i'm not going to lie i was a little nervous to make this video i wasn't sure if i was going to
a lot of my videos and the whole point i started this channel was around encouraging
others to break into tech to break into coding advance their careers and all of the above to make
a video that does kind of the complete opposite i was really nervous to make but i thought it really
needed to be made wait wait are you actually going to make a video on this it goes against
everything you stand for all your other videos yes i feel like i really need to make this video
and just let everyone know what's on my mind okay i'm just warning you i'm just warning you before i
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as i mentioned i was a little hesitant to make this video but as the title suggests reasons
why you should not be a software engineer i really wanted to address this video or this topic because
so i get so many inquiries or requests or people that have kind of almost this fantasy or this
dream of what software engineering really entails and sometimes it's not made up made out to be all
that it is and i really wanted to talk about that especially the reasons why if these are the
main reasons you are considering being a software engineer you might want to think again the first
one is going into software engineering or breaking into tech in general for the perks i think the
media whether it's movies or social media really put this glamorization on the perks that come with
tech i often get messages from others being like tiff why don't you want to work for a fan company
why don't you break into google or amazon look at all the perks that come with these companies and
the reason being or one of the reason beings is i'm sure there are amazing companies to work
for but for the reason being of the extra perks whether it be free lunch free food you know the
gym whatever it is it used to entice me it doesn't anymore the reason being is because at the end
of the day those perks are all great but if you don't like your job or the work and life balance
it's not worth it in my opinion and i think a lot of people really glamorize the tech industry and
software engineering that if they get into this industry they will have all these free perks and
it's totally worth it and that might be exciting for the first few days or moments that you are
working there but those perks will quickly wear off and the reality of do you enjoy your job we'll
set it another reason i think you should not be a software engineer is if you're in it for the money
now this might be a controversial one because obviously you don't need to have a super strong
love or passion for what you do nine to five i'm not saying that but you do need to
enjoy to some degree what you do in order to excel at it yes money is important but to fit yourself
into a specific role just because you can make a lot of money to me it doesn't make any sense
i think the tech industry is so broad and there are so many amazing roles within it that you don't
need to kind of pigeon yourself into pigeonhole yourself into one specific role just because you
think you'll make a ton of money you know you can use you can break into the tech industry and
if money is really important to you make a lot of money in so many different areas so i really
want to highlight that as well and some of you may be saying well tiff that's easy for someone
to say who is living comfortably but if i need to make that extra money or work really hard i
have no option but to put myself into a role that i can earn quite a bit of money and i hear what
you're saying but it goes back to once again i think there are so many roles within tech that
you can do just that so don't force yourself to be in software engineering if you're not feeling it
is for you i think recently the media going back to the media has put a lot of attention and focus
on technology and coders and hackers and even data science these are these sexy cool jobs right now
but at the end of the day you have to actually enjoy doing them i think we often forget that it's
not about what your linkedin title is or what you can tell people but rather about what you
actually are excited to go into office to do are you looking forward to what you are building or
how you are progressing because if you're not you're not going to succeed long term and i know
a lot of my videos are about how everyone should at least learn how to code or explore the basics
of coding but that doesn't result or equate to being a software engineer and i just really want
to clear that up i think everyone should learn how to code i think they should learn that just
like they learn math or science when you're going to school but it doesn't mean everyone needs to
be a software engineer no we need everyone to have different interests and different
roles the last reason i think you should not be a software engineer is if you don't like to learn
if you are someone who does not look forward to learning or challenging yourself on new
things then definitely do not get into software engineering or really any technical role for that
matter tech is changing so quickly that you really need to be someone who wants to continue to work
their brain and learn new things grow new skills because if you just even if you are a software
engineer and you do not grow new skills you're going to stay in the same place or fall behind
you always need to be learning no i'm not saying you need to spend your evenings or your weekends
learning new technical skills that's definitely something i don't do and i don't recommend
you do either you also need to have a life but that being said as a software engineer you need
to be learning and upskilling on a regular basis maybe an hour here throughout work maybe an hour
here on the weekend or after work but don't don't think that if you get into this role you'll never
have to learn it's it's a forever learning thing and a lot of times you have to get comfortable
with being uncomfortable you're going to be in new situations a lot solving new problems a lot
and you have to be certain if that is for you or something you really don't want to do
i hope this video is coming across the way i'm hoping it for which is that there's so much more
opportunity out there for you if you are not interested in specifically software engineering
do not force it if you think it's just because it's one of the cool industries to be in right
now or one of the cool jobs just like data science or any of these jobs but rather really look in
onto what is important to you what you want to strive to do for me the reason i became a software
engineer and got into um you know this role of it is because i wanted to be part of building
the future and to understand how that future was built and you don't need to be a software engineer
to do that but to me that just really lined up so well that i wanted to understand of how code works
and be a part of building different products and seeing them come to life and see people use them
and helping people finding solutions and if that excites you then yes i think software engineering
is a great career for you but and there's many other careers that you can do that with that so
this is more just like a ted talk of my thoughts around software engineering and why sometimes
maybe you shouldn't go into software engineering for specific reasons especially when it comes to
these free exciting perks or all the money that can come with it you really need to have more
depth to wanting to get into the field than just that i'm really curious to hear your thoughts so
on this video are you someone who is striving to become a software engineer or maybe you aren't
in software engineering just wanting to learn more about tech where are you at in
your career where are you at in your life i want to know more about you so leave in the comments
your thoughts on this your feedback do you agree or disagree with me i'm always down for either
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