Why I'm so good at coding.
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What do you think about maths knowledge ? Is it important for a programmer?
Do you thnink people who are good and talented in math will be better or have more facilities than others?
yop yop depends on what you plan on doing. You should be well rounded in it.
@@Sapientiaa it was a global question
But agmented reality is useful. While we catch em all, what else could be happening..
Telling people how great you are is kinda like telling them how tall you are, it shows.
Job interview
Interviewer: How good are you with Python?
TechLead: You're not qualified enough to ask this
lol
Golden
Got me. Truly golden!
Super!!!
Hahahaha this cracked me up
Job interview:
- How confident are you?
- Techlead confident.
- Welcome aboard!
Julian Bachert thank you sir!
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Job interview:
- How confident are you?
- Yes
Sasha Radovanovic I love his sense of humor, would love to see if he could do stand up, if not I can reach him. Iâm that good! Really!
Nah. If you watch it to the end, it should go like this:
- How confident are you?
- You tell me.
The title should have been, "Why I'm so good at coding (as a millionaire)."
So true....
was searching for comments like these, it's weird when he doesn't put (as a millionaire) in his titles lol
love this : if you're good at something, you will tell everybody; if you're great at something, they will tell you.
I love how hes telling us all how great he is
@@syntapy9797 I'm sure it's weird sarcastic joke lol
This guy is weird. Heâs the funniest nerd ever. Heâs serious while joking
The most sarcastic man on earth
That's why i love him. Finally someone who understands my jokes.
@@aidenpearce4526 đ
this guy never teach me anything useful for my future. but at least he's funny
Dude Ur pic xD
Literally me after writing 5 lines of code in html
Looool
Lmao
Itâs funny because itâs true
Html is not a program languageđ
@@choalon2381 I just wanted to see a world burn đ
"The validation of the work is what makes you pro"
Someone give this guy a medal for life quotes.
I still dont know if this is sarcarsm or serious
@@spikerthedragonbear I think it's serious because if you think about it, there are many people that are great at so many things. But the only reason why some appear to be better is because others have recognised and identified them.
Also, once recognised, that confidence helps you to build yourself up more easily as well. So in essence the great get greater.
@@pokadoodledoo9580
To be fair, I respect this guy a lot but I cannot tell if he is being serious or not. Other validation of your work is not what makes you a pro because if you only rely on other people to tell you that your work is good then you always be at their mercy if they do not.
Suppose you create a piece of work that is amazing but you lack the confidence to know that is good and someone who is jealous knows that your work is good but tells you that is not, now you believe that and so you destroy your work, now that jealous person is happy because now you destroyed your work.
JK Rowling was turned down by numerous publisher who told her that her book was not good enough, suppose she believed it we never would have had Harry Potter. Do not get me wrong let other people see your work and use that to improve but do not let their validation of your work stop you from pursing what you want because they are lot of jealous people out there that will tell you your work is not good so that you do not proceed because they themselves failed, they do not want you to succeed or they simple want to abandon you work so they can steal your work for themselves own.
@@cainabel2009 Keep in mind that Rowling not getting validation for her book was what prevented her from becoming great. She still required the validation of a publisher and subsequently the Harry Potter readers to validate her work. She was great, but never benefitted from her work until she was validated.
@@williamuemura7644
You confusing the issue with someone taking a chance on you with validation. She never needed validation because she already knew her work was great.
I saw an interview with her a while back and the interviewer asked her how she felt about being turned down by so many publishers, and she responded that although she was turned down she never needed others to validate her work because she already knew it was good and there was a market for but all she needed was an opportunity to shine.
JK Rowling does need an audience to validate her work because relying on an audience for validation is one show way to go bankrupt. You have seen the streaming services like Netflix, and Disney Plus all making a decision based on the validation of Woke brigade and then going broke because they turned off the main audience.
"He was coding in the 1700's in his mother's attic"...... No one knows if he's still alive today! đđđ
thats just how we did it back then
Why are you laughing? You donât know if heâs dead or not.
You: about to type a comment
Techlead: 'You aren't qualified to even offer an opinion'
Techlead: The validation of your words just exposes your unprofessionality.
>writing a comment you're qualified for
>writing a comment before the video is actually over
If you don't know how to reverse a linked list, delete your comment now
yeah seriously I should just disable comments on this video.
â@@TechLead You know whats funny to me , someone recommended I check you out and this is the first video of yours I am viewing, EVER. It was going to be the last , but I said you know what.... I don't know this guys personality at all , is this really him ? There are some elitists out there, and they talk down to the world and have huge followings. I was able to arrive at the conclusion that even if this was your personality , if I had something to gain from listening to you speak I would overlook it. Principles before personality , content/people are often layered , sometimes you have to peel back a few layers to get to the good shit. So I am going to watch some more of your videos because I know your only about 82.3% serious đ.
