Thanks for watching! Let me know what are some things you think you need to consider when deciding if coding and programming is right for you?

Programming is like a roller coaster of emotions. You go from feeling like an idiot to feeling like a genius over and over again until you finally learn that you’ll eventually figure your problems out, and when you do, it doesn’t mean you’re a genius, and when you’re still struggling, it doesn’t mean you’re dumb. It took me 4 years to figure that out, but here I am, still loving to write code!

Software Development Engineer Job description: "Get frustrated and fumble around until figuring something out"

Underrated KZfaqr.

I love when he explains what the average moment is like for a coder... "your sitting there... typing code... answering emails... etc.".. I'm like, that sounds like a heaven... .a vacation EVEN, compared to many many other jobs. Just amazing... nice... thank you for your videos. I appreciate your realistic presentation, the positive and the negative. Real

Starring at a screen for hours every day can drive you nuts. Many developers have a gaming background. Our minds are already programmed to deal with this kind of environment. Not so long ago, I spent almost 2000 hours/year gaming. Great video and thanks for the shout out :)

I've literally watched these types of videos on and off for over a year. LITERALLY the most perfect video explaining this question. Thank you so much.

I started watching your videos since February this year when feeling stucked in my career and wanted to get into software engineering field. Your videos are so informative and encouraging. Thank you so much Dorian 😊

It isn't for me at all. But for some reason I love watching videos about it lol I admire programmers, good luck to all you future techys 💪🏼

Thank you for taking the time to make this video and share this advice. I have come to the conclusion that coding is not a career that is right for me or would fit my personality. I too enjoy learning but not in the manner coding requires and I get frustrated easily when I can't solve a problem after many attempts. Good luck to all who choose this path and to those still searching for their own.

You are not just a programmer you are motivational speaker also

im a "late bloomer". When i took comp sci my freshman year, it was arguably the worst learning experience of my life. I hated not immediately knowing the answer to things, for me to code for hours on end and to get 20+ error messages, not understanding the code im writing half the time. My professor's teaching style really didn't help either; his intention was to get us to solve problems on our own, but he would give us minimal information then chuck us off the deep end. When i finished the 2 courses i told myself i would NEVER code again. I approached coding on my own about a month ago, now 3 years later. Using my own process, i've begun to fall in love with learning again, and even though im doing this as a hobby, i can see myself not quitting anytime soon. It clicked, finally. Sometimes its also not just about how badly you want to do it, but the environment you put yourself in while learning it. My class was constant pressure from the get-go to people who never "hello world"'d in their life. When i approached it now, i just let myself be. If i felt the want to go and toy around with learning, i did it. Fast forward a month and i probably made more progress learning code in this singular month than i did over 2 semesters, all because i let my curiosity drive the learning, not a grade. I probably got a bit off topic, but the points you made in the video really are accurate. Sometimes youre not made for it, but i also wanted to thrown in my own loop: sometimes youre just not in the right environment mentally to learn it. College has made me hate subjects i grew up loving, and with coding, even made me swear it off for years. To everyone out there who are struggling with what you thought you were made for: take your experience learning a class or subject with a grain of salt, you'll be surprised how much more you learn if you let your interest take the wheel, rather than a grade. The less you worry about a grade, the better off youll be

Good video. Liked how you touched on the idea of getting used to being frustrated from not knowing the answer. I'm currently going through the Odin course, and just realized the projects and exercises are intentionally built in a way that forces you to research and ask around on the Discord BEFORE looking at the solution. Frustration is a part of the process, and it means you're really putting effort into figuring it out versus hopping on Stack and asking for a solution immediately (we won't name names 😂). As far as computer sitting is concerned, I have the gamer bg as well, but I time my productivity with pormodos and go out for a walk at least once or twice to refresh. Once I finish and get some income, I eventually aspire to work on my craft on beaches and waterfronts. The scenery helps with the creative process.

Amazing. Clean, fun to watch and SO educational. Great job! Thanks you so much!!!!

