UI Lead / Senior Software Engineer. I'm super excited to share strategies and things that helped me succeed as an underwater construction worker turned self-taught programmer. Also, some thoughts on the tech industry.
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lol. What system to use well that is easy. Anything with a basic gui. No matter how I try to love Mac or use windows, I always end up tempting in to home and code on a rhel dev vm. It just feels like it is my comfort zone so a lot of this really in end comes down to what you like. That said as in video don’t go dropping cash on stuff not needed. Learn over time. Each system will have its own issues to deal with. For me, I generally go either Debian or rhel. I very very rarely peek outside. Mac is cool but meh. Only got one because was curious about the m2 chip. For what it does it is great, but you can have solid programming machines for relatively cheap. Even your grandmas old notebook will do at start of journey.
#1 decision in buying any computer is price. Tech specs really have little to do with the final decision making. Aesthetics are probably the second most important decision.
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Goov video!
Took me 7 months averaging 4-5 hours a day, before I took my second interview receiving a mere 25,000 a year. But it was my foot in the door. I used my Free Code Camp projects to showcase, and a few other projects from my Codepen account. Just know this, when you get that first job, you may feel you know nothing at all. And that's alright. Breathe. It's a never ending learning process.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Wow its amazing video and busy work....
I was self taught, but I eventually got formal college training. I think I learned a huge amount of invaluable content in college that helped me excel in a job. Without knowing the fundamentals of comp sci, I don’t see myself being nearly as effective as I am. That said, I work very close to hardware, which isn’t the same as web dev
This video and comments gives me hope 💜
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This is all fun and games but these are movie scenarios these are not reality. We dont all have fortunate/successful, friends/family. And we dont all participate in groups like church, agencies and etc. And all the times i asked my boss if i could help the company to get some web development experience, either though shadowing, or straight up volonteer to work on platforms with IT and all i get told to fuck off, to know my place, that is not my task definition and sometimes your boss is more the soft hypocritical type and will spew corporate jargon at your face for 30 minutes only to explain why it is not poasible for you to even try going up the ranks or get more experience. Essentially once again, know your place slave. You gave amazing solutions if we lived in a perfect world where people where here to help one another not exploit each other. And that makes me very frustrated because its the same story all the time people teel you you cant find a job because your are no teying hard enough. For sure its millions of us who dont deserve to have a fair shot for sure i guess. I have a degree and i have been coding self taught for 2 years now i code typescript i use radixui graphql i have fixed my insecurities on back-end coding i am confortable at api integrations i have build and hosted a website for a restaursnt which i got paid for, i have blogs, demo applications etc. Yet i still cant even get a call. My resume is 1 page i highlight what is important and i go straight into why i would be the perfect fit tfr the company yet i cant even get an interview. Im tired of everyone trying to justify this broken system.
The market is a little slower right now with lots of companies playing it more conservative on hiring. Too bad your company wasn't supportive. Kind of short sighted on their part.
@@jamescross thanks for the support man. Im not mad at you. Its just horrible out there man. It takes a big toll on my mental to sleep at 4 a.m. every day coding amazing things to prove my value and getting spit in the face everytime i want to present my value. I express myself very well, i am thorough, and i can manage entire projects by myself from creating the pipeline to deployment. So you can imagine how dark my mind gets. I just can't understand. What more can i do? I tried everything. I have been trying to get in the industry for 2 yeas. Im going crazy man. Because when i want to do B2B creating websites for people is not sustainable and its hard to work with small businesses that know nothing about technogy. Try to convince a barbershop owner or an independant car dealership or real estate agent, that data analysis and a proper web app is the key to unlocking more revenue and more efficient workflow?? But on the other hand you try to get a job in the market and nobody believes that you are capable to do what they ask, they won't even talk to you unless you have 5 years exp. And a full bach. Degrees at a minimum. I am stuck between two worlds my friend i just don't know what to do anymore.
