In summary: 1. Emotional discipline 2. Keep improving your skills 3. Live below your means 4. Guard your reputation 5. Live healthy 6. Stay away from Ruby or risk losing hair :)
The fact that you mention "Stay In Shape" as a part of the entire package of success, in my opinion makes you the most pragmatic tech coach I have ever come across. Plus your a fellow Canadian eh. Standing Ovation from across the way in Newfoundland sir. Looking forward to connecting in your courses.
I’m moving into my decade of experience as a software engineer and programmer and see myself looking for more opinions from experienced veterans like yourself. Thanks for talking about this. Your jabs at ruby are hilarious 😂
I just gave up my shitty job in call center for freelancing. I am gonna go the netherlands do physical job to save some money, then I want to come back after 3-4 months and start my business. For last two years I've been learning a lot of programming and development, it became my passion. Please keep thumbs up.
I'm literally also quitting my call center job lol Ive been learning slowly since the pandemic, and now I want to spend a couple of weeks to month freelancing and building my portfolio Good luck dude
Holy cow, I started tinkering around with Ruby around 2016 and my hair started falling out shortly after, and I was in my 20s. Definitely a correlation here
Thank you so much Stefan!! My hair has been growing uncontrollably for some time now. Didn't realize Ruby was the answer.. Will get started on learning Ruby IMMEDIATELY!
I consider "Living healthy" is the most underrated fact out of the list & it is the most important one. Thanks "Uncle Stef" for the inspiring thoughts as always!!!
Uncle Stef is right, specializing in a language is the wrong mindset. If you want to specialize in anything, stick to an industry: fintech, insurance, IoT, healthcare, cybersecurity, commecial web, IAM, e-commerce, environment, government/clearance, etc. This can help during interviews and reinforce that you're a focused professional in that industry, not just a jack-of-all-trades dev that the company can easily afford to pass on.
I specialised in C++ and never looked back... until now. 25 years. I still love C++ and hate everything web based. I still call myself a C++ deveoper. I can't let go. But at my age, I don't care. It's C++ or retire.
O think the point of programming is the other way round - you can apply your skills no matter what industry you work in. This is the biggest strength of programmers in labour market
@@toby9999 I loved studying C++ in college and in a different timeline could be in your shoes. I like web-based development, but mobile development drives me bananas.
You explaining your life through your hair, clicked on so many levels. I’m glad I found your channel! I’m finishing a python course and might go into Web Development
Social media has started to kill web development jobs. Those small businesses are shifting their focus on social media presence. Unless you're working for a huge scale company, that's going to secure your job for the next 5 years maybe. Freelancers really have it rough.
I never hear you about the Laravel framework. Since i started using that php framework, i got my first developer job within 3 months. I think that can be a gamechanger for a lot of people watching your channel.
DHH will demolish Stef like a fly against the wall. Half of Stef’s tips are good… the other half is completely insane. This channel must be about Wordpress as he is sooo much in favor. Wordpress has a ton of limitations that he doesn’t talk about.
Back in 2012, I worked on saving a project written in Ruby - the client ( a BIG client you've heard of ) was freaking-out because it was horrifically slow. They hired a contractor who used PHP - and I subbed for it. We had to rewrite the entire server-side in 4 months. We succeeded. ( front end used Unity, fyi )
Hey Uncle Steph! Love your insights, and your Ruby jokes always crack me up 11:47 😂. A roadmap for transitioning into software development (Full-stack) with your tips would be fantastic! Keep it up! 👏✨
I agree with the benefits of being multilingual, but you do need to learn one language first and learn it well… after that learning a second and third language well becomes many many times easier. In the beginning stages, however, you have to pick a language to really sink your teeth into and develop some apps with and learn through.
We can't say that PHP has the same performance as C# or C++. I do agree that PHP has a lot of features that make it comparable to C#, it doesn't have all the modern features C# has. Am I wrong?
Well I can't believe you're advocating php over ruby, but you're spot on about exercise, whole foods, and id also emphasize protein, but diet kills and often early. Processed foods strip out all micronutrients (buoavailable vitamins) and fiber so you eat more.
i like the statement "Firing client is one of the greatest gift". but not in my country, because the social or some people or company still think "you need my money". and if we found a disagreement and we cut the contract because lack of opportunity from client. not just become vengeful, client make sure our name and our service can't useful in social. but, not so many client like that for now.
