That's great you went your own way - too many people try to get into FAANG and realize that they're just another big company. I've interviewed some who were leaving because they were so bored working there.
working a faang job is just fancy slavery they make it look good to get u but you to look beyond the nice dining halls and shiny furniture and the rest of the bs
I work for FANG and I hate it. Not because it’s boring or because the benefits suck (the pay and benefits are phenomenal). I hate it because it’s stressful as shit. I work 60 hrs a week and constantly feel like I’m barely above water. Every coworker around me seems to know way more than me and is way more productive than me, even if they start around the same time. It has been a nightmare so far. On the upside, my coworkers and managers are really nice and supportive. I’m still stressed as shit all the time, though.
@@bosco7799 I'd say the primary issue is that the documentation sucks yet no one does a good job of explaining how things work. I just feel lost 90% of the time. It's extremely stressful because getting anything done takes double the amount of time since I need to spend a significant amount understanding how the thing works/how to accomplish the task/what the fuck I was even asked to do. But the work just keeps on piling up. I'm juggling like four projects right now, and that's not counting all the miscellaneous tasks I have thrown my way *daily*.
Hi! I also go to utd for computer science. I’d honestly love to do youtube/my own side projects for a living, and it’s super inspiring to see that it’s something that’s possible:]
Follow your dreams. It’s crazy how little people actually get to live the life they want to. It’s a gift, treasure it. I hope that can be me too one day. 🤞
and how you sustain your lifestyle with that? Maybe cuz i am from a really poor EU country and thats why i cant imagine how the money flows in, but those side bussiness generates enough money instead of consulting/freelancing in X amount of time? Cuz i saw in US there are soooooo fokin great money in the freelancing/consulting or its like more on that side as a work life balance? Anyways keep doing great yutbob vids🤙
@@tukib_ His advertised app has 40 ratings across 2+ years, and his LLC portfolio is only this app. I can assure you that you can build an app and get 40 ratings for less than the cost of an iPhone. Starting up and being able to live off your income out of the gate? Not easy. Starting up in general? Very simple.
@@qwerty-nr9sc by having another job? this guy has another job?? yt with 1.6k videos + freelance income is fine for rent, and apparently enough time for a small startup
I'll be completing my CS degree in a year. I'm worried that I don't know enough of anything, and I really want to get a good internship/job. I'm still exploring whether software engineering or data science is a good fit for me. I enjoy debugging and building stuff, and I also love working with data. I like to study too deep into my interests, and sometimes I feel like I'm losing the big picture, and then I jump to my other interests, and it causes that feeling of inadequacy in anything I try to learn. Any wisdom from any of you guys would be appreciated. I'm from Kenya, and my uni isn't state of the art in CS, but I worry enough and try to learn the important CS topics through MOOCS from MIT and the like.
If you're worried about whether or not you know enough, build some projects on your own. Make a website, make some program that solves a problem you have, it can really be anything. Make it open source and have a few of those around so you have a portfolio to refer to when people ask about what you're good at. Computer Science is such a broad topic that it's impossible to be good at everything, and you'll never be good enough to cover every single job position out there. But by having a portfolio, both you and employers get a good idea of what you're good at, which can help. Usually you don't even need that advanced stuff in order to get somewhere, just something to show them that you have some idea of what you're doing. Of course it's easier if you've graduated from a highly respectable university, if you've got good connections etc, but I know a few people who didn't even go to university and still landed well paying jobs in CS related positions. It's not impossible, all it depends on is how stubborn you are :P
Working on projects outside of school that you can present and show off to employers is your best bet. Get good at communicating and being likeable too, that can make up for lower raw technical skill. The job market is looking rough right now obviously, and people who are hiring don't want to spend time training newbies. It's good that you're worried. Hold on to that feeling, because that will keep you motivated! Just remember that in the end, everything will be ok. I graduated from a no-name school in the Midwest with 0 internships and my salary is in the top 5% of U.S. earners. Good luck to you!
Just like everyone else said here, work on projects of your interest. Show them on the top of your resume and LinkedIn profile along with all the applications, packages and techs you use. Good luck!
Is it possible to move more into the Electrical Engineering career path roles if you have a CS undergrad? Or would I have to go back to school to get the Electrical courses first with like a Masters in it?
Would you tell us how many years it took you to reach your current status [graduation age was not mentioned]? Also, would you tell us a little more about income and how you could compare FAANG to your current income?
