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Thank you for your beneficial channel. I am looking into entering the IT world, however I am not sure which path to route and was wondering if you would give me some tips on how to decide. I have a degree in Interior Design, and I have interest in topping up my qualifications to Masters hence I am thinking of IT. I am watching various CZcams videos to gain knowledge of the field, and this is how I found your channel. Your time and help are very much appreciated.

Are you from Syria? I used to work with a dentist from Syria and his accent was exactly like yours. Pretty cool 👌

I think today young people are expecting too much from their jobs. At the end of the day it is simply your duty to fulfill. If you have a young family to bring up that is enough in itself to occupy a lot of your time. All the workplace socializing is more for the single people. People need to downsize their expectations, and concentrate on what is most important. You can't just keep changing your life plans because your mood has changed.

AI will never replace programmers; it'll just make them a very cheap commodity.

it's so scary these 2 years, all the layoffs in SWE and all the people couldn't find jobs on the market and all the big tech telling people there's more and more layoffs coming in order to gain efficiency. 0.0 this field has changed from something like a dream to just anxiety inducing daymare.....

Beautiful software developer ever seen! I still remember old days when you were starting your coding journey by joining some coding bootcamp. And now you are applying for senior software developer roles. Kudos! All the best for interviews. I've also taken admission in Masters in computer science in India. Cheers 🥂❤🎉

Sweet but still couldn’t able to accept/digest that you have kid ! All the best ❤

When people are commenting gloomily that AI is going to ruin our lives, make us dumber and take our jobs away, I always say that it will only help intelligent and talented people become even more intelligent and creative, and will spare more time for those who live off tedious monotonous jobs to switch to smth that will provide personal and professional growth. I want to believe that AI will never fully replace real human interaction, given our deep evolutionary nature of being social creatures. That’s why I am currently trying to transition from a web-development role to SEM or TPM roles; and in the meantime spending some time learning generative AI and ML concepts and essentials to understand if I feel comfortable to dive deeper into this realm of immense rapidly evolving knowledge.

😊 Caught an unexpected tiny glimpse of the Ukrainian culture/symbolism in your footage, that was most likely used accidentally, without any ulterior motive. 🙂

Layoffs and a difficult job market was expected since early 2022 when the Federal Reserve started raising rates in March 2022 from 0.25% gradually to 5.25% in October 2023. There's usually a 12-18 month rolling lag period from the onset of Fed monetary policy changes to when the effects of those changes begin to hit the real "Main Street" economy. That's why big layoffs accelerated the past 9 months. By raising rates to 5+% after 11+ years of zero or near-zero interest rates (ZIRP) and started reducing their balance sheet which drains money from the economy, they essentially took away the punch bowl and said "party over" - the past decade of cheap/easy money was an artificial bull run in terms of financial history/norms. Companies that borrowed at cheaper rates are now underwater and need to cut costs. Lots of zombie companies and degeneracy proliferating in this low rates decade are now going out of business. Fewer startups reaching Series A. The era of cheap lending rates is over for now meaning corps can no longer borrow billions at 0.25% which forces them to exercise discipline and care in choosing their investments and outlays.Unemployment rises, vicious cycle ensues. Additionally we've now been in an economic WW3 for over 2 years. Keywords: BRICS, SGE, Comex, LBMA, fiscal dominance, SOFR, LIBOR, sanctions, 4th Turning Unfortunately we live in interesting times.

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Creativity is overrated. It's merely a random seeding in the morphological box optimisation problem. LLMs can hallucinate, and it replaces creativity perfectly.

Thank you so much for your positif reassuring and valuable opinion, and thanks for the shout lol, 'btw inconnu is just unknown in french xD', we humans tend to fear what we don't understand and what we don't know, but we forget that god gave us all we need to adapt to new situations and new challenges, i guess we just need to focus on the kaisen principle 'continious learning' , as an idea of a video please share with us some concepts of 'side hustles' projects that a software engeneer can do to make some income. Kind regards

Hello, thank you for making this video - It really resonated with me! I am a newly graduated student from a Masters of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence program in the U.S. Prior to this, I had worked professionally as a web developer for over twenty years. Two years ago I decided to retrain, so I'm "all in" for AI. At the same time, there is widespread misunderstanding of what AI and ML are, and what it is capable of doing. Your channel helps remind people of how different we humans are from technology, and especially newer technology like AI and ML. If we software engineers are motivated and focused, I believe we can adapt and thrive! Subscribed!

How do you prepare for the AI driven future?