Is it possible to be a part time freelancer? As I don't want to do job from 9-5. I am complete beginner, zero knowledge about coding, may u guide people like me from starting laptop to becoming a profitable full stack web developer through freelancing (i.e complete roadmap).
At some point, not too far, AI will be capable to write directly machine language. These high level programming languages and frameworks were made for humans to increase speed development and for maintainability. But AI can write quickly an application from scratch with maximum performance and without unneeded layers of abstraction.
Thanks for the vid , uncle! Loved it, buddy :) and if i can recommened something (not tech related-but will make your tech life better) do yoga!!!! Gets the blood flowing, opens up your sore and tired muscles\ joints and wakes you up. Do it daily.. but Dont force it. Ease into it like 20 mins aday *wink wink * but when youre bored or need a break. I use ddpy. Youll Thank me later , fam. Much love and respect and looking forward to the next vid!
Making jokes of Ruby has become a tradmark of Stef. He makes fun of the language in particualry every one of his videos. Don't get too hung up on it. Ruby is a beautiful language and Rails is a great framework in my opinion.
Ai is great for generating boilerplate and inline code suggestions. But it makes mistakes, some very subtle and hard to find. You have to know what you are doing.
I got certified as a Full Stack Web Developer through a code academy called Bay Valley Tech. I received my cert on May of this year. I had started applying for jobs months before receiving my cert. I’ve yet to get my foot in the door. Have not had a single interview. Tons of rejection letters. Any tips you could offer?
Apply as a lower role consultant/support role for a application that requires some technical skills. Then try to move inside the company to other roles. I’ve had ton of colleagues that started at help desk/app support projects and moved to dev ops/data engineering/apps. Professional services companies or internal IT teams in the companies would be my target. I know you didn’t ask me but this is the only way I saw in recent years that people get into software development without any experience. Sometimes it still happens that consulting/services companies are looking for juniors to fill in for people that left and to keep project revenue high. But it went downhill since covid and still many people try to get into the industry. I would stay away from big tech companies if I were you
Why should a boomer pay someone thousands of dollars if he can just go to a website builder? And don't say, because it will be better isn't an argument. You are talking to a boomer who has no idea.
1. They might not pay 1000s for a simple webpage. Probably anywhere from $250 to $1000 2. There is still a a learning curve and most people don't want to learn. We all have our talents. 3. People are busy. They don't have the time to do it themselves. 4. If you have the runway let others handle the tasks that don't directly make you money or take your time, so you can focus on your business. 5. Even if your using a webpage builder such as word press can be a huge agrivation to work with, and to keep optimized. It's a bit intimidating the first time you see their CRM. I guess if your thinking WIX then sure spend a week and do it. But again, not everyone is actually capable. If your business expands past the capabilities of WIX, or SEO isn't performing or something out don't like their checkout for a store then, that would also be the point someone pays you to make it better. 6. They just want to make it better.
Alot going on but most important thing to be productive but that seem difficult and also must must know how many money out of those also hard make it to scalable and profitable outcomes but seems alot things have been lost long ago
I actually wanted to count how many times you mock Ruby. But I lost count. I was like, promising myself I would curse Python as many times as you mock Ruby. How many times was it?
In summary:
1. Emotional discipline
2. Keep improving your skills
3. Live below your means
4. Guard your reputation
5. Live healthy
6. Stay away from Ruby or risk losing hair :)
Thank you.
Are you crazy?
Clearly RoR is the secret tool to get a 7 figures job!
@@professor_ozzy thats why stay away from RoR and keep that 7 figure job only for me. less competition hahaha
That #1 ...
What's up with ruby why does he mention it so much? Haha
Uncle Stef, I’ve been 20 years plus in the industry. It’s always great hearing your advice. I would add to your advice one more thing: stay humble.
Good one!
The fact that you mention "Stay In Shape" as a part of the entire package of success, in my opinion makes you the most pragmatic tech coach I have ever come across. Plus your a fellow Canadian eh. Standing Ovation from across the way in Newfoundland sir. Looking forward to connecting in your courses.
"I do not know what frame work World War III will be designed with but World War IV will be written in Ruby." - Chat GPT
Ruby is my gf, had her last night
I’m moving into my decade of experience as a software engineer and programmer and see myself looking for more opinions from experienced veterans like yourself. Thanks for talking about this.
