i'm starting a coding interview class 

Good job buddy I am impressed

@@sxganapa1974 haha, haven't done anything yet notable, still on the climb

@@nathann4291 Hey, just saw this, um...I mean yeah I could? But most people are on 1, 3, 6 month timelines. So instead of a blanket amount, people just pay for how long they stay, I think that's reasonable

@@nathann4291 Interesting never thought of that, just added the new price tier Edit: Thought more on it and I will keep only the monthly, I think yearly is too long (people will forget they are subscribed, if people want to stay sharp they can use Leetcode, etc.). I want to keep the class focused to 1, 3, 6 month timeframes

An excellent reduction.

Thank you, I am very very honored.

hey, I have a friend from Peru, nice. He has so many llama's, like on his keychain, backpack, shirts

Nah, it's not anything too big, just doing a small class

Nice! Wish you the best!

Ha, no, I thank anyone trusting me to teach, I'm humbled by all of this

have you taken the course ? pls tell me how many videos are added till now and tell about fb group and doubt resolve group. thanks.

thanks!

Nice!! Keep going! Yeah, I've pondered and I'd 100% do it (like a weekly call), but right now I'm super busy building up each section to get the course to stability. Once things are stable I'll become much more 1on1 with weekly class lessons. Also, I 100% don't believe in 1on1 coaching. People learn best in programming when they are guided & take the final step themselves. I'm not 100% about just generating revenue, I actually want people to derive higher-paying and more satisfying job offers from the project...I just want it to be a sustainable business because teaching tires me out & having it be sustaining motivates me to continue.

ha thanks

sure and yes

it's fine

haha, "There is nothing unique material wise that your videos contain" - Every time I crei 😭😭 Ok, but yeah I get you, interesting breakdown. Um...I'm just a dude and I do what I do. I don't really reflect on any of these things or else I'd just be sad...I'm just doing blindly.

@@BackToBackSWE Well I did not mean "unique" in negative sense. What I was trying to say was the topic that you are explaining has other videos on it, but you explain it better.

@@shantanubapat6937 fascinating

Yes, I'll be posting 2-4 videos a week to only the class. All my teaching time go to the class and I'll be back here to teach the occasional free video. I just pulled all of (what I thought) were the most essential videos to have in the class from this channel.

Hey, some have asked and I'll look into it

Let's go back and build a big school. I wanna do that, so much talent to be developed in Ethiopia. Budding nation.

Thanks! Try out our 5 day free mini course for more good stuff backtobackswe.com/

Linear algebra, advanced algorithms, data science, & some writing class

Yeah, I plan to go into more depth on some from the RU-vid & the rest of the videos in the course will be unique. I just put my best videos from this channel in there because I think they should be a part of the curriculum being built.

Haha "the European in you" that's funny, yeah I just have to see what my time commitments look like. The class will be #1 for me for the next year along with general programming (React and APIs). If I have time left over I'll make videos for the RU-vid channel or release snippets from the course.

I'd do it if I had the time, but this actually makes more sense. It scales better to just put content on the internet versus teaching a closed class just at UMD alone. I think 389O should make a RU-vid and target college students because RU-vid is an excellent distribution channel. The mission will be better met & impact will be larger.

It is just videos & we discuss topics in the group. It is basically an extension of the channel but in class format, higher frequency of videos, more in detail videos, etc

have you taken the course ? pls tell me how many videos are added till now and tell about fb group and doubt resolve group. thanks.

The course will basically be me posting 2-4 videos a week indefinitely & answering questions people have in the Facebook group. I'd recommend hopping in 3-4 months before your interview.

