for great content over the years :)

  • @This18_
    @This18_Ай бұрын

    Aman this is very inspirational as someone who wants to be a full time youtuber and also juggling school. Good luck!

  • @abdullahahmad184
    @abdullahahmad184Ай бұрын

    Thank you for making this video I just quit a toxic job today that needed us working and thinking 24/7. Very apt timing 😊

  • @dabocousin
    @dabocousinАй бұрын

    Whatever you do, I know its gonna be great!

  • @colin6711
    @colin6711Ай бұрын

    love and support aman!! watching this video from a cs student

  • @nagomii
    @nagomiiАй бұрын

    best of luck bro, your videos clearly getting better.

  • @glennjammin
    @glennjamminАй бұрын

    loved your story, just subscribed. best of luck to you bro, from a fellow 2023 grad

  • @raheem81kg
    @raheem81kgАй бұрын

    Let's go, here to support

  • @andypanfu
    @andypanfuАй бұрын

    Hi Aman, As I was getting ready to join our meeting for today, I saw that you published a new video and decided to give it a check. The way you feel about Ali Abdaal is the same way I feel towards you. I really respect you and have a great appreciation for the work you do and the talent you have. I wish you the best in this journey. I can see the passion you have for making content, and even though I am no one relevant, I can tell your channel is going to grow a lot soon. I am happy to be in some form part of this journey. You are truly an inspiration for us future software engineers. Thank you for being awesome.

  • @AmanManazir

    @AmanManazir

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks for your comment! Looking forward to speaking 😃

  • @hasnainbhojani4862
    @hasnainbhojani4862Ай бұрын

    I m so glad that we will have another great KZreadr SWE!!!

  • @turnpike_sime9897
    @turnpike_sime989723 күн бұрын

    Good luck brother i wanna see you win dude

  • @hayderhammad
    @hayderhammadАй бұрын

    Bro you got this. Im definitely gonna do the same thing as you soon

  • @browntechdaddy
    @browntechdaddyАй бұрын

    Inspiring man. Hope to follow in your footsteps one day.

  • @user-wp5qo6qg7q
    @user-wp5qo6qg7q29 күн бұрын

    Good luck bro

  • @yashkanwar308
    @yashkanwar308Ай бұрын

    Waiting for your courses

  • @mattrusnak
    @mattrusnakАй бұрын

    Your storytelling is getting so fkn good. This video inspired me to get back into KZread. Best of luck on your journey Aman 🤙

  • @AmanManazir

    @AmanManazir

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks man, looking forward to your videos! 💪🔥

  • @dawazangpo4354
    @dawazangpo435421 күн бұрын

    All the best :) 🔥

  • @adityaarolkar1867
    @adityaarolkar1867Ай бұрын

    Courageous move on your part Aman, proud of you and wish you the best. I first found you through your interview with your bro which was a really interesting listen. Curious to hear how you think you'll continue to relate to your audience of software engineers when you are not actively working in the industry? Do you think your content may change over time?

  • @TrainWithPraveen
    @TrainWithPraveen28 күн бұрын

    All the best, Aman. Im sure you will hit your target and achieve all your dreams. Keep going :)

  • @AnxKhn
    @AnxKhnАй бұрын

    Well, that's not the logo of C# my friend

  • @AmanManazir

    @AmanManazir

    Ай бұрын

    Quick slip up there 🙂

  • @rkumarv

    @rkumarv

    Ай бұрын

    @@AmanManazir same thing happened in my video with java logo 😂

  • @challengeyourmind3937
    @challengeyourmind3937Ай бұрын

    Bro Gary Vee has been exposed as a scammer. The rest of the names you mentioned are great but I would steer clear of this guy.

  • @jacobmorres9817

    @jacobmorres9817

    Ай бұрын

    You need to be able to differtiate the good and bad parts of people's advice. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water as they say

  • @Alex-fr5eb
    @Alex-fr5ebАй бұрын

    Subscribed.

  • @jenseballenilla2566
    @jenseballenilla256626 күн бұрын

    Great video. hope everone watching this video start supporting you.

  • @levelup2014
    @levelup2014Ай бұрын

    Dam this your videos have been banging as of late defiantly earned a new sub

  • @RameshKumar-ng3nf
    @RameshKumar-ng3nfАй бұрын

    Awesome Bro 👌. Loved this decision and proud of you 👏. I too felt long time back , you are so talented and something big you need to achieve in your life than "Software engineering". You are immensely talented in below - having a engaging speaking with confidence - the way you explain concept and talks to audience. Its mind blowing. - Also you are very young. Right decision according to me at the right time and All the best for your future 😊

  • @AmanManazir

    @AmanManazir

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you for the kind words! Means a lot 🚀

  • @kevinfraser7869
    @kevinfraser786929 күн бұрын

    Maybe use an A.I avatar for a tube/podcast side Hussle, just to land softly.