Your jabs at ruby are hilarious 😂
I just gave up my shitty job in call center for freelancing. I am gonna go the netherlands do physical job to save some money, then I want to come back after 3-4 months and start my business. For last two years I've been learning a lot of programming and development, it became my passion. Please keep thumbs up.
there are no jobs as devs anymore, specially fro juniors
@@josersleal sad but true. its the main reason why I am gonna freelancing
I'm literally also quitting my call center job lol
Ive been learning slowly since the pandemic, and now I want to spend a couple of weeks to month freelancing and building my portfolio
Good luck dude
@@rsbah good luck bro! life is too short to working in a job which you hate(ofc I hope you don't hate it, but in my case I do)
Good idea my guy
Holy cow, I started tinkering around with Ruby around 2016 and my hair started falling out shortly after, and I was in my 20s. Definitely a correlation here
Thank you so much Stefan!! My hair has been growing uncontrollably for some time now. Didn't realize Ruby was the answer.. Will get started on learning Ruby IMMEDIATELY!
I consider "Living healthy" is the most underrated fact out of the list & it is the most important one. Thanks "Uncle Stef" for the inspiring thoughts as always!!!
Uncle Stef is right, specializing in a language is the wrong mindset. If you want to specialize in anything, stick to an industry: fintech, insurance, IoT, healthcare, cybersecurity, commecial web, IAM, e-commerce, environment, government/clearance, etc. This can help during interviews and reinforce that you're a focused professional in that industry, not just a jack-of-all-trades dev that the company can easily afford to pass on.
I agree. I am focusing on front end for a good while. Once I consider myself competent, only after that I will try other things.
And of course watch out for Ruby...
I specialised in C++ and never looked back... until now. 25 years. I still love C++ and hate everything web based. I still call myself a C++ deveoper. I can't let go. But at my age, I don't care. It's C++ or retire.
O think the point of programming is the other way round - you can apply your skills no matter what industry you work in. This is the biggest strength of programmers in labour market
@@toby9999 I loved studying C++ in college and in a different timeline could be in your shoes. I like web-based development, but mobile development drives me bananas.
golden advice sir, priceless. on behalf of the web dev community, I thank you sir.
You explaining your life through your hair, clicked on so many levels. I’m glad I found your channel! I’m finishing a python course and might go into Web Development
Love your videos, greetings from Spain and thanks for all your valuable lessons! 🇪🇸
the rules you give at the end are the best advices ever!!!. Thanks!
You are hereby my favorite youtuber. Agree in many points.
Valuefull discussion
I been listening to him for years and trust his knowledge
Love the advice, especially the emphasis on health.
Thank you Uncle Steven, I really needed that!!
That Ruby-hair comparation is so funny!
Social media has started to kill web development jobs. Those small businesses are shifting their focus on social media presence. Unless you're working for a huge scale company, that's going to secure your job for the next 5 years maybe. Freelancers really have it rough.
Stef!!! I LOVED ALL THE RUBY JOKES that you made throughout the whole video. I couldn't stop laughing!
Cool. Thanks for letting me know.
plot twist: he wasn't joking 😄
I never hear you about the Laravel framework. Since i started using that php framework, i got my first developer job within 3 months. I think that can be a gamechanger for a lot of people watching your channel.
Laravel is great. Studioweb is built on it.
masterful advice sir
I'm genx moving into this field wondering if I might be too old. Realistically I believe I could do I but do worry about age discrimination.
Oh god, what I would pay to see a podcast with DHH and uncle Stef
DHH will demolish Stef like a fly against the wall. Half of Stef’s tips are good… the other half is completely insane. This channel must be about Wordpress as he is sooo much in favor. Wordpress has a ton of limitations that he doesn’t talk about.
You - are - awesome - !
Build your reputation, stay in shape, do not be closed minded on framworks. Very true.
Muy motivador el video tio Steph!
Back in 2012, I worked on saving a project written in Ruby - the client ( a BIG client you've heard of ) was freaking-out because it was horrifically slow. They hired a contractor who used PHP - and I subbed for it. We had to rewrite the entire server-side in 4 months. We succeeded. ( front end used Unity, fyi )
Twitter？
For apps that don’t have many users and are typically low bandwidth, Ruby is fine. For performance, PHP is very practical.
@@StefanMischook php for performance you must be kidding. Just use js then. Or go, or java, damn almost any other.
@@bigbang259Reddit type response.
I think we are going to see more and more people using Blazor. Slow adoption but good adoption.
Blazor and it's c# get me confused
You should do more C#, TS, and Go
2:04
PHP
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Hair
8:51
Reputation
11:03
AI
Nice! Thank you!
Wait what is wrong with Ruby ? The biggest marketplace in my coutry uses Ruby and it has grown immensely the last few years.