@@BackToBackSWE when are you starting the course ? how many videos you have added till now ? whats the progress ? (cuz i have 4 months and i want to know when are you starting and how much are you going to cover in coming months)

@@music82936 When are you starting the course? It is already going. How many videos you have added till now? 6 I think plus about 20 of the best videos from the channel to complete as well. What's the progress? So the way it works is that we have a Facebook group where we all communicate and I make 2-4 videos a week then field questions there. In 4 months there should be about 60+ videos published putting the course at 80+ videos. (along with the FB group all the way to support you). It is basically this channel except I post highly frequent, make videos with more detail and effort, and answer questions in the group as well. In the next 4 months I'd say I'll cover a good amount? I think anyone selling a course with less than 300+ videos hasn't covered everything you'll see in the interview so I can't say I personally will cover it all. But you'll have to tools to figure things out and become competent for sure.

hahaha have you?

interesting

@@BackToBackSWE You already have a community, so you better do it on your own site.

@@inancgumus4125 Good observation. Yeah, we are launching a very large service in 3-4 weeks.

@@BackToBackSWE hope you are doing well

yeah, I'm on it, been really busy with school & now I wake up at 6am to do videos (just need more time). I'm making videos as rapidly as I humanly can.

@@BackToBackSWE Thanks man.

@@stephyjacob1256 ye.

have you taken the course ? pls tell me how many videos are added till now and tell about fb group and doubt resolve group. thanks.

no I havent

Yes, I changed it to a one time model since I didn;t want to do a monthly sub since it is just a library (for now) that is growing week over week gradually

have you taken the course ? pls tell me how many videos are added till now and tell about fb group and doubt resolve group. thanks.

ye

It is me adding videos every week, there are 21 of the best videos from this channel and I create 2-4 new detailed videos a week following a curriculum. I answer questions in our Facebook group as well. I want it to be like an indefinite class because there are hundreds to thousands of topics one can cover, but everything revolves certain core concepts I want to go into more depth with.

hey we have a new thing out lol

haha yeah

I'm a student so I'm back in school

I'm in my 3rd year of college. I really can't (unless special provision is made for me to not need a degree).

Back To Back SWE keep on then! Brilliant future

We now operate from backtobackswe.com

Hey, hm that's weird, do you have an email I can look up? You can message me here: backtobackswe.com/say-hi & I'll sort this out

have you taken the course ? already doing ? pls tell me how many videos are added till now tell about fb group and doubt resolve group. thanks.

Videos and the Facebook group for now but I'm looking into doing weekly live sessions.

Do you have the set of problems you plan to discuss in next 2-3 months?

@@SanjeevKumar-hj1fb Yeah, I have an open document with the videos listed and my progress on them. I'm refining things right now, covering time complexities in the meantime this week.

@@BackToBackSWE can you please share the document?

@@SanjeevKumar-hj1fb It is used internally within' the group, there is nothing special about it, just a spreadsheet.

Yeah, I sympathize, but I think all of our time's have value. We can't buy more of our time. I can't spend my whole days making quality videos for no return because that wouldn't make sense longterm. This was not an issue 9 months ago when I started because I never thought of it in this frame, I just made videos. But now the channel is pretty fleshed out and the course is the final longer extension. An equivalent question I'd ask is would you work at Facebook / {otherLargeTechCompany} for 25% off, 50% off? Would you work at Google and value your time at $30,000/year? Other courses/lessons charge $250+, but this course will stay at an accessible price basically forever because I want it to just be a normal class & not a crazy expensive course promising grand results. It is a simple exchange. I dedicate 20-30 hours a week to students & help them prepare for their interviews and people pay for that time investment. I think that is a fair deal. No hiding anything, no schemes, just a transparent exchange.

Is financial aid available?

@@FazeelUsmani no there isn't, um, yeah

Yeah, it is hard, I've tried subtitling but RU-vid won't autogenerate them. hmm

I am in your data science class then because I am taking data science.

@@BackToBackSWE shiiii maybe I should go to class more lol

@@In7enseCA haha, I sit in the back

Please make videos on data science too

@@Starfalll6783 I do not have expertise in that.