Job interview:
Interviewer: "What are your skills?"
Techlead: "You aren't qualified to ask me that."
dead
Interviewer: What are your skills?
Me: You're hired.
Welcome aboard!
Interviewer: what's your skill?
Me: Middle finger. đ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
believe it or not, that's often the case ;-)
Me after learning how to declare a variable:
Me after printing hello world
@@KrazyFalcon hell yeah.. nobody is skilled enough to interview us . same kinda feeling here after creating .py file.
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@@manishKumar-xu9ee yessirrr
"Take your skill turn it into a product and bring it to the market that's how you deliver impact", well said .
next video: why I'm so humble
YES! đ
No. Why I'm more humble than you.
hahahah
@techlead YES! You need to make this video! It will be your best! :)
@@Smoothblue90 Not exactly, Why I'm so good at being humble!!!
This guys humor is top notch...I have no clue how he says what he does without laughing
He seems to go to his coffee when he's starting to crack a smile.
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He thinks jokes are part of English grammar, so shows negligible facial expression..?
IM DEADđđđđ
@@algorithm4390 aws
I resonate in every way down to the sarcastic honesty with you. No one ever understood my sarcasm through the years. It's refreshing to see someone using the same technique and it's actually engaging and funny.
I think it is absolutely humility that makes the tech lead good, his words certainly move people, it moved me to check other channels.
Wait you actually think you are funny?
Good one.
@@faker530 He is funny.
I canât tell when this guy is being serious or sarcastic
That's our techlead very unpredictable.
Both
if you think this is a sarcastic video you're probably wasting your time here. a 60 second sarcastic intro shouldn't make you dismiss the rest of the video as irony; the content is very real and if you can't pick that up you're probably not in the right place lol
Neither could his wife...
He is Asian. He is serious
"I see a lot of the so-called 'programmers'"
*starts sweating*
@Karan git commit .
Karan did you forget your meds today? :v
@Karan goodbye cruel world
Where are the programmers? I thought there'd be some in this thread.
+TechLead What? They're everywhere. They may appear inadequate when put next to the TechGOD, but please, have mercy on their soul.
When I grow up I want to be as humble as this guy.
Honestly this information really helped me to understand that itâs not about the code but about the marketing. Thanks.
Yes. It's very rare to get someone to speak the truth these days
Summary:
1. Consistency
2. Context
3. Validation of impact
Thx
saved me 10 minutes of my life, many thanks!
being entrepeneurial
@@safinhh8312 Knowing how to spell
@@DasAntiNaziBroetchen lollllllll
I quit working at Google before I even started working at Google, that's how good I am.
xD
Even die grote waffel van je houden.. terug in je kooi
Hahahahahaha
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If only I was as good as you...
I love it so so much how much confidence you have about your job and that youâre really saying like Yes! i am good at this and not playing it down or something
I wasnât ready for this personal attack.
Next video : "Why am I so humble"
"... As a millionaire"
And an ex-google ex-facebook techlead
LMAO
lol
@@user-wr5we2xg6h made my day đ€Łđ€Ł
The guy is right. I learned to code simply to make a game because my friends and I wanted to. We suffered through creating it, got it released to steam, and that single game has catapulted my career in the IT field.
What was the game?
yeha what was the game dude?
Game name pleaseeee
Guys - don't make me say it. It's slightly embarrassing because it's my first ever dive into programming. But the point wasn't to make a great game. It was to make a game from start-to-finish, and see that project through to market release, which we did. That's what got me the job; the oversight of a project from conception to release.
I guess, if you want to see it, it's called BeeFender. You can find it on Steam for 99 cents USD.
@@jdmaine51084 Nothing to be embarrassed about. It's a lot more than a lot of us have ever done. Just out of curiosity, did you code it form scratch or use a framework/engine?
I'm prepping for an Amazon onsite interview in a couple of days, and this was the comedic relief I needed, cheers.
Subscribed. Very useful info! Keep the âwhyâ in mind throughout, and donât miss the forest for the trees.
He's so transparent in his egotistical self confidence, I kind of like him
This guy is a genius and a legend, slightly autistic, blunt, even rude but what a character.
His unpretentious arrogance makes me laugh, but he's spot on about so many things. Skill at coding doesn't matter, as he says. It really is all about what impact you have.
He's got the skills and the humor to back it up tho đ
@@bryanfeliciano4102 True that lol
kinda manipulative too!
