Hi, I'm Mayuko, I'm a Software Engineer living in the San Francisco Bay Area
AKA Silicon Valley and I make youtube videos about my life as a Software Engineer!
We need software engineers now more than ever,
to push forward the technological bounds to unlock the potential of
humanity and improve society. We're using technology to communicate across
geographical boundaries with loved ones; we've been reexamining ourselves in how
we relay credible and factual information for everything from local to
global scale news. And people are living longer thanks to advances in medical
technology and countless lives are being saved from technology that has been made
to be more readily accessible. And due to the great potential of technology,
the tech industry is booming but studies have shown that there aren't nearly
enough software engineers to fill the demand of the industry. There has been a
huge effort on educating more folks on learning how to code to fill this gap.
There are tons of amazing tutorials and books out there about the technical
aspects of being a software engineer, so I wanted to make one that talks about
the more nuanced, human aspects of succeeding as a software engineer.
This new video series is called How to Kickstart Your Career in Software Engineering.
This series is designed for you folks who are just starting out in
your career; maybe you just graduated from a bootcamp and you're about to
start your first full time role, or maybe you just finished a degree and you're
stepping into the industry as a full-timer. Starting a new career can be
super scary though and I want you to feel confident and supported in the
first couple of months at your new job. So in this series, I'm going to guide you
from your first day on the job and then help you navigate the waters through the
first few months of your job. We'll do this by talking about how to have a
fruitful relationship with other people on your team, by exploring the world of
networking, and by understanding how to have a healthy relationship with your work.
As a software engineer for the last five years, I've used the tips we're
going to talk about every new job I start. Of course, how you apply these
tips will differ based on the type of software engineering job and what part
of the industry you work in. However this series is designed for a general
software engineering audience so I hope that you find most of the content useful.
Now, it's honestly not an understatement that y'all are going to play a key part
in changing the world. You have SO much say and what gets made and how it gets
made and I want you to do so well and feel empowered to be great! So I hope you
like this series and without further ado, Let's freaking do this.
you