Day in the life of a Software Engineer | WFH in my new apartment at 23 

love to see that 🫶 one of the most asked questions on the channel has been if its too late for someone to start and i always say no and comments like these will definitely morivate some people 🤝

​@LukeMadeIt It's definitely never to late to start! I got my associates at 25 and have been a system Admin since then.. Now, at 33 im about switch over to a software development roll. Got lucky, and my company is willing to train me up after showing some self study and constantly bugging them lol.

​@@gamereactzwow congrats 👍

@gamereactz its not luck if you put yourself in the situation my friend, so congrats on the career switch great to see 🫶

Never is late bro! is a good age to start it! go hard and never stop, just keep it!

its one of those "when it rains it pours" if i slack on one thing, then everything seems to go to shit 🤣 but yeah i totally get what you mean and can relate 🤝 lets end off the year strong bro 👊

@@LukeMadeIt it We definitely will man we got this 💪🏼@@LukeMadeIt

BIG LOVE ❤️ means alot to me that you've been there for the journey, im looking forward to seeing your growth aswell 👊

trying to keep the desk area as clean as possible 🤝 helps me focus

really appreciate it 🫶 sometimes keeping it simple is the way to go 🫡 spent alot of time recording the shots so in editing didnt have to do as much 🤝

thank you my friend ❤️ trying my best to get better with videos 🤝

thank you my friend 🫶 the windows actually have blinds theyre just folded up so it doesnt block the view but if its too bright i put them down 🤝

thank you again my bro ❤️ its definitely been a good addition 🤝

means alot to me that the videos have been inspiring my bro 🫶 to be completely honest my university studies have been little on the back side but i should make a video about time management since many people have asked this 👀 but in a nutshell im taking the uni at a slower rate than fulltime students, havent dropped out or anything like that

In tech you don;t need a degree if you already have a job. Finish it, but slowly. The job is more important@@LukeMadeIt

agreed, thats what im currently doing 🤝

👊👊 love to see you starting out so you g trust me youll get far

will do my friend 🫶 glad youre liking the bideos 🤝👊

man you will get there sooner than you think 🫶

appreciate that and glad to hear the vid motivated you to get back on track 🫶 looking forward to seeing your growth 🤝

thank you my bro 🫶 wanted to switch things up a bit was really fun making this 🤝

thank you my friend ❤️ wish you the best aswell 🤝

on the weekends i actually go for long walks its my favorite part of the week but yes i agree 🤝

Good luck bro, i live a similar life as a Senior SWE in london, grew up very poor and lived in the hood. Im now about to buy my first property for half a million. Life is crazy. In my spare time im building a business and doing brazilian jui jitsu@@LukeMadeIt

G! congrats on the success bro hoping to achieve similar things myself 👊 martial arts is definitely something i need to start doing aswell, great cardio + good for the mental 🤝

love to hear you been making good progress with health and stuff its the foundation of life 🫶 looking forward to seeing you grow more and congrats on the new apartment 🤝 really appreciate the comment too 👊

appreciate that my friend ❤️

haha yeah the growth has been quick 🤣 for the keyboard i currently have the Logitech pro G or something like that its called, but looking to upgrade for a wireless keyboard soon to keep the desk clean 🤝

thank you for watching it 💜

thank you my friend ❤️ and yeah pretty much do 0 gaming now 😅

thank you bro 🫶 trying my best 🤝

lil sneak peak for the homies 😈

i used the free version of davinci resolve in all of my current youtube videos, now that i got a new camera and shoot 10bit video i had to upgrade to the paid one but the free one is perfect 🫡 my edits are not too complex i just try to record the clips in a way that they go smoothly together, and also lining up the clips with the music youre playing makes a huge difference

Thanks so much you're a legend!!

@@LukeMadeItAlso what monitor are you using?

💜💜 its a 49'' one from dell i cant remember the exact model but im dropping a setup tour soon so ill make sure to include it in that one 🤝

Awesome thanks🙌 One more question - where do you get your music for your videos?

haha i actually live with a roommate, couldnt do it alone yet 😅

thanks 🫶 full setup tour coming soon need a couple more things added to it 🫡 at work the most basic webdev stack TS, React, GQL but it gets the job done

thank you fr ❤️ im in Helsinki, Finland 🤝

for work i use only the macbook but for content creation etc i have a windows PC 🤝

@@LukeMadeIt I would like to buy a macbook to program which one do you recommend and do you think that 256GB is enough?

haha thats true! got the sofa last week will post a fully furnished apartment tour really soon 👊 and will do thanks for the support 🫶

❤️❤️ thank you my bro

Breakfast before gym depends on the person, and you will have to try it out by yourself to see what works best for you. I personally can't go to the gym on a completely empty stomach, but if I did I would make sure I had a high carbohydrate dinner the night before so you can feel more energised. Also drink a nice amount of water before going, hydration will impact you that much more on an empty stomach. Some electrlytes would probably help out too, tho I don't think it's essencial if you do everything else right.