"When you're good at something, you tell everyone. When you're great at something, they tell you"
*looks at the title of the video*
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
On point đ
Things that make me go:
It's a good point though
you fucking killed him dude
@@aaronstark171 hm??? Techlead killed ?
What made the strongest impact on me was your personal story video, where you were talking about your problems in your personal life. It touched me a lot. That is something that determines a person in the future, that really makes you grow, but at the same time to bear it as your personal cross along the way in your life. From that time ever since I can't help myself looking at you from that perspective. A big disappointment, but at the same time a big growth. At least I hope so..
"When you're good at something, you tell everyone. When your great at something, they'll tell you".
...
proceeds to tell everyone how good he is.
first he crushes you and than tries to rebuild you.
Zlatan right!
With the same sword they knight you, they crucify you - Jay Z
China's Xi said attempts to divide China will end in crushed body and shattered bones. I guess he implies also we Chinese will rebuild your land after.
Stefano Gabriele then*
@@user-ov8po1zt5x Don't have too much hope, every empire crumbles, modern ones crumble even faster
âIf youâre good at something, youâll tell everyone. If youâre great at something, theyâll tell you.â
Video Title: âWhy iâm so good at programmingâ
Oh i see.
Is this quote even true? Isn't marketing just about telling people about how good a product is which is just another way of saying how good your coding skills are? Seems like we have a circular dependency here. In order for people to know how good you are at programming they have to know about the product you make from programming but they can't know about your product if you don't tell them about it first.
Maybe its not a circular dependency but rather and indication that in order to become great at something, you must have validation and you can't be validated unless people know about what you are doing and can judge it for themselves. So everything that is great must have been only good previously till the truth is spread by others and not yourself.
Hahaha đ
Also "I didn't ask your opinion and you are not even qualified to judge me" or smth.
@@MatthewMcGuff your not qualified to make such a logical statement, wrong thread your think r/philosophy
LMAO đđđ
Great quote! The things you are saying apply to me despite me being in the artistic field! Proof that greatness expands & touches anything around you!
it's so interesting how you're style of presentation has such success. there are numerous youtubers who have something to say but can't get more than a handful of subscribers.
i, for one, come from a culture where we speak our mind. often times quite loudly, so i dig the way you present things and often berate the viewer. very funny and to the point.
good luck on your path onward
He should've disabled the comments... We are not qualified to comment
"When you are good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you are great at something, they'll tell you"
- Best quote
Paul Kevin now... look at title of this video
@@elvis5667 đđđđđđđđđ no one has told him yet
No one can talk like the TechLead. No script, just open the mouth and start talking with senses and supporting arguments at light speed.
He didn't get fired because he's great at his job. He got fired because he contributed nothing to his company but his channel.
Thank you bro that video it really helped me a lot and am looking forward to many like coz i thought is about the skills and solving a client problem but thanks men.
dude you are really smart!, thanks for thinking and sharing your thoughts
When you're good, you tell people.
When you're great, people tell you.
When you're godly, you tell people why you're so good.
The point of that statement is to say that he is good at coding, nothing more than that, just good, not great, because he has to tell us and we dont tell him
@@johnk955 no, people who are good only mention that they are good.
Godly coders say _why_ they are good.
Makes sense
Good and godly are the same
Hence: TechLead was born!
He speaks as if his speech was computer generated.. no pauses, no breathing, no stuttering.
Lots of video cutting if you look at the details.
Yes I'm think that he cut a lot dude
i think he's great
dude, in my video, i can talk forever without even blinking...
save me a lot of time, I like him :D
Great advices. Thank you.
This is awesome! Saw TechLeads videos a number of times, but this one made me subscribe!
How to be cocky and humble at the same time?
TechLead: Yes
thank you Moses... the dude is cocky... my daughter would say dis guy....
He deserve work all day and night in China!!! 996 ICU is waiting for the MR.Techlead!!!
Humble?
@@freemind.d2714 China? Isn't he American?
@@gman76utube yeah "humble".âŠ.đđ
"I have this friend, James, he's from the 1700's and we used typewriter to code, and I don't know if he's still alive."
Lol XD best thing ever
Typewriter in 1700s lololol
Lol I heard that. I was confused too
Yep, the real 007
I'm so confused by this channel is it legit or just trolling??
âWhen youâre good at something, you tell everyone. When youâre great at something, they tell you.â
Said the guy who mentions every other sentence how great he is :D
Thank you for your content It is precious !!!
"The thing that sets apart the great engineer is the great entrepreneurship..."
Proceeds to spam adverts throughout video.