I do game from morning to evening without eating...I have all these traits you mentioned...I am going the self taught route and it feel quite tough tbh, but my mind is already made up. You're a mentor... Great video...thanks👍

Outdated comment, but man you r such an inspiration! Just started coding 2 months ago and absolutely fell in love with it! Your videos guided me greatly!

You’re super relatable. Glad I found this video!

Watching the video confirms it would be a good sector for me. I enjoy being alone anyway, but when you said about the challenges and not solving first time that's what I enjoy. It frustrates me which makes me want to solve it more, gettin that satisfaction when your code finally works

Great content, man. I'm looking to learn how to code and your videos have been helpful.

Wow! Really cool video. Perfectly structured, only important information and nice video editing. Big like!

Appreciate the practical nature of this video.

I really needed to hear this. I was curious about coding but he mentioned some things that I definitely hate about my current desk job that stress me out. Lol. I’m gonna pass on coding. Thank you for this video man. Frfr That whole constantly fixing problems, not being able to figure things right away, not understanding my job and all that, definitely frustrates me. But that could be because my work is timed right now. So we are thrown into things and have to figure certain processes out, but have a short time limit to do it, which lowers our stats and affects our pay. So trying to jump into coding which i already don’t understand in the least bit, and having to deal with these problems, I can’t do it.

Johnny sins has a KZfaq channel. You should reach out to him and make a video together. That would give your channel a big boost.

If you think of it almost every job in the world involves learning but programming is just a constant nostop cycle of reading and going back to documentation and books to find a solution to make something work. Recently i realized it was not for me.

This video was really helpful, thank you!

Thank you Dorian! I love you ❤️

i dont think this is for me, even as a gamer, i need a lot of breaks from the computer and i get drained rather easily from sitting at computer too long

Great video! Very helpful and honest

Thanks for your guidance

Love the fact that you linked enjoyment of building physical objects to enjoyment of building digital projects. I have ADHD, only found out in 40's and one of the typical traits of people with ADHD is they like the satisfaction of seeing the fruits of their labour. I never had such a reward in any job so far, and considering a career change it was between cabinet maker and developer. There are more similarities in these jobs than are immediately obvious.

Nice video. I was told by my senior in office that coding is not my cup of tea and I should try something else as a career and I was learning to code at that time being fresher which really hurt me and made me into thinking that should I learn to code or not and I gave up.my biggest mistake that I listened to him and didn't continue learning🥺. By now I would have learnt so many things. I will start again. Wish me luck

I decided to pursue coding! I always loved it and everything you said in this video is right for me. Thanks for making this video 😀

Well all of these points are spot on and i just started learning coding yesterday from a place called Khan academy and they were just teaching stuff like intergs and it was really been a while since i have been into something and i didn't even noticed few hours just passed but i was actually in animation before and i loved building animations but it is also looking to be pretty interesting so i Don't know if coding is something for me but i hope atleast try it for a while now before i decide if i wanna make coding my career.

Thank you so much for this video

I studied maths in university and could not for the life of me find employment related to that field. So as a "last resort" of sorts I applied for a position in a software firm. I've been working there for 9 months now and even though the work climate is stellar in every aspect, the actual act of coding itself, studying unfamiliar things all day and constantly feeling like I'm the dumbest person in the team (which, in regards to technical prowess, I absolutely am) makes me loathe my job. I find it harder and harder to concentrate and I habe to read most code multiple times even just to get the basic gist of what's going on and the complex interplay between different puzzle pieces is confusing me to no end. But not in a good way where I enjoy tackling these things. It's just draining my life force away and I become more and more unhappy each day. But I also have not the slightest clue what other field of work I could pursue instead. So for the time being I'm stuck and have to watch my mental health decline further and further.

I needed this video, thanks

thank you so much. that was beneficial

Excellent video!

Much needed video!!!

This channel is a gem!!!

Informative !

You blurred it out, but I could see you were playing Injustice 2 LOL. Your honest perspective helped out man, thank you.

Why is this guy so underrated? He has good content, subscribe people.

I like your videos man. Keep it up

What a awesome video!