I’m getting my Bachelor’s in CS, about to get my Associate. Is minoring in Mathematics a good idea or should I focus strictly on CS the whole way to Bachelor’s?
Yes, you’re going to have a tougher time freelancing or consulting with no proven track record of success. You’d better have one hell of a portfolio, resume, and talk track.
Anyone else struggling to get a job rn? Worked my ass off in school got summa cum laude majoring in CS and minoring in math 4.0 I feel like I have a strong understand of what I need to know as a junior/entree level developer but not even an interview lmao. Is this normal or is it just the economy and if it's the economy then we gotta start paying attention to who we vote for economic wise because it'll only get worse if we let this just go on and on you have no idea how pissed I'm getting.
Is there anyone who is willing to give me an advice because I am feeling bad 😢I got my Computer science degree but I am working as a teacher with different field but I am tired of this job because it's actually profit less but I am afraid of code .it's not mean I hate it but I am not confidenced but I want to be programmer Is it possible to become a programmer if so how long it will take 🤔 to master my skill
When you want to found your own business do you wanna create a product for a customer oder do you „just“ want to do consulting work? I think your options to create a solution to a customers problem are way broader as a software developer. Even if you have a concrete idea how a machine learning model can improve a customers life/create a USP, you still have to create an App/Interface around it.
Thats amazing..when the companys fuck us, you have done a good move. Congratulations i will do better then that to join into guys like you doing good webstuff not only to survive but to attend humans
If this dude getting rejected, I have no chance lol.
He probably does, still looks like a dweeb
You do have a chance, just don’t go for FAANG hype lol
Nah!, he didn't leetcode enough
I agree lol
Exactly bro. Exactly
That's great you went your own way - too many people try to get into FAANG and realize that they're just another big company. I've interviewed some who were leaving because they were so bored working there.
I recognize all but N- which company doss that happen to be?
@@Dlx329 Netflix
@@Dlx329 Netflix but it doesnt belong in the acronym anymore, its about time it should be replaced
Working for a FAANG sounds depressing as fuck
@@d0cx lol? It’s not , you get to work with the best and you get paid top notch
Everyone has its own aspirations after google rejects u ;(
Everyone’s villian origin story
@@JahannUlwhat do you mean ??
working a faang job is just fancy slavery they make it look good to get u but you to look beyond the nice dining halls and shiny furniture and the rest of the bs
But still. This guy is really good at what he does. Have you watched his vids?
I work for FANG and I hate it. Not because it’s boring or because the benefits suck (the pay and benefits are phenomenal). I hate it because it’s stressful as shit. I work 60 hrs a week and constantly feel like I’m barely above water. Every coworker around me seems to know way more than me and is way more productive than me, even if they start around the same time. It has been a nightmare so far. On the upside, my coworkers and managers are really nice and supportive. I’m still stressed as shit all the time, though.
Outsource it you tard
What would you say contributes to the stress? I'm currently in my second year of college and I'd love to hear from your experience
Lol lemme guess zon?
@@bosco7799 I'd say the primary issue is that the documentation sucks yet no one does a good job of explaining how things work. I just feel lost 90% of the time. It's extremely stressful because getting anything done takes double the amount of time since I need to spend a significant amount understanding how the thing works/how to accomplish the task/what the fuck I was even asked to do. But the work just keeps on piling up. I'm juggling like four projects right now, and that's not counting all the miscellaneous tasks I have thrown my way *daily*.
@@dcp303 Nope, not Amazon. I won't say which for privacy reasons, though.
I was waiting for the “maybe I got rejected…” lmao. Me too man
You should create more content about your startup journey. I don’t feel like many people document the process and the things they learn along the way
I've been watching your videos and good for you, you're good at what you do! Thanks for sharing your path
Very cool just to know how your career has started, nothing but more growth from here
very inspiring thank you ben
UTD Legend ❤
Why are you so cute bro 😫 -Nick
Its cool that you went to UTD for CS, I am also going to UTD soon for computer science!
Props! Nice to see a fellow comet succeed.
Basically what I want to become
Start uploading some videos, I'm sure you'll be great :)
Hi! I also go to utd for computer science. I’d honestly love to do youtube/my own side projects for a living, and it’s super inspiring to see that it’s something that’s possible:]
Good for you. I am at the start of my career and hope my path will be similar to yours, but somehow I doubt it :)
Follow your dreams. It’s crazy how little people actually get to live the life they want to. It’s a gift, treasure it. I hope that can be me too one day. 🤞
you’re amazing Ben!
Omg Ben I live like 10 minutes away from UTD,had no idea you went there
After getting a Network Administration diploma, I now want to branch out and specialize in the Cyber Security field.
You gotta follow your own path!
Keep doing what you love! Lots of love.
I miss your react tutorials 😢
This is nice to hear! Glad to see you in a prospering career with the way you want it to be-/!
and how you sustain your lifestyle with that? Maybe cuz i am from a really poor EU country and thats why i cant imagine how the money flows in, but those side bussiness generates enough money instead of consulting/freelancing in X amount of time? Cuz i saw in US there are soooooo fokin great money in the freelancing/consulting or its like more on that side as a work life balance? Anyways keep doing great yutbob vids🤙
Dude you have fantastic cheek bones. Should have been a model.
If only everyone had a mom that could fund their first startup
Starting up making software costs about the same as whatever device you made this comment on
@@tukib_ His advertised app has 40 ratings across 2+ years, and his LLC portfolio is only this app. I can assure you that you can build an app and get 40 ratings for less than the cost of an iPhone. Starting up and being able to live off your income out of the gate? Not easy. Starting up in general? Very simple.
@bigcheung5699 bro how tf you going to pay for rent without an income 💀💀.
@@qwerty-nr9sc by having another job? this guy has another job?? yt with 1.6k videos + freelance income is fine for rent, and apparently enough time for a small startup
Nice Ben. Do what you love, with a healthy challenge.
I'll be completing my CS degree in a year. I'm worried that I don't know enough of anything, and I really want to get a good internship/job. I'm still exploring whether software engineering or data science is a good fit for me. I enjoy debugging and building stuff, and I also love working with data. I like to study too deep into my interests, and sometimes I feel like I'm losing the big picture, and then I jump to my other interests, and it causes that feeling of inadequacy in anything I try to learn. Any wisdom from any of you guys would be appreciated. I'm from Kenya, and my uni isn't state of the art in CS, but I worry enough and try to learn the important CS topics through MOOCS from MIT and the like.
Consider data engineering or similar, it’s a good mix of the two…
If you're worried about whether or not you know enough, build some projects on your own. Make a website, make some program that solves a problem you have, it can really be anything. Make it open source and have a few of those around so you have a portfolio to refer to when people ask about what you're good at. Computer Science is such a broad topic that it's impossible to be good at everything, and you'll never be good enough to cover every single job position out there. But by having a portfolio, both you and employers get a good idea of what you're good at, which can help. Usually you don't even need that advanced stuff in order to get somewhere, just something to show them that you have some idea of what you're doing. Of course it's easier if you've graduated from a highly respectable university, if you've got good connections etc, but I know a few people who didn't even go to university and still landed well paying jobs in CS related positions. It's not impossible, all it depends on is how stubborn you are :P
Working on projects outside of school that you can present and show off to employers is your best bet. Get good at communicating and being likeable too, that can make up for lower raw technical skill. The job market is looking rough right now obviously, and people who are hiring don't want to spend time training newbies. It's good that you're worried. Hold on to that feeling, because that will keep you motivated! Just remember that in the end, everything will be ok. I graduated from a no-name school in the Midwest with 0 internships and my salary is in the top 5% of U.S. earners. Good luck to you!
Thank you all. This is amazing advice. ❤️
Just like everyone else said here, work on projects of your interest. Show them on the top of your resume and LinkedIn profile along with all the applications, packages and techs you use. Good luck!
Good for you. 👍
Really Proud of u bro
meanwhile I still havent even graduated at 25 lol
Neither I do at 23
Good vid for a portfolio
Love your tuts
Kudos for being honest
Good for you bro. Kicking ass
Props!
That’s awesome
I share the same mentality. Good luck
Ur amazing Ben
Is it possible to move more into the Electrical Engineering career path roles if you have a CS undergrad? Or would I have to go back to school to get the Electrical courses first with like a Masters in it?
Way the go Ben!
love from another UTD grad in software
How can you get into consulting? Do they have consultations with regards to web development?
Would you tell us how many years it took you to reach your current status [graduation age was not mentioned]?
Also, would you tell us a little more about income and how you could compare FAANG to your current income?
good :)
do you still recommend UTD for comp sci? I got accepted there but i’m still debating whether or not i should go there or a&m
same did u accept?