Thanks excellent a advices specially the last ones.
Glad it was helpful!
Nice & neat
Thanks ❤
Hey Uncle Steph! Love your insights, and your Ruby jokes always crack me up 11:47 😂. A roadmap for transitioning into software development (Full-stack) with your tips would be fantastic! Keep it up! 👏✨
Glad the video was useful.
you da man uncie steff
Thank you uncle stef
I agree with the benefits of being multilingual, but you do need to learn one language first and learn it well… after that learning a second and third language well becomes many many times easier. In the beginning stages, however, you have to pick a language to really sink your teeth into and develop some apps with and learn through.
We can't say that PHP has the same performance as C# or C++. I do agree that PHP has a lot of features that make it comparable to C#, it doesn't have all the modern features C# has. Am I wrong?
I don't know lauravel is a pretty complete framework with php.
@@emerson-sheaapril8555 Even with the framework php will never match the performance of C# or C++. As for language feature, I cant speak for that.
Great advice.
1:33-1:39 GIGGGGITTY!
I never had plans about learning ruby but after this video I’m definitely not gonna go anywhere near ruby
Good move. Unless you want the cool bald Ruby dev look.
Well I can't believe you're advocating php over ruby, but you're spot on about exercise, whole foods, and id also emphasize protein, but diet kills and often early. Processed foods strip out all micronutrients (buoavailable vitamins) and fiber so you eat more.
Ruby is a gem!
i have a stepper next to my work station and to take breaks i do a couple steps to get the blood flowing
A video on hosting will be nice to see
"Healthy body, healthy mind and healthy result!
Well said boss
Ruby is so badass that help us to break our limit producing baldness like Saintama 💪
i like the statement "Firing client is one of the greatest gift". but not in my country, because the social or some people or company still think "you need my money". and if we found a disagreement and we cut the contract because lack of opportunity from client. not just become vengeful, client make sure our name and our service can't useful in social. but, not so many client like that for now.
Love the Ruby sly
PHP is still a great programming language to learn. WordPress and all of their plugins are written in PHP.
What programming language do you suggest to make the hair on the head grow again?
Hmmm … if you find one let me know! I would guess it would come out of Turkey 🇹🇷.
Any hope for a new young junior developer that knows JS and learns Java?
Yes! 🙌 Keep learning. Tip: once you know your basics build real projects.
Good Advice
The more I work with enterprise, the more i see sharp 😂😂 Jokes aside, I do think C# is all-present (as backend) in enterprise with TS on frontend.
Is it possible to be a part time freelancer? As I don't want to do job from 9-5. I am complete beginner, zero knowledge about coding, may u guide people like me from starting laptop to becoming a profitable full stack web developer through freelancing (i.e complete roadmap).
Ruby is actually one of the best languages !
I've started coding in Ruby when I turned 30. My hair started to go about that time...
It’s a pattern… of male baldness.
@@StefanMischook I thought it was ruby related :)
“If you work both ends you’re gonna have maximum penetration…” Uncle Stef with the sage advice .
Maximum penetration!
I'm 35 and thinking the next possible steps.I am web developer, still working for a comapny.Layoffs happens, new techs coming up too much noisy.
Hm .. interesting... I might try Ruby next!
At some point, not too far, AI will be capable to write directly machine language. These high level programming languages and frameworks were made for humans to increase speed development and for maintainability. But AI can write quickly an application from scratch with maximum performance and without unneeded layers of abstraction.
Ruby is the best choice to do exactly what you propose, full stack development with maximum productivity and impact
Thanks for the vid , uncle! Loved it, buddy :) and if i can recommened something (not tech related-but will make your tech life better) do yoga!!!! Gets the blood flowing, opens up your sore and tired muscles\ joints and wakes you up. Do it daily.. but Dont force it. Ease into it like 20 mins aday *wink wink * but when youre bored or need a break. I use ddpy. Youll Thank me later , fam. Much love and respect and looking forward to the next vid!
Yoga is cool.
We'd love to see your vids with hair (pre-Ruby).
Why so much hate on Ruby 😅? (honest question)
… it’s a secret. 🤫 You have to watch 34 videos on my channel to figure it out.
Making jokes of Ruby has become a tradmark of Stef. He makes fun of the language in particualry every one of his videos. Don't get too hung up on it. Ruby is a beautiful language and Rails is a great framework in my opinion.
Is this suitable as a woman of 55, to start your courses and end up employed?
I need to work from home, due to personal circumstances.