I really hate failing especially when I have been thought before or read about it But I enjoy learning

thank you 💛

thanks I keep builing my portfolio hopefully , I will switch career this year

Same here, I hate school but I enjoy learning

To break plato's mushrooms will help to really take a step back and reflect on why you are doing it

amazing .tanx bro

this guy is a hidden gem

Hi Dorian, Thanks bro for making videos about programing and web developement. May I ask what age you start coding?

Sitting at a desk all day?? Or working outdoors in the hot summer heat or installing electrical wiring on the coldest winter day of the year. Or driving semi trucks sitting behind a steering wheel for 11 hours a day. I've done all that and I can say... it's only a job to pay your bills. Find happiness in whatever it is you do for a living. Make the best of whatever work situation you find yourself in. Find something to laugh about, find fun in the connection to co-workers. And yes Even if you are self employed at some point it will start to feel the same. You have to love what you do for a living.

This was very helpful

Thanks mate

We learn constantly everyday, specially as a gamer. Play an MMO you're constantly learning.

Thank u Dorian

I have bad ADHD and I constantly make "careless" mistakes and I feel that I would be bad at coding because of it

You r an angel...god bless you

Not sure if coding would be for me. The part I’d struggle with would probably be the frustration of feeling like I’m not learning anything lol. But I’m looking at coding mainly because I’ve been curious about digital marketing which benefits from learning the basics of html/css.

Thank you for the realistic approach, videos like this are needed. What kind of problems do software developers have to solve? Are they very difficult, like do you need a really high IQ to succeed? Also, could you give us one example of some problem to solve?

I love the thought of being a personal coder/programmer but I'm not the brightest when it comes to problem solving, im not even thinking about money, I just want to learn it as a hobby in the line of early linus Torvalds learning path... but I love the idea of creating small pieces of software that do cool things even if they don't help me career wise but I guess I'm just dumb...😢

I like sittinh in one placr the whole day.. that's what i do during weekends.. I like solving problems no matter how much it takes.. i love the idea of building stuff.. I love learning and want to learn for the rest of my life.. i love researching too...

Great words

I don’t have a lot of patience however I do like to learn about tech in general

I've grown up with computers and have a strong gaming background. Just started learning software development in school, 5 months in out of 2 years and I really doubt If this is what I really want to do. Most of the times I dont have the motivatsion to do all those courses or write endless code which I don't understand at all. But there really Isn't anything else that interests me more either. Most of the times I'm just staring at the code and wondering If that's what I really want to do with my life.

As much as the domain of programming excites me. I think deep down I know that it's just excitement and admiration for the people who have made such awesomeness possible. From the first computer to freaking robots, I admire the minds of people who have led this thing up until here. I think I liked the idea of being one of them and pushing my mind to do great things like them, but its time to accept that this life is not for me. And I would very much like to be a coder if I see it fitting, but right now, I think I don't see myself living this life. But it just amazes me at the talent of the people who have made all this possible

Brooooo Heyyyyy it was the truth, thankyou

This basically just explained why programming is literally perfect for me lol. Top to bottom. My happy place is the PC. I enjoy the mental challenge of focusing on problems and trying to solve them. And above all, I REALLY love building things, especially if I have creative input. I'm introverted but good enough with people to be a good team player. I really want to get into the field and have been learning/building stuff, but very intimidated by the process of getting the first interview, first job etc.

I hated school too and i love learning.. I feel like the school system failed us

Hi, how did you find remote entry level work in IT? Any ideas?

Very useful

"You're sitting in front of a computer all day, and that can be really hard." But wait, that's the best part.....

Most of the white collar jobs now a days requires to sit in front of the computer, I am a mechanical engineer working on ANSYS software for analysis, though we don't do coding but it is an application software we often sit Infront, we do very little bit of coding for automation of our work. I agree it is less compared to developer, also the other side of the jobs which don't need much sitting are professors, HR and Marketing/sales. My cousin is into marketing he enjoyed travelling a lot when he was young but in mid 30s he is frustrated of frequent travel. Every kind of job has it's own pro's and con's.