  • @arishmorani2260
    @arishmorani226027 күн бұрын

    Yo amazing videos keep it up man. Can you make a video going over different comp sci career paths. I'm a senior in hs about to graduate and was thinking to become a SWE but in the last few weeks have been changing my mind. I was thinking something like ai/ml (yes I know its hard and a lot of work). Anyway great video dude keep it up.

  • @KB-sb6mq
    @KB-sb6mq29 күн бұрын

    im a new subscriber love u man keep on going

  • @luhgeezy5062
    @luhgeezy5062Ай бұрын

    It only gets better from here. Wishing you the very best !

  • @AmanManazir

    @AmanManazir

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @YudiJ
    @YudiJ28 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this video! I am a PTYA student and heard your questions there. I am in the same boat as you are, may be we can connect and help each other in this journey?

  • @Abdul-tl4ct
    @Abdul-tl4ctАй бұрын

    Great video, you just earned a sub!

  • @orlovskyconsultinggbr2849
    @orlovskyconsultinggbr284921 күн бұрын

    Thats interesting , high effective people getting out of the job. I sub because you are interesting and i must known how it ends.

  • @iftak01
    @iftak0122 күн бұрын

    Nice story bro...good what you did, hope it pays off! Showing support brown boys

  • @kotk05

    @kotk05

    6 күн бұрын

    "OmG brown pride!"

  • @sungmin556
    @sungmin55616 күн бұрын

    I liked the honest thinking process. I'm in the simliart situation, although it is not youtube. I feel like Im gonna hit that mark where "Okay this is it" but we'll see.

  • @UsmanDev
    @UsmanDevАй бұрын

    W Aman

  • @EcomCarl
    @EcomCarl25 күн бұрын

    👏 What an inspiring journey! It's incredible to see how you embraced self-improvement and entrepreneurship while juggling a full-time job. Quitting to pursue KZread full-time is a bold move that paid off - a testament to the power of dedication and strategic growth. Keep shining, and congratulations on reaching over 1 million subscribers! 🚀🎉

  • @LookingAway359
    @LookingAway359Ай бұрын

    I heard you say hundreds of thousands of subscribers and was like "what?" And had to go check your sub count. I could have sworn you had multiple 100ks of subs. Crazy, your videos are so good. You might have said this, but are you staying in the software niche or are you changing things up?

  • @AmanManazir

    @AmanManazir

    Ай бұрын

    Will be staying in software for now but may throw in some other stuff - open to suggestions! Thanks for watching.

  • @javiersaenz1040
    @javiersaenz1040Ай бұрын

    Self improvement scam courses

  • @Ohiostategenerationx
    @OhiostategenerationxАй бұрын

    Without having a bunch of money saved up it was a bad idea to quit the job. KZread is a hard business and they have also canceled people on a whim. So it's just asking to be able to fail.

  • @mrcoldshower465
    @mrcoldshower465Ай бұрын

    Good luck man❤

  • @rafay_syed
    @rafay_syedАй бұрын

    I just wanted to say...your editing has improved tremendously. It reminds me of how Ali Abdaal's videos are edited.

  • @AmanManazir

    @AmanManazir

    Ай бұрын

    He's my major inspiration! Thanks!

  • @rafay_syed

    @rafay_syed

    Ай бұрын

    @@AmanManazir And good luck with the future of your KZread channel! I'm really excited to see where this takes off. It's a huge blessing to also have that safety net from your parents. I'm glad that your family is supporting your journey and at some point, you'll be at a million before you know it :D

  • @bra195
    @bra195Ай бұрын

    LIKE from 🇧🇷

  • @Anapdc99
    @Anapdc9926 күн бұрын

    This video does not have enough likes! I read the alchemist and thought the same, I stepped out of where I was, I was comfortable but there was soo much I wanted to experience, I knew I needed to challenge myself even if that meant to everybody else I was "stepping backwards". Life is too short to leave on auto pilot. It's totally ok to drop out of school, work, family and friends so u can explore where your ambitions can take you. :)

  • @arshmanazir9971
    @arshmanazir997129 күн бұрын

    "why I don't lint roll my microphone"

  • @SajjaadKhader
    @SajjaadKhaderАй бұрын

    As a fellow SWE youtuber, I absolutely love this video! Kudos to you for investing on yourself. Would love to do a collab interview with you some time :)

