Why I QUIT Software Engineering.

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I have spent 7 years and thousands of dollars in getting my Bachelors and Master’s degree in software engineering. Done 4 internships during that period, Grinded Leetcode for 100s of hours and now I have just left all that behind and quit software engineering for good. Making this decision was grueling, the sunk cost fallacy really hit me good. So why exactly did I do so ?
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@frogsama666 8 дней назад

Everyone on RU-vid: 2021-2023: A day in the life of a Software Engineer. 2024: Why I'm quitting Software Engineering.

@kantorobo7718 25 дней назад

I'm quitting my job and flying to tokyo to persue my business in robotics, I don't have the luxury of savings or being able to go to my parents. So if I am crazy enough to do this with legit nothing but a degree and software experience. You can do it too ;)

@FredericGariepy 24 дня назад

You got this. Never lose your drive.

@deepakbehera8508 19 дней назад

Business in robotics?

@aoeu256 15 дней назад

Tokyo be expensive O_o. I heard that remote areas in Japan are cheap, you can homestay in Japanese homes in the countryside but they won't want to teach you Japanese since they want to learn English from you haha. Me I built a language learning environment for Chinese, but still frustrated at how much better language immersion tools could be. I wish I could partially translate automatically all messages on discord so I can practice Chinese while on english places for example, there is DEEPL/QTRANSLATE clipboard translator so I can google and find videos in language I'm learning, but I wish I had a chatGPT clipboard tool so I can get multiple auto-completion options for my butchered mixed English/Chinese sentences. I wish I had a continous convenient OCR for hardsubbed videos, and good real-time transcription (mine is very inconvenient). 东京很贵O_o。听说日本偏远地区物价便宜，可以寄宿在乡下的日本人家里，但他们不会教你日语，因为他们想跟你学英语哈哈。我为中文构建了一个语言学习环境，但仍然对更好的语言沉浸工具感到沮丧。我希望我可以自动部分翻译不和谐上的所有消息，这样我就可以在英语场所练习中文，例如，有 DEEPL/QTRANSLATE 剪贴板翻译器，这样我可以在谷歌上搜索并找到我正在学习的语言的视频，但我希望我有一个chatGPT 剪贴板工具，这样我就可以为我的混合英文/中文句子获得多个自动完成选项。

@tonym5857 15 дней назад

Good luck bro 💪👏

@david94134 13 дней назад

Why Japan? Where are you going to find VC?

@1boi593 11 дней назад

200k is really good salary. The truth is that most businesses fail.

@codegreenie3429 8 дней назад

With 50% gone to taxes

@anonymousbro6657 6 дней назад

Reality is 200k isn't crap until you make around 500k you're broke. You still have to lease cars and use credit cards. The entrepreneurial route is the only route

@Cantguardzay 3 дня назад

@@anonymousbro6657not necessarily 200k is more than enough to live comfortably here in the US. Most of the country doesn’t make half as much. Most people just live above their means

@legendofthefox86 25 дней назад

You will never forget your fundamentals and can always go back to code if you need too. If you have the drive to try something different you should explore that with confidence.

@SaifAli96 25 дней назад

Following your journey, keep us posted!!

@leilah6328 25 дней назад

You can totally make it happen! Cheering for you 👏

@TimothyBurns-lb4cb 25 дней назад

I love these audio captions. It keeps my attention.

@johnsmith1953x 11 дней назад

I wonder how he made them?

@PlotPointz 24 дня назад

Wish you the best, I set a calender note 1 year from now hoping to see you succeed in the goals you have discussed.

@thetkhaing633 20 дней назад

Dude, I really appreciate you. That would definitely take a lot of courage to make a decision like this. But sometimes it's okay to explore something different.

@prateekster 13 дней назад

I feel you dude, good luck!

@TheMemin247 23 дня назад

Dudeee, im in the same boat, im mexican and thanks to software eng i was able to live in the USA, with a work visa. This year i returned to mexico cuz i just fucking hate the way of living in the USA, its a golden cage. I earned more money but ended up spending a lot of it. Last year i got a new mustang GT 2023, my dream car and guess what I felt lonely as fuck. Thanks god a hail storm fucked it up and the insurance just paid for the car and got me out of debt. Now im in mexico and after 4 months of looking for remote opportunities now I'm working fully remote making less but also spending alot less and ive been loving every single day, im more free here. Trust me, You will succeed.

@daywhisper-ys9tn 21 день назад

Nice one

@Toulkun 18 дней назад

Too bad Mexico is great only around Cancun and everwhere else someone gets kidnapped by cartels

@P8860 18 дней назад

Man that's awesome!

@videofandude99 16 дней назад

horale! stay positive y sigue dandalo ganas!

@tonym5857 16 дней назад

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💪💪💪💪

@iiwakenashi 24 дня назад

U bro are a LEGEND! First i thought what u are talking about but then i realized that you are 100% right my friend. Keep going

@ankur9662 25 дней назад

Hello bro, Hoping for your success.

