The Key To A Happy Job 

I'm glad these clips are coming out (s/o editor/uploader) and that Big A talks about these topics. I've been having a rough time with work and money lately, and it's hard to really talk about it because it's such a taboo topic for most people. I hope things get better for me and every other chatter and commentor who work nonstop just to put food on the table and sleep in a bed at night.

All these comments about views are very lame

Atrioc my dude... I really needed this video today, thanks so much :) Myself and 7 other colleagues got laid off a few days ago and it's been a mix of emotions. I'd been working as a community manager for a UGC content platform with hundreds of thousands of users, and apparently they no longer need the community department because they are not profitable enough, despite being repeatedly told what customers want and how to improve their experience to make them stick around longer and spend money. Feels like a massive slap in the face. Love watching your conteent dude, keep it up

I graduated last year with an Information Science degree. I didn't have anything lined up, as I had been training really hard my entire senior year to ride a bicycle around the US (and, of course, busy with school work). I've been back from that journey for several months now and the job search grind has been so demoralizing. I really enjoyed the technical sides of my degree (we did a lot of Data Science projects in R and Python), but I know that I just don't have the programming knowledge necessary to get into the technical side of the field. The last thing I want to do is shitty financial services, but I'm not sure what else I really have a chance in getting. The last few months have been mentally hellish, as I moved out of my college town into a new city (with my family) where I know absolutely nobody. I feel guilty doing anything besides reviewing my school projects/honing my skills or applying to jobs, but I also feel like I'm going crazy all the time. I feel like everything in my life has stalled out, and it really, really sucks..

Was working as a AAA game developer and was not retained past the term of my contract last fall. I'm going to be teaching rich kids how to make games this summer to make ends meet and try to keep my resume relevant. As always, love the content big A. Maybe one of these days I'll stop being a VOD🐸

Idea for making the interview concept funny: Interview 3ish people for the same position but > 1 already has the job > 1 is actively looking for work in that field > 1 knows nothing about the job beyond the application

Note to the editor: don't cut out parts of the chat question Big A is responding to, it makes the video very hard to follow.

In some jobs you feel like you care more for the business than your boss, and it sucks...

One of the biggest things that has kept me in my job which by a lot of metrics is very mediocre in pay and benefits, is the sheer amount of data and reports at the lowest level employees fingertips, you can see KPIs minute by minute and are free to experiment with how you sell and how you make Margin... You can build an outstanding performance review just by knowing how you contribute and because everyone has the same data, your managers have no choice but to be fair to you

Best strat when you're in uni is to find a part-time job in a company you want to work in, or at least in a field you want to work in. There's a 90% chance at least that they'll want to continue with you after graduation. And your starting salary will be better than that of a fresh unproven graduate if you play your cards right. Will this land you your dream job? No. But if you survive for 2 or 3 years you'll be so much closer to your goal once recruiters start looking and you make your CV discoverable. Have I enjoyed my uni life to the fullest? No. Absolutely not. Instead of partying and fucking around, I was always at work and doing other stuff. But that's a sacrifice I was willing to make. We'll see if it works out

Went from working at the HQ of an S&P 500 company where the corporate politics and supervisors were incredibly toxic down to a company of only 15 people where everyone feels more like a family and the difference has been night and day on my happiness. The people you work with make a giant difference on how well you feel like you fit and and your overall enjoyment of your work. Went from a supervisor where anytime I heard from them it felt like a 50/50 guess on whether or not their calling me out over "fucking up" to a manager that feels more like a mentor and who I regular grab lunch with and enjoy hanging around.

If someone was hired to build a robot to replace me, I will partake in office guerilla warfare where I make very minute things in their life a little bit more difficult or uncomfortable in hopes that enough of it piles on to make them want to quit the company. No hard feelings, future ML devs.

MB for living in Sweden I guess

I remember someone leaving a RIOT packet at my meal prep job around 2015-2016 that looked very similar to that interviewing packet. I think it was about interviewing or first hires for engineers or a new department for engineers. It was very interesting to see behind the curtain, but my perpetually stoned ass could not understand it for the life of me. $0.02 for anyone

Im being laid off from a job where 90% what i had to do absolutely sucked. You 100% hit the nail on the head for why. I mostly did marketing but noone cared. If my boss needed to do a final check it would feel like I was bothering him with it and it would take weeks some time. Great video.

I would to see how Atrioc interviewed people at Twitch/ Nvidia. I did a lot of interviews at my last company and looked for general agreeableness and an 8+ out of 10 on problem solving. Now I find myself in a more senior position at a smaller company, and will need to lead interviews soon

Thanks for the clips! Dont really like all the zooming tho

FEDERAL JOBS

living thru the worst time in my life rn, BUT MY COMMENT AND BIG A'S WORDS GOT PUT ON THE CLIPS CHANNEL POGGERS. Thanks @aedish and Big A!

Hey Big A. I feel like part of what you said is contradictory. I am a high school teacher and feel like all 3 things you said (about having a happy job) apply to me. I absolutely adore my coworkers, I can track my success both qualitatively and quantitatively, and I feel like I make a difference with at least a few of my students. I think a lot of my coworkers would say the same, yet, as you know, most teachers are miserable right now. Why do you think that is?

Idea for the interview tactics stream: Atrioc interviews Punch for a Twitch/Nvidia/fake job. As the interview goes on, he gives advice on what interviewers are looking for and what he’s learned interviewing for Twitch and Nvidia

good tittle change lol

Blue collar work is stable as hell and pays well folks, especially for us gen z folk, the positions are in increasing demand as the older generations retire. You dont even have to break you back over it, there are skilled positions like equipment operating (which is fun as hell, damn near a video game) that pay insanely well. The benefits are plentiful, the work is rewarding, its in high demand, the pay increases with inflation, if yall are willing to put in 4 years for college an apprenticeship is a breeze.

Haha domino's pizza hat pizza boy

Based

The ability to measure whether you’ve done a good job is so important. I’m unfortunately in a position where the only numerical feedback on my performance is related to administrative busywork, rather than the on-the-ground work I do with my project teams that enables them to do their job properly. It’s incredibly demoralizing

atrioc interviews chat stream when?

Hey Big A any thoughts on the EA layoffs?

do you guys think its still worth going to college? just turned 22 don't wanna work shitty minimum wage jobs forever, i want to learn coding and i could def teach myself ive already started but seems like it will be really hard to find work without a degree but id also need to take out a student loan to be able to and i dont wanna f myself harder

Big A **really** messed up that interpretation about what the ML guy was saying about Software Dev and HR LOL (the guy even correct him in the comments and got donowalled)

Comments about views are lame

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Can big A do a video explaining why every youtube video changes title 2 hours after being uploaded? It's kind of cringe

Hi atioc

no views in 4 seconds…. this guy fell off

No views in 30 seconds, this guy fell off 😂😂😂

76 veiws in 2 minutes, rip big A

Not even 1k in 7 mins. Bro fell off😭😭😭

18 views in 2 minutes... this guy fell off...

Under 2K views.. Yikes duude.. 🥶