  • @Ervilhav10
    @Ervilhav10Ай бұрын

    Dude, congrats on taking this important step for your life. But sadly your math is wrong... And as a smart guy that you are, you shou've already known that. You're gonna achieve 100k subs much sooner than march 25th Keep it up ma man 🙌

  • @AmanManazir

    @AmanManazir

    Ай бұрын

    Hope so! 🙏

  • @kazakman7772
    @kazakman7772Ай бұрын

    Do not fall into it. If u wanna be a software engineer just be it. Do not listen to anybody

  • @robertmazurowski5974
    @robertmazurowski597426 күн бұрын

    For me software engineering is amazing, although stressful and requires a lot of commitment outside of work. For me video editing is boring, and I can't talk in an interesting way. I would rather program. However I hate corporate environments, and I don't want the 9 to 5 lifestyle. So I am a startup programmer/freelancer in web3.

  • @sliceofkaby2403
    @sliceofkaby2403Ай бұрын

    are we not ganna talk about how he said made a course on c# and pulled up a picture of c++, 0:55

  • @mecanuktutorials6476

    @mecanuktutorials6476

    Ай бұрын

    Let’s talk. That looked intentional to me. Probably to trigger people to comment.

  • @hulokt3631
    @hulokt363127 күн бұрын

    Hey, my name is khaled. i wanna say that i always didnt fit in anything and never had a hobby that I really enjoyed. Until I found your channel, you really inspired me and I started learning coding and watch informative video as a 15 year old in grade 10. I also started dual enrollment at a community college and I am determined get an AA then go to a university to get a Bachelors degree in CS. I hope that one day when I graduate, I will be able to find you and tell you that you are the reason I started!! One day we might even work together.

  • @GIGADEV690
    @GIGADEV690Ай бұрын

    Every video changes this guys life now your gonna start selling courses which is easy than solving daily programming company problems stop this my passion BS just say this i wanna make quick easy bucks.

  • @observethethoughts744
    @observethethoughts744Ай бұрын

    Listen to Acharya Prashant! He is a Board Topper, cracked the 3 most difficult exams in India -> JEE(IIT Delhi), CAT(MBA from IIM Ahmedabad), Civil Services. Also a Fast bowler, Writer(150+ books), Poet, TEDx speaker,Climate Activist, fights for Animal and Women Rights.He has read more than 3000+ books that includes almost most of the highest literature of the world. He speaks in almost all the top institutes of India(IITs,IIMs, AIIMS etc..) and answers any questions fired at him without preperation.

  • @Jtradesz
    @JtradeszАй бұрын

    🤣🤣 BRO ! you'll be at 100k by October !

  • @AmanManazir

    @AmanManazir

    Ай бұрын

    🤞

  • @TooManyPBJs
    @TooManyPBJs22 күн бұрын

    go badgers

  • @ryangray600
    @ryangray600Ай бұрын

    I wish you the best, but subscribers don't mean much. Your average view count does. I have been watching your videos for weeks and still haven't subbed. I watch what pops up on my suggestion page.

  • @AmanManazir

    @AmanManazir

    Ай бұрын

    Good point - in my mind, subscribers is just a solid metric for growth of the channel. Thank you for watching!!

  • @arjunsanjay328
    @arjunsanjay328Ай бұрын

    All the best aman u motivated me to chose software...now iam getting f'ed on a daily basis...but u know what i like getting f'ed on a daily basis😉

  • @AmanManazir

    @AmanManazir

    Ай бұрын

    🤣

  • @teceffect9826
    @teceffect982616 күн бұрын

    The System got your seriously hooked into the Matrix. Man...go fishing or something.

  • @Veroxus
    @VeroxusАй бұрын

    Shave the beard, haha. And stop scamming people with your links.

  • @Christopher_hernandez2008
    @Christopher_hernandez2008Ай бұрын

    w

  • @WewCode
    @WewCodeАй бұрын

    C++ !== C# lol

  • @MarincaGheorghe
    @MarincaGheorghe21 күн бұрын

    Cool idee, sell books and course on KZread on how to get a "million dollar weekend". Somebody has to come back to earth, hope I am not too rash but this is a version of "millionaire with sports cars" scams of cryptobosses.

  • @PasserbyP
    @PasserbyPАй бұрын

    Ali Abdaal ruined your life

  • @ziyadhasen
    @ziyadhasen20 күн бұрын

    i discovered your channel yesterday when i saw your video about leetcode .... man just can do it there is no other option just keep going

  • @youtubegarbage4u
    @youtubegarbage4uАй бұрын

    all this for appsumo link???!!!??? good luck with being easily influenced on social media and paying $5k for some useless course. imagine if you are so excited to pay someone $5k for some crap that you could fine for free online. anyways not to sound negative but damn man. and for the last time good luck.