@salymakhmedov2196 16 дней назад

Man I totally relate to the reasons why you quit. I'm literally seeing the same path, I want lots of kids, a wife that stays home and takes care of them but having a 9to5 won't get me there.

@jeffcauhape6880 12 дней назад

Congratulations on figuring this out while you are still young! I wish you all the best.

@somyaagarwal627 24 дня назад

Would love to see how this journey is going to be! Best of luck

@kbgsalla1439 12 дней назад

I believe in you man please don't give up wish you many blessings.

@shamelH 27 дней назад

Wow what a piece of art. I love this man. Good luck brother

@JibrealKhan1997 27 дней назад

Thank you, brother 🙏

@ndobrevgw 12 дней назад

Good luck with your business journey forward. I got touched by your video and I really wish you success. I subscribed and looking forward seeing more from you.

@jsl759 10 дней назад

Man you have our full support. Seeing a man driven by ambitions and dreams is truly heartwarming ! I will do the same as you ! I will build my own business and projects and make it. May we all make it !

@matthewjama 20 дней назад

whatever makes you happy bro!

@harismobeen6760 25 дней назад

Good luck man..👍

@DoesNotMatter85 11 дней назад

Subscribed because of your spirit. Good luck for your business(es). Hope there will be many!

@admildomanuel544 22 дня назад

Just subscribed, keep on uploading and posting. Loved this video, I'm here to see what you do next. Subscribed as a way to support. Keep on going.

@hartake6667 17 дней назад

Subscribed bro much love God bless our time is a gift and shouldn't be exploited

@nbktechworld 10 дней назад

Good luck!

@abdirahmann 25 дней назад

i wish you the best!

@jedidiahanarfi 13 дней назад

This is great, bruh! All the best! You just got a new sy subscriber!

@user-bv8gl5lq5o 13 дней назад

Keep going, brother. You will achieve your goals, and the universe will help you.

@sanchalidoifode846 27 дней назад

Hey, your 76th subscriber this side, good luck for your journey ahead!!

@JibrealKhan1997 26 дней назад

Welcome aboard.

@user-wp5qo6qg7q 17 дней назад

Best of luck, hope you can find something that interests you

@user-qh6ey8pb9k 8 дней назад

you could do this Bro.... Never give up. I gonna be a witness of your journey for the next year.

@noobkiller100 25 дней назад

Interesting story, good luck sir

@onuorahbenjamin7749 13 дней назад

I loved and subscribed to your channel already. I love your dream and we seems to have a lot in common

@mo100saad 26 дней назад

Good Luck!

@user-rm5bk3tw1s 24 дня назад

Good luck bro

@ibendover4817 9 дней назад

"bachelors + masters +4 internships" for software. Overkill and paints a picture. Definition of working harder not smarter...something that will get you booted out of the industry pretty quick.

@s-guytech9160 14 дней назад

Your main mission seems to be getting rich, getting rich is fucking hard and depressing sometimes, unless you go the illegal way, most people who are actually doing the things they love and are happy aren't rich, they are just okay, which is fine to me.

@Arbiteroflife 14 дней назад

Yea, the reality is the vast majority of people won’t get rich. I think maybe 10% of people in US and Canada will ever have 1 million dollars, and 90% of those people are probably over the age of like 55 or something.

@billfortenbaugh3740 13 дней назад

Nice video production. Very "ambitious" and looks like you know what your doing. Best of luck Jibreal.

@irisvanjunior4512 15 дней назад

good luck friend

@nickst2797 13 дней назад

What language(s) did you use?

@jayceontalylor4244 25 дней назад

Here is a Like and Subscribe From Tunisia brother ! i totally feel you ! profit from the good weather in India ! make Sport ! say good bye to snow and depressing weather ! and welcome to the beautiful life in India where most people dont recognize its value unless they live abroad for few years ! No place like home brother !! good luck in your new life

@drewskt1 24 дня назад

A family with a single earner who can support an entire family while the other partner is stay at home parent is not traditional. Only a single generation was able to do it lol

@purpinkn 10 дней назад

you really don't need to highlight every single word. im not that dumb.

@stanyt3rive725 13 дней назад

This resonates

@troooooper100 24 дня назад

regardless of the outcome you will know you lived at your own terms

@91dgross 10 дней назад

i feel you on the whole seeking autonomy and freedom. im leaning toward that as well which seems more about having a couple routes of income at this time, rather than solely 1. i also study front end web dev but im now thinking how i can spread my wings into other domains maybe start a fitness channel that revolves around bodybuilding/aesthetics, strength training, and veganism something man. although being rich would be nice, i want autonomy and financial freedom first and foremost which doesn't mean i have to necessarily be rich. SUBSCRIBED!~

@valenciawalker6498 21 день назад

Thank you for sharing your experience I’m in boot camp for software engineering and pursuing a PhD in psychology soon. 🕊️🙏🏽✝️🕊️ I’m from the USA 🇺🇸 our taxes our high in most states there are some states with no state tax.

