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The consequences of women in politics... Cheers from post Angel Merkel fourth Reich of germany

Hi Fredrick,Can you explain on how to switch from cloud domain to Software development.

I have been working as a developer for almost 3 decades. At my jobs I found out that about 10% of the people did 90% of the work. What is more all the "project managers", "architects", etc. did not know how to program. And there is quite a simple explanation for this. Programming, especially being a good programmer is extremely difficult, and it pays relatively low for the effort needed. To the contrary many programmers see "project managers", etc. who obviously have no idea how to program, making a lot more money. Add to this, that now you have more team members who don't know how to program like scrum masters , etc..all making good money, it is no wonder people don't want to program.

There is a different between programming and coding. Programming involves more than just writing down code. It involves more of the engineering and planning process. As a German computer scientist I enjoy the practical aspects of programming and computer science. Understanding a problem, finding a solution and implementing it. I do rather specialized yet broad custom aspects of development. So while I'm very practical in my approach I'm not the classical code monkey that just chips away at databases or just repetitively using the same algorithms and solutions. I don't know a single person who looks down on "programming". I do poke fun at people that just "code" without a broader picture in mind. Web developers, backend-/frontend-/fullstack-developers it's all just the modern often web-based approach to doing the same stuff over and over. There is value to the more theoretical parts of computer science and it helps enormously to understand them. But in the end what counts is how you put it into practice. I can create tools and worlds out of nothing. It can be a really creative cathartic outlet. I also enjoy taking cutting edge technology or even old technology and using it in ways it wasn't meant to or just finding new ways of utilizing things.

Just wanted to give props xD regardless of the time passed hahaha ty, you helped me :)

I'm definitely the "I told you so" guy. Both with my kids and co-workers. At least my kids recognize that I warned them about the thing.😂

Whenever you want the question is plainly related to managing egos and paychecks if you lived your life right neither of these would be factors for you

Great Vid!

Fredrik answered the social component but not the question, why especially German CS students might look down on programming. I am a German CS student at RWTH Aachen University (one of the best (not to brag) CS unis in Germany) and I experience this phenomenon every day. My uni values theoretical computer science very highly. There is tons of math subjects and we're basically prooving stuff like the completeness and correctness of of the lambda calculus, that an automaton recognises the se language as a regex or that Knapsack can be reduced to SAT in polynomial time every day. There is not a lot of programming. In the first term we have one mandatory coding subject (Java, Prolog, Haskell) and later on, we have to implement basic components of an OS in C (stack, heap, memory allocation...) but that's it for mandatory subjects. Compared to the math stuff, all other programming modules are very, very easy to most people. Professors also rare use code examples and just put up pseudo code, as the language does not matter but the algorithm. I guess the key in understamding this is, that our degrees are "of Science" and not "of engineering". They want Turing's, not Torvald's.

How can one possibly imagine becoming an "architect" without any programming experience?

Year 2024: BEM vs CSS Modules ... in an enterprise Vite React/TS SaaS application? Also using MaterialUI components if that makes a difference.

How about to film a new video for background? :)

This got long so TL;DR - "Passion" isn't all there is to it. I disagree. I was just having a conversation with a mentor this week, and burnout can kill your motivation even on something you love or at very least don't hate. She felt like she wanted to quit in the last semester of her Master's degree, and she definitely had no dislike for her area of study. The advise she gave is "find the thing that brings you unadultered joy" and that can be something completely unrelated, but you need *something* that brings you joy. This, paired with remembering your WHY will help you through dark moments where you feel overwhelmed. Now isn't forever. IMO this talk of "you have to have passion to make it" is such a privileged and, dare I say, survivor-bias take that I hear so much. There is a danger to making your passion your work - it can kill your passion. And some of us just don't necessarily have full safety while we are studying. You can't thrive while you are just trying to survive in the meantime. (Not even to mention bad professors that can actively kill your motivation) For example, I'm already very aware that it's my team environment that affects VERY STRONGLY how much I enjoy the process of learning and code. If I'm left to fend for myself in the dark with no leads and no one to bounce off of, I lose my motivation immediately. But I can take on immense challenges in the right environment - and ENJOY it! EDIT: Sorry, coming back to add an important point - there can be so many reasons WHY someone loses motivation, and some of them might not have to do with the subject of study at all. The person asking the question really needs to spend some time finding what is at the center of their loss of motivation and address that. Is it mental health? Is it a bad experience? Is it imposter syndrome? Is it lack of agency in their projects? Do they not have a robust enough support network? Do they need to connect with their peers? Do they need to change their working environment? Do they need to make a change that pairs something rewarding with when they study? There is SO MUCH MORE at play than just "passion"

Your CV don't need be 4 pages long with jobs from 1988, the less the better maybe

Um, will there ever be an update for this? It's starting to get a bit outdated.

What about quitting your first job? When should you do it and what should you look for in a new job?