Thanks for your reviews l am planning to join in App bootcamp next month, since l like coding and out of budget. l will join it 😂 and bay letter Thanks for your reviews l am planning to join in App bootcamp next month, since l like coding and out of budget. l will join it 😂 and pay latter

I swear in one of your videos I thought I remembered you saying you lived in England or something, so imagine my confusion when in the first shot every driveway has a big-ass American truck in the driveway lol

This entire week waiting for an SSD and remembering concepts before sleep. I think I have a problem…

my queen <333

Pretty good video, unfortunately type A personality. It is my nature to overdo things. But I am gradually trying to teach myself to take breaks. I tend to feel very guilty when I take a break. But for me that goes for everything that I do. Excellent video.

I think this advice really depends on the type of person you are. There are many tiers of skilled people, from the ones who do it for their job, to the ones who are passionate about it. I suppose the advice is for the former. I remember as a kid I would come back from school and just code all day. Not because I was forced to but because I wanted to. It never crossed my mind that I should take a rest because I was never tired. If I was blocked I would just code something else. Maybe the fundamental issue here is whether *other* people will think you’re not a *real* programmer if you’re en eng. Manager or whatever your situation in which you can’t code the majority of your working time. To that I would say the most important thing is how you feel, not what other people think about you. If you can solve hard problems with code then you’re a coder simple as that.

so attractive! keep on doing

i do not code everyday ....to be honest my love for coding died after working in the corporate world...i just do it 9-5 and that i found was enough to make my skills better

That's really right , best skill now for humans after Ai tools is a creativity

sometimes i found the solutions while i sleep xD

Did you ever felt stressed about not programming enough?

At this point I'm starting to think it might actually just be better for me to go to a Computer Science community college course or something, almost every "boot camp" seems to have only horror stories associated with it. For what they're charging, it's kind of nerve wracking.

I have been following your channel since the beginning years ago. Im a software engineer with 9 year backend and big data experience I just started a new job in January 2024 and it was a complete mess, contractors who where keeping the lights on laid off, principal engineer being fired for saying how it is, drama etc so I quit sold some crypto and going to travel for 1 year hopefully the job market is better than The job market with drama, layoffs, toxic environments etc is crazy right now

I can relate since i'm at a similar cross section of my life. If you can afford to do so, take some time off. Relax the 'busy mind' and focus on what you really miss about your job. Do a personal project as suggested to sharpen your skills and see if that's really what you like. Maybe this even gives you the time and opportunity to find a job that enables both options? Good luck !

Glad to hear from you as we haven’t for a while. In your case I would immediately get what I can and in your case managing role. Then I would take some time on the side for next couple of months and write some code and see if you like it more. At that time you will probably know yourself what do you really want.

Thanks for letting us in on your thoughts Anna! Your situation is a tough decision for sure, I'm just glad that your are sought after in industry and are not forced into a direction you don't want to go in. Personally I think management will always be available for you but if it's engineering you want, don't wait too long before you go back to IC. Continue to stay sharp in your skills and yeah pick up some new ones! Cheers and good luck!!

Thanks for sharing! very interesting thoughts. Hard to predict the job market right now.

How long does it take to say "I quit because I wanted to learn something, and we were short on projects"

I am also started evening shift 4pm to 1am, any tips to maintain work-life?

This is extremely helpful, i have my 4 interviews in a week. I wasn't yet told what is the exact format and had no idea what to expect, Ill do my best to cover all the areas you have mentioned, THANK YOU!

This is extremely helpful, i have my 4 interviews in a week. I wasn't yet told what is the exact format and had no idea what to expect, Ill do my best to cover all the areas you have mentioned, THANK YOU!

Scrum snd this whole sprint concept made me go burnout. I need some alternatives

It is really nice to see you. Happy New Year 🎊

greet tools , do you have planes for 2024 for HOlistic DeveloperChanal?? , i am waiting for new educational and motivational videos.

What is your favorite tech lineup?

The first time you complete a task in 2 weeks, they say "Oh Yalcin, that is great. This task generally takes 3 weeks." After some time you are given a similar task but this time you may not deliver it in 2 weeks. They will question "Hey dude, you still didn't deliver it. Be quicker please". So, even if you have close relationships with your employer, you are still a tool to them to make money. They will try to utilize you as much as possible. They don't care about your personal development, mental situation etc. most of the times. The only criteria to stay some where: Are you happy or not? If you are not happy, will you be able to support yourself financially for some time if you quit? Every developer should analyze their own situation and make a decision. Don't make it complex.

I left software as well. After having worked for a variety of MNCs as a cloud engineer such as IBM, amazon etc im exhausted and perpelxed by how annoyed i am at fhe system ! Its really draining dull and too grey for me. Im 27 years old and have decided to quit IT to become a pilot. Lifes too short

The job is very complex very hard and you need to do and know a million thing.. Some people answer phone calls and do some paper work and get paid almost the same salary..

I know! Right lol

I quit from Data Engineering to a State employee. The toxic environment, death lines, stress and continous learning destroyed my mental health.

for real

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Me every time my mom says I have to take a bath: