Software Engineers Discuss The Current Tech Market
The tech market is absolutely trash right now and the software engineering community isn't happy. Let's just say, the hot page on Blind is spicy and people aren't holding back. Today, fellow software engineer at Microsoft and my roommate, Shashank joins me to discuss the current market conditions. We cover salaries, layoffs, and if getting a visa to the US is enough to secure a beautiful wife.
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Timestamps:
0:00- Intro
0:36 - Google is f*cked
2:46 - Peace after a breakup
3:20 - Software engineering salaries
4:47 - Microsoft internship story
5:01 - 7 weeks of vacation at Amazon
7:21 - Becoming a multimillionaire
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Please talk about Artificial intelligence benefits, especially for those who just got a certificate from apps like edx.
Oh man. I love this format. Please do more of Blind reviews.
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Guys, this is a really cool format! I would love to see more such things from you
that makes me so happy to hear!
Hey Namahn! The people are hungry to hear more about your personal journey. When are we hearing some updates on where you’re at?
i have so many updates i'm dying to share, two videos already filmed and being released soon, and then the BIG one is coming right after -- are you following along the recruiting journey series?
Well, fear of deportation will keep you on your toes that's for sure. Reminds me of an old apocryphal "Believe it or Not" style story about a one-legged stool at a nitroglycerin factory, which was uncomfortable to be sure but kept workers from falling asleep on the job for obvious reasons. On a more serious note, in the UK a married man with kids can be deported even after becoming a UK citizen if his income drops below a certain threshold, which I found was rather high, about 20k pounds a year. From an actual case of a married with kids Indian man. Pretty cruel.
wow that's crazy
I've got 2 python certificates, what project would you recommend I get into to practice and build the intro skills I've learned?
build an e-commerce website clone or a todo list app for yourself, you can use a python framework like django or flask
The Google thing makes me sad. Google could have still been the pioneering leader of the tech industry, but Sundar came in, maximized the stock value, and to do so cut everything that gave Google any soul. It's now just a soulless corporation like banks and big car companies. It's boring now. Google died in 2017.
Hi, Namanh! I’m nearly a grad in IT, have been still heavily skewed to an interest in development (mostly web) my whole career. If you were in a position to choose your role in the industry, would development still be a good idea in the current state of tech? I’m considering as well either System Administration or Project Management
i’d definitely pursue web dev over the other options you mentioned, with full stack being even better (though more effort). honestly, i’d rank in the following order: backend, full stack, web dev
Hey Namanh, how would you stand out if you had zero experience in this current market to even be able to land interviews? I saw your video where you mentioned specialize, but if you can just elaborate on that point. Awesome content btw and good luck on your own job search journey.
projects, a public profile (open source contributions or your own website/portfolio/blog) along with connections to people (networking, attending events, etc) so you can get referrals
Any advice for front end(React and Next ) dev as the current market is not looking good
get really good with using LLMs to iterate on new designs and features for web dev FAST, then practice taking the templates and productionizing them
@@namanhkapur what's LLMs?
Large language models @@trustsinceway1182
if "landaing a job" has 10 portions. Distibute between OSS, referals/links with senior fellows, personal projects, nothing else for now:)
let's goooooo
Hey Namanh. Is it still a good time to work as a programmer nowadays? It seems harder and harder to get a job, and become rich being a programmer. 😢
we're definitely no longer in the good old days, but compared to most other industries, tech is still where you want to be -- compensation and opportunities might not be as good as compared to a few years ago, but if you put in the work, you can still get something really good
Do you know if ppl do side tech startup while working at fang, and not disclosing that to them? What are the chances they find out? And what legal consequences?
as long as it's not on work laptop and using work resources, and outside of "work hours" you're typically fine -- you can also disclose if you want to, usually they're pretty chill with it as long as no conflict of interest
I'm a junior majoring in cybersecurity. I have a 2.9 GPA with no tech experience and can't seem to land an internship. Do you have any advice? My only dream is to work with Linux systems
do you use linux right now, no reason you can’t - as for internship, apply online everywhere and then hit up alumni of your school as well as cold dm recruiters on linkedin
i am a second year CS with low passing grades, any ideas on how to land an intern? if you have a video or tips i would love to hear, do grades matter?
grades only matter if you can’t network, having people vouch for you is the best way to secure interviews
hey didnt you say you were doing a 3 part series interviewing for this job and you were gonna document the journey? Did you end up getting it?
next video dropping monday!!
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What would you say target schools for CS are and would you consider UMich a target school for big tech?
target schools are prob well known engineering powerhouses like some UCs, Ivies, CMU, and some other schools. I think UMich is well known so you should have no disadvantage, I interned with many UMich kids
next year i will try to start college (half-time) while working 8 hours as web dev, what do you think about it?
practice is what’s gonna make you better and a web dev job will keep you accountable while also giving you that real world industry experience, i see no problems - good luck!
i like these reaction videos with your friend
appreciate it man
When will the tech market recover? I've applied to more than 100 jobs, but never heard from any of them. Also, did you happen to find a job?
it's recovering slowly, i'd say give it another 6 months, but keep applying! stay tuned on my job update dropping soon
Namanh tell some interesting project in web development to build
anything crud or full stack like an e-commerce website clone or a simple todo app
Gonna start my cs degree , will I make it ? Any piece of advice?
you'll make it, focus on practice over theory. it's okay if you don't do well on exams, but make sure you finish every project no matter how hard it is or how long it takes
devin will take your job.
@@namanhkapur thanks for the advice, going to keep this in mind!
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So hard to get a junior to mid level dev job what should I do 😞
honestly just keep applying and interviewing and you’ll land something eventually
Advice for an upcoming cs major
They have stopped hiring in the bay area it seems
it'll pick back up soon, don't worry -- what roles are you seeing these days?
Do you think the tech market is down for EE’s?
i don't think so, EE job security might be even better than dev right now
Dot NET DEVELOPER market condition
not sure about .NET
Thanks Namahn! What’s your political affiliation?
i pledge allegiance to the society of brogrammers
Time to join the US military
nothing useful from the talk
why's that
Bro I love your content, I just read you was gonna answer the questions and I got excited. I have two years experiencie like software developer, and now Im working like AWS trainee in my second company (im in 6/9 software engineering degree). I got my green card like permanent resident in USA. Could i have opportunity to get a job like software engineer in USA? 😶 Ah, and I got the aws cloud practitioner certification the last month
for sure dude, honestly getting the green card might have been the hardest step you've already done, everything else is almost guaranteed with enough time and effort