@Tsoeu12 18 дней назад

Recommend the boot camp

@mtagab007 10 дней назад

It depends though, software engineering on robotics is the next level

@kresimircosic3753 14 дней назад

I am gonna try to grind for a few more years and switch completely to agriculture tbh

@pierreracine128 11 дней назад

good luck,

@sid4579 19 дней назад

most SWE don't live paycheck to paycheck. I make 250k and live very comfortably

@oreodood4978 14 дней назад

that’s what i’m saying😂 like how

@AdamFiregate 12 дней назад

As a senior software engineer in a poor country like Hungary, Central Europe, I can also earn enough to live a comfortable life on my own. I have enough savings at least for 6+ months of expenses. I can buy anything I want in a reasonable way and reasonable desires. I don't need to check the prices in the grocery store.

@sergiocarmona6567 11 дней назад

The only way you Livepaycheck to paycheck earning 200k is spending in woman. And not the good ones

@sanusihassan7125 24 дня назад

new subscriber :)

@SonAyoD 14 дней назад

The reason i got into software engineering was to eventually get enough experience to start my own sas. I’ve just started the final phase…

@sasuke199835 27 дней назад

good luck man🙂I wish you the best

@deaschowieda 11 дней назад

Wow! The next "self-made youtube millionaire". Why didn't you stay on your job growing your channel until it made sufficient money to reduce hours on the regular job? Another - better than this - option would have been to freelance or volunteer on psychology, neurology related projects on github. Also, you are not supposed to stay on internships and junior positions for the next 30 years. You are supposed to progress along a career trajectory. Seriously, bro, that hashtagselfimprovement stuff is for hot chicks in skintight yoga pants, not you.

@abdoolkareem_ День назад

How old are you bro?

@gandhisFlipFlops 5 дней назад

I feel like it would be easier to change the the mindset that makes you want to be rich rather than enjoying life. Money is like the seasoning of life but is not the main course. I guess if you are only passionate about being rich then that is sort of following your dreams? haha

@david94134 13 дней назад

Getting rich by trading your time for money is a fallacy we all live in. Most of the software engineers will be replaced by AI. I’m glad you got out before it’s too late.

@vamshikrish1617 16 дней назад

Generally I don't subscribe. But I did because ur ambitious on your goal

@rashedsyed9402 23 дня назад

Nice video

@Nurtastube 16 дней назад

I'm studying programming, but there's so much to learn and the competition is just crazy. Now I don't know what to do. 😒

@cooldudecs 15 дней назад

Be a plumber .

@david94134 13 дней назад

Or try welding. Learn a useful skill. AI is going to make software engineers obsolete.

@Nurtastube 12 дней назад

@@david94134 I stopped studying programming because I'm looking at a waste of time.

@Nurtastube 12 дней назад

@@david94134 I stopped learning programming because I'm watching a waste of time. I'm unlikely to be hired without experience.

@realkyunu 2 дня назад

@@david94134 You think AI can't replace welding sooner or later? xddd

@pannu679 24 дня назад

So are you a millionaire now? Or what are you trying to do to become one?

@LoneBagels 6 дней назад

SDE is dead. The last good run was back in 2018. From tech, to hiring process, to bad engineers and a failing economy, you are expected to be a rockstar FAANG engineer for a job that a 9th grader can easily do if not better. Follow your dream for sure. But if you still just want to do a job, do anything but IT. SDE/IT will eat your soul out. My brother has a $200K job. It burned him out. He quit and worked at Subway for $50K, saved up, franchised his own subway and never looked back.

@Mushin-ie9bb 19 дней назад

As another indian who is in college and thinking of getting into software engineering to get rich, what advice would you give me right now?

@funicon3689 13 дней назад

you want to be an entrepreneur. thats the only way, unless youre like Stanford phd level in ML/AI

@user-de3ty4sq8o 13 дней назад

Keep us posted. I am interested in robotics. You can give me an unpaid internship

@syonass 15 дней назад

yo man. Do you need an editor?

@itshardy8938 5 дней назад

subscribed, a liitle support kills nobody :)

@stanyt3rive725 13 дней назад

Am.your 443 subscriber

@tmarkovski 24 дня назад

Try to make an honest video where it's hard to tell you're reading from a screen and not speaking naturally. They come across much better

@velpcode 18 дней назад

If you've built a skillset with code, why don't you look into more creative avenues with using that instead? I do love the story though brother

@alberto8991 12 дней назад

Bro i came from nothing and i know how bad its when you dont have money and food on my table so coding for me is my safe zone right now, maybe in the future but not now.