Lead by example
@@TechLead you are a madlad
@@TechLead Any piece of code you pinpoint that you wrote? Like, you know, Charles Simonyi of Excel and Word?
TechLead techlead by example
Spam? Lol I will say it is very solid and pinpointed marketing but okay lol
Honestly watching TechLead feels just like watching good stand up comedy.
hey bro can be friends I am from india and i love programming languages and i am from india and my age is 18 and my name is aman singh nice to meet you
Which means not so good as a educational video?
Except it's sit down comedy
@@comicalgamer7820 HI Aman
@@koss1154 cab you give me your instagram id I want to talk to đđđđ
I didn't know what this was before coming in but my abs hurt from laughing, which is actually pretty impressive because I usually can't muster emotion before noon so thank you!
That's a great talk.Thanks man.
This guy is ridiculously sane person, sometimes I canât identify whether he is joke or serious
He is from First world that make all difference
His level of trolling is just way up there IDK LOL
I feel you man....your right ".. entrepreneurship that affects the world đ", positively is the real validation for any series software engineer.
Subscribed....
The realest dude I've found on CZcams.
Ima watch all his videos ...future software engineer here
Me at first: what a troll.
Me later: He kinda has a point.
He's like this in other videos. He's just trying to be funny, while also being giving actual learned advice.
@@watertommyz I think he should stress out more when he's being sarcastic. Else people may think he's serious when he's joking, and that's a big let down. There's an interesting video analysing the differences between Chris Hemsworth and Brie Larson that talks about this.
@@mrknarf4438 its dry humor if it went over your head its on you not on him, if i have to explicitly tell you in some body language or change in pitch that im being sarcastic then ur lacking information and the joke just isn't for you.
@@jettybird there's a thin line between having a dry humor and not being funny. I appreciate him: all I'm saying is he could improve his charisma by making his humor a bit less dry, so less people out here would think he's an entitled asshole and see him for the funny guy he is instead. Of course nothing is on him, if he's happy the way things are. Mine was just a suggestion in case he wanted to change.
@@mrknarf4438 nah i'm here for the dry sarcastic humour. Not knowing when he's being sarcastic or not is part of the fun for me.
0:25 this guy is purely sarcastic. He hide his laugh by drinking coffee lol đđ
brilliant
There are a ton of cuts, so it is not so easy tp keep a straight face.
good catch... didn't even see that
Very inspiring video man. I am completely with you on the Marketing/product skills that a good engineer should have which is why I moved from engineering more into Marketing/product,and entered web3/crypto 2 years ago. Sometimes I feel like letting people know what you are doing is more important than what you are actually doing, LOL. Cheers~
The ad transition was so smooth, I literally listened to all of it đ€Šââïž
''I know a guy, his name is James and back in the 1700's he was sitting in his mother's attic just coding all day long on the typewriter actually, that's what we used back then. He would just code all day long and he'd eat spaghetti and recycled the body fluids from himself to reboil the water into more spaghetti powered through solar energy. This was all entirely self-sustaining, nobody really knows if he is still alive or not today. But he's had essentially no impact on the world and that's pretty much how most engineers these days are. ''
- THE TECH LEAD
I was so confused i had to go back and play that again.. Wtf
Unfortunately for him the Babbage architecture he was programming for turned out to be vaporware but his code was so beautiful he wanted to keep working on it so he wrote an emulator for it to run on the Amiga since that was the best type of computer available but no-one uses Amigas anymore so he repurposed it to run as a Java applet in order to be truly cross-platform. He is working on the finishing touches, it should be ready for alpha soon.
This guy cracks me up every video
I still cant believe he really said that....i mean did no one else notice?
What was in that coffee?
"maybe even better than me"
*interrupts*
"Not likely though*
I love this guy.
Why? Do you love punk statements?
@@nestorbenavidez694 ITS CALLED HAVING A SENSE OF HUMOUR.
@@CraigalFun Fuck you punk
That confident *insert thuglife bgm*
Thank you so much for this video
Thank you 4 your video Im the star learning coding your video motivated me to going through thank you
Key Lesson: put your work out into the world and deal with the feedback.
TECHLEAD : Why I am so good at coding?
TECHLEAD : Coding is not sufficient anymore. (5:47)
ME : xD
I honestly think this is the single most well describing video of what's important in today's life. The way he compares photography vs coding is the just spot on. Thank you, Sir.
OMG. I LOVE your sarcasm! & DRY HUMOR! You could ALSO add stand up comedian to your list of careers!
Thankyou Sir for existing.