Hopefully something good comes your way soon.
thanks a lot for starting the video saying your statement, KZreadrs are literally missing this essential step
Online MSc/MTech Software Engineering for Working Professionals by BITS, Pilani, India. Or Online MSc ( Information Technology) for working professional from International Institute of Information Technology ( IIIT), Hyderabad, India.
Is there any university offer master of courses degree with internship during the study , Is that would be helpful? Or no
Awesome video I just came across it. I am going to school for Web & Mobile Development and my laptop is too old (11 years old ASUS) so I am looking to upgrade but on a budget. Noticed that Walmart & Best Buy offer the M1 Macbook Air 8GB RAM for $699. Do you think this would work fine for what I need to do or will 8GB RAM not be enough? Considering the price difference to get more RAM on another model. Thank you.
As a CS Degree holder who's struggling to land any job six that uses my education years after graduation, I'm not sure how applicable lots of this advice is.
That seems wise. Perhaps Adobe has an AI training path which could lead to a different role in the company.
Universities provide proof, proof that you can finish a program, and proof that you know the basics. As many new grads found out, you still need to push forward to get the experience needed to land an entry level job (Not that you are seeking an entry level job). No one can tell you how to live your life, but that's what a degree is, a proof of competency. You still need to go forth and update yourself to the current state of technology. My only disappointment with Universities is how tied they are with capitalism.
Good points.
Thanks for sharing
Why did you choose thomas over wgu cs program?
Main reason was Thomas Edison had more flexibility with scheduling. WGU is less flexible with its 6 full time blocks. Also, WGU courses are fixed. You don't get the electives options. However, per my comments in the video, TESU doesn't have as many options as I would have hoped. My prior history degree covered more credit hours at TESU. If I didn't already have a degree and was determined to go an online route, it would probably be WGU. Disclaimer: I worked at WGU before coming to Adobe.
My review of SDC and Sophia courses: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nYanlLKleqXfctI.html
Good to see you James! Sounds like you made the right choice. Kudos to you for knowing when to call it. -- Hope this means we'll see more of you on KZread. 🙂
I hope so too!
Unis stuck in the 1900s
While it's unfortunate you decided to quit, I completely agree with your conclusions. Probably around 90% of the CS courses I've taken were useless. It's exactly as you said - teaching the history of AI instead of building one; learning about paradigms in software engineering when we had never made a project longer than 200 lines of code, etc. The good courses were Databases, Data Structures and Algorithms, the web development ones, and Networking (although barely useful as it didn't really go in depth). Maybe there were a couple more that I'm forgetting. It's the sad reality for many degrees though. Most consist mostly of theory and very little practice, only to later be told, "Oh, you expected more? Sign up for one of our master's programs." (btw they're no better) In my opinion, degrees make sense when you're young and have no work experience since a degree can somewhat offset the lack of experience. While you're young, you still have no idea what you want to do in life, so the 4-6 years (if you go for a master's) you get can be used for making those decisions. It's a good thing you gave it a try, though! It takes some bravery to quit. Most people just get stuck in the sunk cost fallacy mindset.
Thanks for your very thoughtful comment and insights!
What about a MIS degree or any management type software/I.T degree? I think that would help with career progression and get you involved more in the business side of things.
Those are possibilities
Degrees don’t help you make anything or understand anything. You need to work on projects outside of work. Learn programming
Projects are definitely important.
It’s only 8 months, if you stop now and need to come back it after 3 yrs you will have to start from scratch. I have been there, can we talk? Do you need help?
Thanks. Though it's not really about needing help. The courses weren't difficult. 8 months is 8 months I could be developing skills to keep relevant.
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Thank you so much for your work and advise sir..am 20 and can't afford to pay for those coding boot camps..this video really 🙏
Programming is easy. Wusses.