for me ive never been into breakfast i just dont have any hunger in the morning so trying to force myself to eat isnt really something i want to do 👀 sure in the workout id probably have more energy but honestly going fasted to the gym feels really good aswell 🤝 for caffeine its just been a super bad habit its a drug that should be used moderately to maximize the benefits so thats why im cutting back on it right now too, we'll see if i can fully quit it at some point 👀 but no matter the amount of caffeine, sleep is always king 🫡

@317ernestomarcos2 agree on the hydration part 🤝 i used to add just salt to my water in the morning, now i have electrolytes but getting hydrated after 8 hours of not drinking anything is super valuable

@@LukeMadeIt l remember someone saying having above 10 hours of sleep is a must if you have congenital tasks. l didn't quite understand it, l thought 8 is the best or sufficient. But, l am sure he knew what he was talking about, about why. Do you have a schedule? And if it is same for every day? l always felt that something was used way too often in a day, is surely a drug, about things that can be consumed. Perhaps they are other alternatives to get a burst of energy or solving temporary a bad sleep day? Like fruits, salad, dark chocolate (in moderation), something which l don't know yet. You get the idea. .l remember a saying " For morning, eat like a rich man. For noon, eat like normal man. And for night, eat like a poor man". l believe it has to do with work or a day. A human would surely need energy from food for the first half of their day A valid idea but often, it depends on the person and his case?

@deadspace4755 my sleep is actually quite consistent and i use the ouraring to track it everyday (disclaimer i work there) but in many of my other videos i actually show the sleep stats idk why i didnt add it to this one but sleep has been super important to me for almost 2 years now 🤝 for fasting theres actually quite good evidence of it increasing productivity, sure eating a light breakfast might be good aswell but eating alot in the morning causes brainfog which i avoid by fasting, and during the first half of the day is when i get the most important stuff done too 🫡 and too close to bed i dont eat huge meals either because i dont want my body to be using energy for digesting food when its time to rest 🫡 thats been working quite well for me

yeah feels like a dream every time still 😅

i work at a startup but also would love to have one myself at some point 🤝 rn dont have the time tho for it 🙄

thank you bro 🫶 i got a Dell 49'' ultrawide, my company gave it to me actually 🤝

thank you bro 🫶 the laptop is a 16inch macbook pro with M1 Pro chip i got it from work 🫡

haha you know 🤝

appreciate that 🫶

haha someone commented that me putting the ham into the oven broke their heart too 😭 but yeah thanks for this 🤝

yoo good questions! thanks for stopping by the channel aswell 👊 1. When I work im in work mode, my phone has notifications turned off and theres no other distractions near me. this way its a little harder to break focus and makes it easier to enter flow 🫡 2. i take little bit longer breaks inbetween my work blocks which has helped but honestly i havent found a perfect solution for this, usually after a day of work im drained 3. i havent dropped out, i just do uni at a bit of a slower rate (in finland uni is free) so not stressing about it atm just focusing on work more atm 4. for interns people just want to see someone who wants to grow and tries their best to achieve that, you shouldnt be under any big pressure of being the best, but to be excited to face new challenges and start tackling them. also something thats underrated is to go talk to people around the office and being a good colleague, if people like you and like to have you around, theyre more likely to root for you and go the extra mile to help you get to the next level 🤝

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dinner in some countries is like their main meal (comida fuerte), so it could actually be too late for us mexicans

for me if i eat dinner too late it affects my sleep kn a bad way since my body is still digesting food, so around 5-6pm is the latest i usually eat dinner 👀

thank you 🫶 i really enjoyed making it so im glad you liked it

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thank you for the support bro 🫶

thank you my friend ❤️ currently using the lpgitech G pro, although id want to get a completely wireless one soon

the mac is my company laptop so i want to seperate the 2 🫡

Sure, it's good practice.@@LukeMadeIt

thank you bro ❤️ and not anymore, i much prefer making videos over gaming rn 🫡

🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ no clue, havent ate it in a minute tho

haha fr even the meetings 🤣

haha i never ended up finishing it, i should now

@@LukeMadeIt YOU MUST!!! And you won't use windows or macos anymore....

hahahaa i remember instantly switching to kali when i watched mr robot the first time 🤣

so far been working really well 🤝

glad to hear that 🫶

haha it felt kind of empty without furniture tbh, recorded the house tour yesterday will upload next week now its way better 🤝

love to hear you liked the vid and put the recipe to use 🫶 appreciate the comment

so far its been great bro 🤝

i go for "low taper fade"

for applying to jobs you need to somehow show that you can do the job and that comes with building projects 🫡 i guess its a pretty hard job all in all, some areas are easier than others but theres a reason for the high pay 🤝

"you can always be thinner, look better" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 appreciate you being there, looking forward to seeing your growth aswell 🫶

pretty much yeah, decent life still 🫡

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km located in helsinki, finland 🤝

@@LukeMadeIt wow beautiful place🥰

hey! to be completely honest there are quite a few mandatory math classes, those were the hardest for me aswell but if you keep pushing you will pass them like i did. sure it took longer than for some other students but end goal is the same it just depends if youre willing to push through 🤝 id say its worth it