Hi Fredrik, what do you think about the effectiveness of JSONs used to generate forms? In my project we are using a configuration API that returns a JSON containing the text for questions in a questionnaire and the possible responses. I have found React/Angular libraries that allow you to create a form from a JSON, but they are highly opinionated on the UI format. Not the case in my project where for example, the question text could be an h2, h3, or label tag, or sometimes we have text that is just instructions and isn't in the question/response format. The benefits I see with the JSON config approach are: 1. you can change the text without having to update the code, 2. the configuration API takes parameters so that based on the input you can return a different configuration. The downside is that in my project, the look & feel is consistent but the wireframes for the pages can have a significantly different layout, and we can't predict what UI/UX designers will require in the future, which is the problem we are running into now. The JSON we initially created doesn't fit the current use case so we are looking into refactoring it which will have a large regression impact. It almost feels like a lost cause since we can never predict what is needed in the future, yet I see the benefits of the JSON config. I've done some research online but the only thing I can find are those JSON Form libraries which make a lot of assumptions that we can't make. Thanks for your thoughtful videos!

All good to me. Keeps me out of someone else’s lame corporation and pushes me to start my own

Looking at features to understand code is not the way todo it. For example you can’t look at the features of life like happiness and know how quantum mechanics works. Same applies to features of the brain yet you can’t code AGI…

Finns det möjlighet att försöka lära sig exempelvis system arkitekt som junior? Eller behöver man flera års erfarenhet som systemutvecklare?

Great Vid.

Absence of career gap is unacceptable

career gap sensitivity is why i chose not to bother at all with the corporate world. I absolutely dont welcome some corporation or other people to be trying to control and spy on every aspect of my life.

Well, yeah. That's why developing soft skills and making connections is the way to go.

Skill gaps are a real killer. I recently was hospitalized for multiple types of anemia one of them hemolytic that caused multiple organ failure, and it hurts me a lot on my resume because of the gap. I spent the past 2 years basically dying and not realizing it. The hiring process is doo doo.

Thank you for such an insightful video. I can relate to what you said about becoming complacent… it sneaks up on you if you’re not careful. But having a more holistic approach, by not just being good at coding, but also by understanding your company, and having good communication skills will not only make you better at your job, but I can imagine it also makes your job more rewarding.

Good video. No music, sponsor, intro, outro or e-begging nor do you talk around the point to pad the length. Just a good story with a nature walk in the background.

I actually used to enjoy competitive programming as a hobby. But then my university kinda made it mandatory to attend Campus Recruitment training and do competitive programming rigorously. Now it is only serving to halt my development in terms of building practical and real computer applications and learning many deep code or app designs. PS: The cab driver analogy was pretty good btw

How are you my friend?

what is more fun, architecture side of things or just regular coding? or how definition of fun changed(if it did) for you throughout the years?

Thank you for the talking while walking. I really enjoy the surrounding scene and the natural flow of your talk!

One of my team members created a design document for the architecture using chatgpt. It consists of meaningless slogans and brings no value. I so pissed off. He is overall a very friendly person but a very bad developer. He suggested himself taking this task to improve the architecture design skills. He have also received some valuable input from the rest of the team. What to do? I am very angry.

A long time ago I realized how ridiculous really our fascination with and our fear from failing is in a work context. When really, failing is THE way to get better. With the years I got a confidence that I carry into new fields of study/social situations whatever. It was developed by constantly failing and then realizing that it doesn't matter the slightest bit. Failed? Cool. Why? What can I do better? Getting good is a question of time and effort, so how do I make myself enjoy putting in time and effort? And how do I make myself tolerant, or even understanding of the hardships that are on the way? A big role was also just sticking to the rules of my religion. That made me a more balanced person. I saw a Primeagen video, who said it well, and I'm paraphrasing him: I never understood imposter syndrome. It is just called being bad at something. Remember the time, when you were bad? Until you got better.

I find this topic very interesting.. so interesting- i ran two businesses that strictly promoted and celebrated all of my staff. You sound very accomplished.. and the fact that you are riding a bike with no wind affecting your voice is nice.. but the people who are like you will already tune in. It’s the ones who tend not to recognize the significance of your topic that most likely need to hear it most. Rather a paradox, eh?

/gives the mighty internet medal of "first" to self

Very interesting. I've had to let an employee go that I really did not want to, he was good at his job and excited since he had just a month or two under his belt. This was not in the tech business however and this was a financial thing where the books were off and in reality we did not have the budget for this staff member. It was a big learning experience and one thing I did not prepare for was the emotional reaction of said staff member and it kind of threw me off. He was young though and I knew he would bounce back from this in no time. It did cause some friction between me and management higher up, shouldn't have to be put in a position like this to begin with. Bumped into him some months later and all was good :)

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Awesome viewpoint. Thx for the ideas

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im here just to watch the forest walk

This video seems like medium articles on youtube

This was so good to listen to. Excellent conclusion

This happens all the time. People from other business departments make requests to make critical changes to systems without talking with developers about the actual problem they are trying to solve. To them, software is no different to openning up a word processor and editing some lines, click file save done. We all know is isn't as simple as that. Gut feeling is that most of the time the way they want to attack the problem is a bad idea.

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Hi Fredrik, I'm a computer science student, and I just got my first internship as a software engineer. I’ve always enjoyed coding and building systems, but after this internship, I realized I really hate the corporate world and all the politics. It drains my energy and kills my creativity. My question is, is there a way to shape my career from the start to avoid burnout while still achieving a good level of success?

I get that you love programming but have you ever personally struggled with a lack of motivation when it came to completing your own work?

I love this wisdom from you

Hi Fredrik, thank you for sharing your knowledge. Would you be able to get a pop filter for your mic? For some reason the 's's sound a little aggressive on the video. Anyways I love all your videos and learn a lot, thank you!

What I hate the most is if you build a app/website and when its all complete the client tears it apart with their bs feature requests.