Yeah sure, I'm not sure what your ultimate goals are though, do they align? Just do what is right for your life situation, don't stress yourself

Back To Back SWE I’ve gotten a few interview with data structures and algorithms but I fail them. I try to do some leetcode and sometimes it hard not having some one to ask or a community. I saw the curriculum and really like it. Currently reading cracking the code interview. I’m looking or a full stack role or software developer. Thanks for the honest response

@@estebangutierrez8647 Nice yeah, I'm working hard to expand the course out right now, been swamped with school, etc. to make time for this course and the students.

Hey it is monthly

@@BackToBackSWE monthly means ? every month pay $29 ? $99 was for 6 months? what about life time access ?

have you taken the course ? pls tell me how many videos are added till now and tell about fb group and doubt resolve group. thanks.

hahaha, I'M TIRED. To be honest. School, stress of making videos, stress of little time to follow my passion of reading stuff, stress of responsibility of student's success (which I want) etc. Several tries at finding a business partner, always always always fails. I'm a single person trying to pursue large ambitions and it is so hard and tiring. I'm just tired. Crazy, I knew someone would notice, you can't hide your inner feelings, people have a keen almost primal ability to sense emotion & sentiment. Also, before making this video I was really scared to charge for my work, I literally almost didn't start the class. But my friend encouraged me to make this and launch.

@@BackToBackSWE This industry can be so draining and confusing at times. I spent so much of my time the two last years making a better resume, interview prepping, only to find out last summer that the fancy cs internship jobs and life I chased don't really make me happy. But yet, even right now, all I'm doing is prepping for next years summer internships. And it's like, why am I still chasing it even though I know it's not what I want. I don't know what else to do if not internship grind lol, I've been doing it for so long. I'm a little scared that I forgot what I actually like to do, and what I want with my life after I get all my current goals done. Need to take a step back and figure out what I actually want instead of just continuously grinding blindly. Right now I'm trying to find a smallish company/startup where I can really get to know the people I work with, and build something really cool, really efficiently. Wish you luck dude, I know I'll need it lol. I'll be on your course

@@nile7999 Yeah, I get that, I feel that way too. And same! I do this and it's like...I'll teach people...like it is within my competence to execute on that without a doubt, but it is ultimately not my passion. I just want to build products reaching hundreds of thousands of people. I will fulfill what this project requires of me in the next 2 years, but I'm in the hunt for legacy. And yeah I get that, that's the annoying thing. People always rocking swag with the clean logos. Like...idc. Get outta my face lol. I want to do something I wanna do. Our feelings aren't unique though, I know this is shared widely in the technical community.

no I haven't tried that, is it good?

@@BackToBackSWE Yeah and pretty hard too.

@@PavanKumar-jt5mq nice

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It depends! 1. Memoize 2. Change a used Data structure 3. Just change your program :p

@@Ayoub-adventures yuh

hey, you can contact on our website

ha, cool to hear, yeah that makes sense

@@BackToBackSWE ANY PROMO CODE?

Eventually yes, my goal is to make it a ground up course. Right now I'm working on scoping out the full curriculum and I think the community will have a hand in that. The course currently has the best videos from this channel & they are mid-level difficulty (that's what big companies normally ask later year students & full-time). I think that in the meantime as I scale the course up the Facebook group will be a big help. I wake up daily at 6am so I'll be in the group multiple times a day starting early to help students 1-on-1 when I'm not planning or shooting a video. Really up to you, don't do it if you don't want - I'd rather you just watch free videos here and I can still reach you to answer your questions although less frequent. Good luck!

@@BackToBackSWE what do you mean by ground up? I'm interested but need information

@@BackToBackSWE if i have 4 months to prepare for giant tech companies like Google ,fb and microsoft , Can you complete this course in next 4 months ?

@@BackToBackSWE it is monthly , so i have to pay every month ? Or i can buy whole course in 29 if i buy after 3 months when u have enough videos ?