I’m getting my Bachelor’s in CS, about to get my Associate. Is minoring in Mathematics a good idea or should I focus strictly on CS the whole way to Bachelor’s?
Bigger is always better
@@paradiseexpress3639 so just double major
A minor in any other subject would be good - depends on your interests. I was a double major CS-Math with an Econ minor.
Honestly it does not matter. But if you like math, do it!
It depends on what you want to do with your CS degree. If you want to go into AI/ML the math background will be really helpful.
Congrats brother
Woooahh you went to UTD?!?!? I just graduated from software engineering
You should convert your cooking app into an interoperable blockchain which you can share between friends and families and do simultaneous cooking
Coolest job ever.
If I could just any job as a software developer my dream would come true. I’m just not smart enough for the math involved unfortunately
30hrs week as we say here in Brazil. minde papai.
Success bro. The most I can reach from now is working on US company
So the question is, was it worth it to spend so many years studying and get a CS degree?
yes
Yes
If you can create a successful UA-cam channel
it is worth it as much as you want to believe it's worth it.
no, but ur asking this question so yes
you are awesome
planning to go to UTD for comp sci as well
whoosh!
WHOOSH!
Ben habibi you should go on the iced coffee Hour with Graham!
Did you find it hard to start freelancing without having work experience or was what you learned from uni and creating tutorials enough?
Companies find him to pay him because of his UA-cam reputation
Yes, you’re going to have a tougher time freelancing or consulting with no proven track record of success. You’d better have one hell of a portfolio, resume, and talk track.
good job bro
What coding program do you use
Woosh 🌠
What is the cooking app and how does it make money
Thanks❤
Woosh ☄️
What do i have to learn to create apps?
Wait, you got consulting gigs without FT experience at an actual company? You must be a beast at interviews lol
Let’s goooo much better than go into big tech
the goat
i dont think it could be more cliche than going straight for google and facebook
Can you do Angular tho? 🥕🚜
Doesn't matter what school you go to. Just get the piece of paper. I work at a big Tech company with a CS degree from a nobody school.
Love
How did you get into consulting
My man
Woah you went to UTD... That's where I'm going
same
Same, unfortunately
@@TheNanoBust why unfortunatly?
@@TheNanoBust lmao
Omggg I'm going to utd in the fallll
Anyone else struggling to get a job rn? Worked my ass off in school got summa cum laude majoring in CS and minoring in math 4.0 I feel like I have a strong understand of what I need to know as a junior/entree level developer but not even an interview lmao. Is this normal or is it just the economy and if it's the economy then we gotta start paying attention to who we vote for economic wise because it'll only get worse if we let this just go on and on you have no idea how pissed I'm getting.
Not just trying to get into FAANG either btw I've been applying to anyone I can find
At what year?
most famous comet at this point 🤯☄️
Ross Ulbricht 😂
No way we're the same age
Is there anyone who is willing to give me an advice because I am feeling bad 😢I got my Computer science degree but I am working as a teacher with different field but I am tired of this job because it's actually profit less but I am afraid of code .it's not mean I hate it but I am not confidenced but I want to be programmer
Is it possible to become a programmer if so how long it will take 🤔 to master my skill
What was your cgpa
Graduated with a Bachelor's or Masters?
Damn your App went from 40 ratings to only 4😂
hapiness is ...
How do you make money ?
Ben we the same age, let’s be friends
what vappened to void pet
Hi from utd
I thought u 26 y.o.
you’re 25? i thought you were a boomer
Dallas is kind of a abuse word in India💀
Bro, wvery time I hear a word in English, an Indian goes "that is an abuse word in my country." Like can yall stop abusing each other lmao 😅
rejected ? if you give your ULTIMATE BEST , even tho one has no knowledge of CP prior to college , they have chnaces of getting in , right?
You look so much like my ex. I’m swooning. 🥰😍
a prodigy
I'm choose between machine learning engineer or software developer/engineer which is more worth it for work or making my own business ?
When you want to found your own business do you wanna create a product for a customer oder do you „just“ want to do consulting work?
I think your options to create a solution to a customers problem are way broader as a software developer.
Even if you have a concrete idea how a machine learning model can improve a customers life/create a USP, you still have to create an App/Interface around it.
Wat bout the salary
You aren't a tech UA-camr without the obligatory unasked humble brag
Thats amazing..when the companys fuck us, you have done a good move. Congratulations i will do better then that to join into guys like you doing good webstuff not only to survive but to attend humans
UTD!!!!