"In fact, I know a guy, his name is James. And back in the 1700s, he would sit in his mother's attic just coding all day long, on a typewriter actually. That's what we used back then. And he would just code all day long and he'd eat speghetti and recycle the body fluids from himself to reboil the water into more speghetti powered through solar energy. This was all entirely self-sustaining. Nobody really knows if he's still alive or not today."
You're absolutely right, I know some really smart guys that are software engineers but they're way too focused on solving puzzles and not solving problems that can actually generate revenue/profit. Its a common thing you see in the tech field.
totally agree.
I'm glad you got value from this video. The way he communicates the information is a bit off-putting, but he is saying some valuable things.
can you tell us what puzzles are the best? That help in programming?
@@will-wowdk1930 I think you missed his whole point. He said don't focus on puzzles. Focus on solving problems that your client will pay you for.
@@aurisarias664 ye but for that you need some training so you can aproach things in a better way, you cant just go solve problems without practicing those problems
Words of wisdom. This basically applies to everything. Great work without validation (or as I'd call it packaging) is useless.
I like this fellowâŠhe is very practical. He helped me accept that it would take 20 years or never for my c/c++ skills to bring me money.I dumped those useless languages for JavaScript and C#
"What makes you a good programmer is the ability to just go out and build something and affect the world" TheTechLead
Even if the code is crappy....
@@AY-gf3jq sure....
By that logic yanderedev is a good programmer
@@bamberghh1691 Did YandereDev affect the world?
@@alifellahi x
I love how real this dude is. Anyone can literally apply this mind set to anything they may be passionate about.
Finding something to be passionate about is the hardest part
Best TechLead's motto ever: "When you're good at something, you tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you"
Everyone else: You're great TechLead
TechLead: Yes, I know
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yes spot on TechLead, entrepreneurship is key, i relate it to innovation. Coding in a bubble is not informed by any business requirement lacks engagement.
âThe validation of your work makes you a proâ, then the sip of coffee. I died laughing, then said, âyeah, that is absolutely trueâ. I was speaking to a friend about a week ago, talking about value, and what gives things value. Value, in this context, is likewise determined by how useful something is to others, not by the individual.
Iâm totally with you on that.
You're not qualified enough to agree with him. *Sips coffee*
Really agree with this.
When I started out as a junior dev I saw everyone else doing leet code exercises to get better and wanted to try the same.
My mentor at that time told me that won't make me a better developer, practicing to build good projects to solve a business problem would.
Practicing code problems on the internet is like trying to learn the answer to a specific math equation for an exam for which the variables might be totally different.
You should be able to utilize what you've learned in any situation consistently if you want to be a good programmer.
Great video. Taught me, who just enter the wprking field of coding, .. a lot. Thanks!
Some people needed to hear this! Quality content đ
Gotta love the intro. He almost broke the character too.
"You can give a Rubik's cube to an engineer and they're trying to figure it out, even though there's no goal."
LOL
You can give a Rubik cube to an engineer, but who made the first Rubik cube?
Clearly, James contribution to humanity is that he found the keys to longevity.
That, and he invented the typewriter and coding. lol.
one of the most honest people i've ever seen !!
"That's an ex-Google techlead, I wanted to tell you why I'm so good at coding even though I was fired from Facebook" this is another way to say "I'm an ex-Google and ex-Facebook techlead" :D
Abdisamad Khalif what happened!?
@@saurajohnston4340 fb does not like large youtubers.
i think james' lifestyle is not so healthy
TECHLEAD: "Well, I don't remember ever asking for your opinion on that"
TECHLEAD (8:11): But until you have the validation of what you said, you've got nothing XD
I think you're not qualified enough to say this
james charles
You don't say.....
I was so relieved when you finally finished the coffee
this advice is golden for any field of work
I really appreciate how this guy is brutally honest. Good stuff.
The amount of meme-worthy things this guy says is mind boggling.
Dude, you are hilarious while also imparting a lot of wisdom, excellent!
DUDE - You are AWESOME!!! This is 100% spot on!
TechLead spitting the facts here... : "When you are Good at something... You ll tell everyone... When you are great at something... They ll tell you..
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someone who likes this sentence mostly is because they are not good at something, yet not great. haha
-Why are you so good at coding?
Techlead: *Yes*
I love your analogy to the photographer.
Great video!!
One day, I'm also going to be successful tech-lead, and then I'm going to be qualified to offer my opinion. Just you wait
I totally agree! Development is now a major part of the puzzle and being a well rounded engineer requires soft skills and more than just good technical knowledge.
I use a lot of soft skills at both my daily software engineer job and my side ventures.
Glad someone else sees and said it!
Aha
I have a professor in my College. He always jokes on Students everybody laugh but he doesn't. This makes him more scariest,đ¶