Great vid, ive been curious about those places too, ultimately i went back to brick and mortar school last summer/fall. I was on the same boat when it came to atleast math. Retook college algebra as a refresher (i was ultimately bored enough to get a c), took trig and killed it, then failed calc 1 first attempt and looking at finishing up in a couple of weeks. If you're finding yourself nerverous about math and retaining it across multiple classes, one thing that has really been carrying me this semester after failing last semester has been mycalcworkshop. Its a subscription but she has so many classes covered and even goes more in depth than my classes but the real kicker is just great she is at explaining and not taking prerequisite material for granted. I never hit a wall like before of being like wtf how does that work? And go spend forever trying to find some youtube video that just happens to explain the one particular situation tripping me up. Anyways best of luck, look forward to future updates
Thanks for sharing your experience. I totally agree that it feels quite different taking courses now and not hitting a wall.
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What they know about me is ..i make good pizza...but yes i can write
Since you already have the history degree why not just brush up on your mouth and take a masters degree at Western Governors University? Just wondering.
It was actually a serious coding video? I thought it was some Palestine coding parody😂😂😂.
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I bought the MX Keys Mini and used it for just a month and it suddenly goes haywire! The backlights keeps on blinking like crazy even when I'm not touching it! So annoying that I gave it away to my friend and bought the Apple Magic Keyboard. For my own point of view, I personally felt that the Apple Magic Keyboard is much comfortable to use though......
Went to college once, failed out. Went back 3 years later for CS degree and graduated with a 3.8. Don’t love the job I landed but love the courage it gave to start my journey of game development. I now know my passion is developing games. Which I thought I was “too dumb” to do four years ago. After I took my first semester and had HTML/CSS and Python I was hooked on coding, but that quickly became boring until I transferred those skills to game development. (My assignments were things like cleaning data, managing API, setting up servers, deploying VM, python and HTML basics. That just got stale for me - as for work it’s just numbers and excel sheets with some python/pandas for data cleaning.
i got a dell latitude workstation for $170 on Amazon refurb. It's a $700 laptop. No GPU but everything else. Its a good coding notebook. I also have a late 2015 retina macbook pro it's macos 12 monterey and i'm having issues getting xcode installed. i had to download an old version and the download is sluggish for some reason over my 1 gig/ sec network it is turning the download into a 3 hr download. i have a desktop where i create youtube videos, essentially editing in 4k and 1080p and rendering in 4k. The PC is a work station and gaming PC and works well for Photoshop and Video Rendering / Editing like Da Vinci Resolve. I got the macbook pro for $250 refurbed on ebay. I took a gamble on the battery but its good. It did not come with an A/C adapter and I had to drop $30 on that at my local PC store instead of Amazon.
What are the courses in our first and second year please
I just started a CS degree online at SNHU (Southern New Hampshire University). It's 2 courses per term (8 weeks) with weekly goals and alot of resources such as tutors and forums with your fellow classmates.
iam 27 year old and iam studying html css and javascript but i dont have laptop or pc do i have to continue or waiting for a laptop or what should i do i need a help with that and iam from iraq can i work remotely ?
im .net / angular developer searching for a laptop, im tired of my pc masterrace and I want an option to work in a coffee or mall, do you recommend me a macbook for microsoft technologies?
Completely down-to-Earth, no BS, solid information, delivered with understanding and calm reassurance. A great roadmap vid without the clowning and hype.
Thanks sir
Well spoken 👏
'you need to be proactive and come up with ideas that creates learning opportunities for you' Great advice👍
Some institutions offer course-based masters degrees.
Hey, I to have had some trouble with the same. I'm Joseph from Kenya and on writing this I'm 18. I've been coding for fun for a while and I realized that I've gone into an unhealthy loop where I'm stuck in tutorial hell and it got to a point where I haven't made any progress in a while. However I've found a way out I know that I may still be young but to anyone out there, decide on a language and just learn it and other general CS rules then do projects to re-enforce the knowledge. I agree with the video and you should just start. Knowing that it may not be easy but neither does the true understanding of something come over night. Keep on keeping on !
I love the mandalorian !!!!!!!! THIS IS THE WAY
I am using a Framework 13 Amd running windows and fedora. Why? Because thats the only way i can sleep tonight. I dont want to support devices that are suffering from planned obsolescence or that are software locked by the manufacturer.