@@LukeMadeIt thank you

will do in the future my brother 🤝

interesting 🤔 ive been switching up the diet recently aswell will upload a new vid this week

haha its always the same people aswell, usually on a friday theres more people than other work days

sometime i want to just go in the wild for a minute aswell away from the city haha

you will get there soon enough my friend 🫶

big love 🫶 glad you liked it 🤝

in Helsinki, Kalasatama 🫡 theres 4 of these towers atm

helsinki, finland my friend 🤝

@@LukeMadeIt helsinki is kinda lit bro. As far as I heard

its a cool place definitely 🤝 still want to move to a bigger city tho haha

hey bro! the titles are just titles, in the tech space software engineer and software developer refer to the same thing (someone who codes). depends on the company which one they use or they can even use a combination of both like amazons software development engineer so dont worry about the job titles 🫡 now MERN is defo a good stack to pick up for web dev so if that interests you id say go for it 🤝

@@LukeMadeIt thank you so much for ur words bro🙏

fuck im going in the wrong direction then 🤣

hahah yeah 23 bro 🫡 but dude BIG congrats on the dev job fr the fact that you started a job now when everyone says its the most hard time youll be chilling 👊 and just for transparency sake i live with a roommate ill show in the next video the house tour and explain more 🤝

not 100% sure but around 700cals and 50g protein 🫡 depends how much you add each engredient

well everyone starts with no experience, id recommend just learning to code as the step 1 take a course on python and just see how you like it 🫡

@@LukeMadeIt thank u so much🫶🏻

quite alot since i live with a roomate 💀

hey! i think thats completely normal, probably everyone goes thru it, especially with indexing starting from 0 it can take a while to start making sense 🤣 but trust me with practice youll get it soon enough

hey bro! 👊 tips on what exactly 👀

@@LukeMadeIt I'm struggling to code so how can I learn in easy way!

whats up bro! i actually just replied to your earlier comment few minutes ago! 🫡 but i did the "avoin väylä" and got in through that 🤝

Thanks man appreciate it bro your content is 🔥🔥🔥 helping a lot my high school not really doing then I found coding and now I want to study more of it in UNI thank you so much man.

love bro ❤️ you can talk to your "OPO" if youre in finland to see what they got to say but if highschool grades arent enough for you you can do the same as i did

Alright thanks again for your help keep doing what you doing man. You making a big positive impact bro.

from finland my friend 🫶

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congrats on the new job 👊👊 it will always be hard(ish) but learning new things becomes easier overtime just keep learning stuff and you'll do well my friend 🤝

its -20 degrees celcius atm what is there to do 💀

100% i will my friend i promise 🫶

its the dolce gusto genio s 👊 no expensive at all its pretty good

that took like 30 tries no lie 🤣 it was even harder because i had the phone in my face trying to record the POV so i couldnt properly see but the shot came out looking cool haha

not yet! im still enrolled, havent dropped out either in 2024 i aim to graduate 🤝

haha the keyboard and mouse combo goes hard 👊 my gym routine is push/pull/legs and i just rotate that so basically: push = pushing muscles (chest, shoulders, triceps) pull = pulling muscles (back, biceps) legs = legs HIGHLY recommend getting the membership gym really helps me in other areas aswell not just health you dont need to become a huge bodybuilder but just pushing yourself is so beneficial 🤝

thats the minimum i aim for 🤝

Take Harvard CS50's Introduction to Computer Science. In my opinion the best possible foundation you can get as a software developer and it is suitable for complete beginners. At the end of the course you will be able to make a full stack application on your own for your final project

wow i have taken the first part of it like 3 weeks of c but i what year should i take? like cs50 2023?@@navnav1819

i also didnt know it can learn that much wow! thanks man

also, could you please rate out of 10 how much languages i will learn for exp, Python: 7/10, please thanks man@@navnav1819

hey bro! first i just wanna say that no matter what roadmap you do its not going to be quick to become a SWE (atleast in my exp) so be prepared to do this for a while if you want to succeed 🫡 i dont know your experience level but i usually just recommend people start with python to get their feet wet and learn some fundamental stuff about coding and i think python is the easiest for that and thats what i did aswell and build some projects after you know the basics 👀 so just pick some course from someone you trust and finish that course dont stop midway through or switch languages just start coding. i see someone recommended CS50, i havent done it myself but if you liked it then just finish that one before moving forward dont switch resources constantly it will slow you down after that if you know you want to get into web stuff id complete the Fullstack Open course or i hear the odin project is good aswell so you can take a look at that aswell but some course that teaches you web dev and after the course again build projects its the key to learning 🤔

i live with a roommate bro 💀 often i go to the office aswell

@@LukeMadeIt oh aight aight

maybe not fully but it would have a better effect if i dont use it as often

whahahaa appreciate that G

LOVE ❤️❤️

finland!

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yes im a fraud

bro think he carti

hahaha tv standi coming soon 🤞🤣

he who loves the journey goes further than the one who loves the destination