@@imtiazmohamed5756 I want to accomodate total beginners, but the questions you get asked in an upper internship / full-time interview are farther along the road in terms of complexity. It will just take time for me to create enough videos to span backwards from where I'll start (medium difficulty questions) back to the bare basics (what recursion is, how is memory stored in a comptuer, etc.). I was just saying that the videos will be covering intermediate concepts that a beginner could grasp, but it'd be nice for the class to mature more and you join at a later point when I'm spanning back to the absolute beginner concepts. It's hard to quantify difficulty because it is relative to what you know and your pre-contexts.

haha um, sure?

hey

@@BackToBackSWE yo

@@wartrain12 hey

@@BackToBackSWE I'm going to send you a msg on LinkedIn. It's about your class

Yeah, totally reasonable, I get that. But I'd like to counter that everything up to this point has been free (and that is totally fine), but personally...I'm not that motivated to put 6 hours into each video anymore because this isn't my passion. The only way I will keep teaching is if something externally motivates me because I don't have a passion for 45-minute interview problems that have no correlation to real engineering work. I'm still here, I will still post on the channel...I'm just stepping back after months of grinding myself down and assessing what I really want, what my true passions are, & how this channel can continue without me just burning out and quitting. Other people absolutely love these videos, they will make videos for free & that's totally fine. But for me, I like coding so much more, building frontends, writing servers & working with databases. I don't care about interviews. My previous motivation was to help people along in their journey to get jobs & I think the channel does a decent job and the course will be the final extension to the finish line for that chapter of work. But now, I want to go in a new direction if I post consistently here...still deciding. But for now, I'm doing school, rapidly building out the course, & just trying to stay healthy while I reassess. I've been blessed to even be in a position to help so many people out so grateful, I just need to decide how I want to creatively shift this project so that I really care about what I'm doing & it still inspires people and helps them somehow.

You realize that if you take the amount of time he takes to make these videos and put that into you yourself actually studying the already existing content and maybe buy a textbook and or a udemy video or two, you'd be more than prepared for whatever it is you're trying to do. I also love the hypocracy, I love how you're asking him to make FREE content so you can help yourself get MONEY for his WORK.This is the internet at 2019, whatever it is you're trying to learn is already out there. His responsibilityto the community? I just can't handle your entitlement. He has ALREADY done more for the community than you have. Bro. How about you take your free time and take his place in making free videos? Don't forget your responsibility towards the community. If you take from it, you need to put back into it.

@@jackwindensky5606 Dang, thanks internet friend. I'm always scared to read comments because I'm like...people will roast me. But thanks, I don't deserve this.

@@BackToBackSWE ​ Back To Back SWE Looks like you misunderstood me . I don't think you remember, but I've been a subscriber and a fan of your content for a while now. I've said it once, and I'll say it again- you have done a fantastic job so far, and I'm grateful, along with everyone who has watched your videos. Oh, and to you- @Jack Windensky - Are you okay? Looks like you are in great pain... Also, thanks for fulfilling YOUR responsibility by spewing out unnecessary garbage in response to honest feedback, and thanks for letting me know that there are things known as books, where I can find the study material needed. I was blissfully unaware of their existence until the time you decided to enlighten me. And what was it that you said- "I also love the hypocracy, I love how you're asking him to make FREE content so you can help yourself get MONEY for his WORK"-since you are into programming, one would expect you to know the basic difference between asking someone to do something, and politely requesting him to not stop uploading on RU-vid completely while continuing with the course, for the benefit of all of us. It was just a humble request with utmost politeness, which you clearly lack ."BRO". Next time you decide to defecate, try to do it the usual way, and not over comments on RU-vid.