Dr Strangecode. Or how I learned to love the low-code. Advanced business logic should still be behind APIs in Python/Go/Rust/Java, etc.
Great video, any explanation why React is not going to be in demand as opposed to HTML CSS PHP ?
React is probably be in demand for many years, but HTML, CSS and PHP are just that much more widely used.
Ai is great for generating boilerplate and inline code suggestions. But it makes mistakes, some very subtle and hard to find. You have to know what you are doing.
I got certified as a Full Stack Web Developer through a code academy called Bay Valley Tech. I received my cert on May of this year. I had started applying for jobs months before receiving my cert. I’ve yet to get my foot in the door. Have not had a single interview. Tons of rejection letters. Any tips you could offer?
Apply as a lower role consultant/support role for a application that requires some technical skills. Then try to move inside the company to other roles. I’ve had ton of colleagues that started at help desk/app support projects and moved to dev ops/data engineering/apps. Professional services companies or internal IT teams in the companies would be my target.
I know you didn’t ask me but this is the only way I saw in recent years that people get into software development without any experience. Sometimes it still happens that consulting/services companies are looking for juniors to fill in for people that left and to keep project revenue high. But it went downhill since covid and still many people try to get into the industry. I would stay away from big tech companies if I were you
so Ruby demands hair as sacrafice, got it :D
Why should a boomer pay someone thousands of dollars if he can just go to a website builder? And don't say, because it will be better isn't an argument. You are talking to a boomer who has no idea.
1. They might not pay 1000s for a simple webpage. Probably anywhere from $250 to $1000
2. There is still a a learning curve and most people don't want to learn. We all have our talents.
3. People are busy. They don't have the time to do it themselves.
4. If you have the runway let others handle the tasks that don't directly make you money or take your time, so you can focus on your business.
5. Even if your using a webpage builder such as word press can be a huge agrivation to work with, and to keep optimized. It's a bit intimidating the first time you see their CRM.
I guess if your thinking WIX then sure spend a week and do it. But again, not everyone is actually capable.
If your business expands past the capabilities of WIX, or SEO isn't performing or something out don't like their checkout for a store then, that would also be the point someone pays you to make it better.
6. They just want to make it better.
What are your thoughts on the different major Wordpress theme development workflows: page builders vs classic themes vs FSE themes?
Now I get why you hate Ruby😆 hair issue
What about solidity and blockchain development would the demand increase because am currently learning it
Thanks.
Welcome!
Lol, this guy says "both-ends" instead of Fullstack...
He says Full Stack at 9:20 mark
No one needs to worry about ruby except me; who works with a dev who only uses ruby this past 4 years lol
Alot going on but most important thing to be productive but that seem difficult and also must must know how many money out of those also hard make it to scalable and profitable outcomes but seems alot things have been lost long ago
Dude service for small business is 100$ on upwork.
Avoid those
@@StefanMischook I guess what he's asking is, how do we compete with those?
Have you been involved in mobile app dev, either native or cross platform
Stay away from Ruby? Is there anything I need to know?
Damn that Ruby-On-Hair
14:02 beyond diet, do you have any sleep related practices that has helped you with your developer career? Good video, thanks.
Get to bed before midnight. Exercise daily for better sleep. Don't eat for at least 3-4hrs before sleeping.
You are at a great point in your freelancing business when you're able to turn down clients.
Is cloud computing still a big thing as a noob ?
but AI will replace developers??
Just learn Ruby. For some reason AI refuses to write Ruby code.
😂
I could not get my money out of PayPal - I called customer service they couldn’t help . What to do
I'm sold ! Ruby it is !
😁
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sold into slavery? Wink if you want us to rescue you!
So with small projects, can you choose to do them in vanilla php? if its a site that you are selling something?
Are we going to learn Ruby?
Ruby tends to have a logical backwardness that may possibly correlate to backwardness of hair growth.
Hello Stefan. I am new developer and i have loot of question... What you think about Django (Python) in web dev?
It is viable. Lots of people use it. That said, Node / Express or PHP Laravel are more common. But if you can find work with Django, you are golden!
why are you so frustrated with ruby, uncle steff? I don't know anything about ruby, it'll be great if you make a video about it.
what are your thoughts about django and mern. is django or mern worth learning
I actually wanted to count how many times you mock Ruby. But I lost count. I was like, promising myself I would curse Python as many times as you mock Ruby. How many times was it?
I lost count. I had a ruby app doing the tracking ... but it couldn't keep up and crashed.