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  1. On standing out from the crowd: A post-secondary student asked me which extra-curricular activities should they join to connect to the potential hiring managers. In particular, they were interested in knowing which hobbies that the managers are more likely to be involved in. I irked at the question because the interest to join an activity is not genuine, hence the in-person connection to the people may be artificial and may do the opposite from standing out. I replied to the student how I met my first boss in tech through a classical music ensemble but I've studied the field intensively for over a decade. I did not go out of my way to join the ensemble hoping for a job.
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  2. Thanks for answering my question regarding the miserable manager I had. You had an absolutely amazing prediction. Long story short, he was fired 2 months before this video was made.
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  3. I didn't get your teeth & tree metaphors. Nevertheless, thanks for the videos & all the best for the future.
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  4. 8:50 I usually just target the thing on my list I find most irritating and annoying (but necessary) to do. Once it's done everything else on the list is SO much easier comparatively.
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  5. Thanks for answering my question Steve, also appreciate that you pronounced my name correctly!
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  6. Thank you Steve !! Your videos helped me a lot last year to bring mentorship and leadership to my team. Last year I resigned and started a company that aims to create a collaborative environment for artists, coders and learners to meet together and create in a 3D environment. Your content definetely helped me to make the decision of stepping down from the Technical Director role and moving forward with what I want to do in my life - bring as much value as possible to the people. Happy to see that you are going to do the same !
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  7. I appreciate you Steve.
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  8. The breadth and depth first search part was great 3:20 I just got done studying leet code.
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  9. This is brilliant! I helped you launch it for a lot of money. How generous you are!
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  10. Great video with actionable tips Steve! Also, from Dijkstra's Algorithm to secret of life - everything roots back to the ancient Greek wisdom 🙏
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  11. the first sentence is literally me and SEVERAL people from my cohort
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  12. great vid Steve! i'm still trying to find the balance between saving money and enjoying it. also super excited for your launch!!!
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  13. You represent truly ownership value for your content ❤
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  14. Thanks for sharing. It is odd how this is something that is seen as unsharable. Most people rely on glassdoor or another sites to get the info. The break was great and insightful.
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  15. This video was great thanks 🙏
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  16. Steve thank you so much for this I have wrestled with this before finding the label...I am trying to help others who suffer with this that they alone and we should Impress the colour palette we see that others don't
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  17. Loved every sentence 🎉🎉
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  18. All the points are spot on! I wish I watched this before I left my last job...
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  19. Congratulations! This must have been such a tough decision for you. Your values and perspective on life really resonate with me. I wish you all the best and will be following your content closely. Keep at it brother 💪
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  20. Have been following your videos, and was able to crack some good offers at good companies soley following your interview advice. Thank you for making the amazing content Steve! :)
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  21. Is that a BB58? Watch game strong as always
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  22. Congrats and best of luck Steve 🎉🎉, your content was so helpful and vital for me to land a position at a FAANG company. I look forward to enjoying and learning more from your experiences this year as we all sail through the sea of the IT industry. Muchas Felicidades!
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  23. Sorry I think this video is out of touch with the current state of hiring in software engineering. In my experience getting an interview is not the bottleneck, the key is doing better at the technical interviews and behavioral interviews than every other person who applied for the position. With the sheer number of people on the job market, the threshold for passing has to be absurdly high in order to filter out candidates. Unfortunately, the way to differentiate yourself today is by learning (or memorizing) leetcode solutions, and practicing enough that you can perform them live within 30 minutes. It’s a charade, where the interviewer and interviewee both pretend as if you’re seeing a novel problem and solving it in real time, when really you’re either recalling the solution or re-conjuring it based on practicing similar problems. If you haven’t seen the problem or a similar one before the interview, your chances of beating someone who already knows the solution drop exponentially. It really is that simple, the candidate who can perform the best at the interview performance will get the job. This means learning (or memorizing) solutions to enough leetcode problems / system design challenges / behavioral scenarios that you increase your chances of getting lucky and being asked one of the solutions that you know well enough to demonstrate your ‘competency’ and ‘expertise’ in the on-site interviews. So let’s be real, how to stand out in an insanely competitive tech market: keep grinding leetcode
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  24. The major issue with AI is always going to be data integrity and governance. You can't continuously aggregate information and take it at face value that they're all correct. That's how we create "alternative facts". Leading AI companies still can't agree on a governance model and laws are still way too behind.
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  25. He never misses...
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  26. Your courage to pursue new things is commendable🚀. I can't wait to see all the new video ideas in action. Also, leather jackets are not impractical 😉. Best of luck on your second life, I am certain you'd crush it 🙌
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  27. Hi Steve! What watch are you wearing? Sorry watch nerd here :)
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  28. Holy shit, I've had this dream so much.
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  29. A small change in direction today, can lead you to do a completely different destination tomorrow :)) very very very well said!!!!
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  30. I did the same leaving a job, a few days later and I would have vested another few $10ks. Somehow easy to forget when lots of other stuff is going on
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  31. Maybe not OnlyFans but OnlyFAANG
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  32. Hi everyone, I have a question: if I already worked in other companies for 5-10 years, then come to interview at FAANG, will I still be asked these algorithm questions?
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  33. Also, open source contributions or even leadership, especially on a project that's of value to the target company
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  34. You are awesome, Steve. Please keep on pumping this golden content.
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  35. Man, I love your content. Keep doing what you do. Best.
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  36. Great flip on the view of being surrounded by experts. Appreciate the tips as someone that is constantly battling to overcome the feeling of imposter syndrome.
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  37. 10/10 advice on grinding my soul into dust then baking a loaf of bread with it
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  38. Subbed for the thumbnail meme, stayed for the knowledge.
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  39. In your example, I think David also made the mistake of not getting his manager feedbacks before going to his skip. His manager could have nudged him to think about the solution, implement and track results months before the promotion doc.
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  40. First time seeing your videos, but off of this, I have much respect for you. I love that saying about your kids being the only ones to remember you working nights and weekends. Before I got into tech, I worked night shift, and about 70-80 hours a week. Weekends were part of it for sure. Which is why I went into tech. Now I work from home, 40 hours a week and make a bit more. So much respect for you!
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  41. Shout out from the Black Rock Mafia.
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  42. Thanks so much Steve for your work and fabulous channel!!
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  43. Thank you so much for giving your clear and amazing viewpoint on the topic. I will follow these for my upcoming job hunt.
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  44. Most of current SE is problem solving with established patterns. That’s what current LLMs are good at. But what’s missing is the human ingenuity, creative problem solving. Once we get to that point, computers should just be able to solve problems within the constraints given. Do why make an app when you can just ask the computer to do what you want. There will always be people who would rather buy something prebuilt than mess with an AI themselves, so don’t see the art of programming dying any time soon.
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  45. ending "hat" me dying 😂
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  46. The video was great as always. But I can't help but think that it was all a big setup to call Michigan fans toxic
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  47. Thank you Steve. You finally get the point that not everything great has to get tied back to Amazon. Jeez, I used to fast-forward almost every video which goes off at the "at Amazon one time ...."
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  48. Amazing video! Yes, do the same analysis for medium problems. Some medium problems are actually very difficult
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  49. That's a really nice painting behind you!
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  50. Great storytelling, explanations, and video!
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