@@edwardnewgate2198 Your "honest feedback" was literally asking for handouts. On top of that, you were not "politely asking" as you call it, you were putting pressure on him by saying it is his "responsibility towards the community." It is not someone's responsibility to give you a free gift. I don't understand how you could be so dense as to think this is a way to ask for a "polite" and "humble request." Just think of how laughably absurd this sounds: "It is your responsability to pay my rent...." That is not politely asking you to pay my rent, that is not a humble request. That is a shameful way to ask for anything. So quit talking about my tone and check your logic and your entitlement.

haha ok

hwat did I do

hey

nah ethiopian american

what

@@BackToBackSWE web.mit.edu/alexmv/6.037/sicp.pdf He is probably referring to this.

hey

What did I do to him? Elaborate and I can provide detailed context, I think I'm familiar with what this is about.

@@BackToBackSWE He deserves to be respected and not be lied to. When someone dedicates 4 hours of their precious time you should respect it mate. Atleast he deserved a better explanation of why you couldn't upload the podcast.

​@@vineethkanaparthi785 ​Ah, yes, I remember this. So here is the story (just got out of class, sorry for a later reply): So going back to Apr 27, 2019. That is when I released the first podcast episode for Gaurav Sen. I was very excited to start the podcast and eager to see how people would react to it. I scheduled 4 guests ahead of time and began to interview someone new every 1-2 weeks. Then mid-May is finals here at the University of Maryland. I was borderline for my Organization of Programming languages class so I had to study and put the podcast to the side. I focused on making the main channel videos & studying for school. Then mid-finals I started preparing for my Twitter internship (learning React, getting better at JS, etc.). It was about then that I believe I interviewed Rachit. We had a great interview. Rachit was insightful and when I flew to Twitter by that point I had left the podcast alone and began focusing on programming most of my day. The podcast was 90% done with the introduction and conclusion remaining and a final scan through remaining as well to stitch relevant parts more cohesively together. Then I started working at Twitter. I began getting home at 7pm because I'd stay after to continue to study code and learn on my own time. When I got home I'd be exhausted and read books for leisure. Then I started working on www.thebigoguide.com. At that point I began staying at the office until 2am. I'd come into work drained (at 100% fault of my own) because I had a passion to build things. By this time I had forgotten about the podcast and didn't post on the RU-vid channel. Fast forward to 1 week ago. I returned to home here and have been preparing for school. My first day of school was today and still parsing all of the work on the plate as well as what I need to deliver for students for the class that I have just started. On a headachingly busy day I get a Google Hangouts message from Rachit saying, "Will you be working on the one we recorded or not?". I respond: "So I will not release it but I plan to pick up the series back up down the road" because I'm drowning in juggling multiple projects and school. He responds: "K" Then: "Please don't bother me next time" Where did you get the 4 hour figure from? The interview was about 1 hour. In fact, the following day I pulled an all-nighter near the week of finals to make an attempt at editing the podcast. That took 4-6 hours. So I've gone on too long, but ultimately this is just a big situation of life circumstance and miscommunication (largely due to a fault of my own). I'm a busy guy, but I'm definitely not a disingenuous man. I felt it was nothing major because these are both personal projects of ours, not mission-critical company projects. Discrediting another's integrity over a podcast is just silly and I apologized to Rachit for my being busy. I'm not sure what narrative you have consumed, but I have no vendetta against Rachit...I'm just another guy living. I do not want to turn over the podcast because it is not 100% ready to be published on RU-vid and I don't want it to be used. I'm not sure what more I can say. I'm sorry to whoever was offended, but this is not hurting anyone and it is just a podcast. We both donated out time (I invested far more of my time than he) and I don't think the content is good enough to be published nor do I want to continue to work on it. I will not have my arm bended for a project that is mine.

​ Back To Back SWE I know you as well as Rachit. Both of you are very hardworking. But what I didn't like is that you refused to share the podcast with Rachit Jain as well. You actually owed him that much when you decided to cancel to upload the podcast without even informing him, don't you think? Again, I don't have any harsh feelings for you.

@@antonygouton5216 Yeah it is a gray area, the issue is I don't want to turn it over (because I want to have influence in the final product) and I'm too busy to finish it