I'm getting a standing desk

But does learning how to code have to be with getting a job? What if I want to start a tech company without having to hire someone to code for me? Can that be one reason to learn how to code?

Thanks

thank you

I hope coding is right for me. I like dealing with numbers and data instead of people. I could sit all day in front of a computer doing my own thing. I like routine and repetition. I like a challenge and researching. Is coding for me?

I like money and I also like learning but I don’t like being cooped up in a confine space

I cannot sit behind a desk or in front of a computer for very long, but I love problem solving, researching, long periods of mental work and the idea of expertise. To anyone reading this, do you know a career that can provide those things while letting me move about?

😂😂 Felt like bro was talking directly to me. I'm definitely meant to be a programmer/coder. bah. I'm a jack of all trades. I love most aspects of our 3D world. Mechanical. Electrical. but also love computers and all their components that allow functionality. Programming really woke me up though, I wanted to know how things world. Now, after many MANY videos, I have a better grasp.

I want to learn coding as a hobby and possibly as a second income. But I don’t know where should I start.

recently, i start learning programming and this video appears beside most of tutorials i watch. i don't know why youtube wants me to quit so early xD

Everything you described after the honeymoon face is exactly what I want to do the rest of my life. Thanks for the info, great content.

Hey, great vid. I have a question tho': how do you learn software programming if you already work 8+ hours( from 900 to 1800 hours) in front of the computer but on finance and after those hours you feel like your concentration goes down the drain with almost any other field of expertise you'd like to master or learn. Sometimes not even feeling like gaming or doing stuff just finishing work, doing some sports, eating and going to sleep just to get back on the grind stone the next day . This means you have maybe almost 2 hours a day which are arguably productive and some maybe 4h/day in the weekend ( because one might like to think they are not a husk and also need to take care of their mental health and family). Could this be achieved with learning only for almost 18h/ week at best ? Thx

I am a mechanical engineer from India 2017 passed out, I have 5 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, But now I want to switch in data science in Canada is good for me

Candy crush taught me about stepping back from a problem and solving it later

My parents want me to get a degree and I was thinking about CIS, but I know it’s not for me. I like being able to “build” things, but I don’t like having to be sedentary staring at a screen. I think CS is cool, but it’s never really been something I wanted to peruse. I don’t know what to do now :/ I am leaning towards integrated studies with a focus in CS/CIS vs CIS degree, but then again if it turns out I actually like coding it would pretty much be too late to switch majors. I’m an incoming junior at the moment.

Okay, I'm new to learning about the different careers in tech. Can someone explain the the difference in these terms Software developer or engineer, programmer, web developer. Is a programmer a software engineer or developer? I see a lot of terms used interchangeably.

How prevalent are remote jobs where you can realistically stay home most of the time? Or are the vast majority of positions requiring you to actually come in and sit in a cubicle?

I'm a 3D sculptor, weird how many of these apply to me just because I'm already sitting behind my desk 24-hours solving how anatomy works. Coding seems perfect for me although I've given up once already because of bad timing.

I love fix build learn stuff but idon't like the part that i have to set and coding all day Yet i stell confused about going software engineer and im last year high school. Any advice plz❤

Want to be a software engineer or a nurse so either way my life is going to be stressful 🙂

2 years in I'm frustrated with My CS degree. Can you tell me what I specialize in that's easier? I can't drop out

whats your ad revenue of aug month.. can you post a video update on traffic & earning

How do you programmers get around carpo tunnel????

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I live in a country where working in a cubical is considered a top-tier job, even if your job is simply writing documents or something, while working outside (in a resturant, for example) is frowned upon even if you're literally a manager or making a good income, they view them as "illiterate and ignorant" because it's not a "stable" job and "humiliating" they think if you work in a cubical you have a way better status than the outdoor jobs. So basically you get a lot of respect, a better and wider and more positive recgonition and even viewed upon the females as a successful person with a lot of money. Tl;dr i gotta do it cause i have no choice