why is there a cafe with a car in the middle lmao

I am a software architect. I 100% agree with what you said. The job satisfaction that the work gives(after a problem is solved) is more valuable the money.

"I feel disconnected from the real world". Bruh spitting facts.

I feel the same way about IT. I may not be on the skill level of a software engineer, but automating virtual machine build and deployment or pushing a new group policy to a mass amount of workstations always feels amazing.

As a truck driver I understand how you feel about feeling disconnected from the world. I’m in the truck more than I’m at home. I’m currently trying to teach myself how to code currently using Scrimba. So far so good. Maybe one day I’ll have this lifestyle.

I am a SWE, the reason I enjoy it is a bit selfish. It’s a job that offers one of the best lifestyle. Granted, I enjoy what I do, but also I really appreciate the fact work starts and ends when I close my computer. There is little barrier preventing me from making money, and the transition from work to life is seamless in my eyes. Work is important, but life is more so.

Im currently a backend engineer doing java and for me its definitely the ability to build something that has a purpose. I can solve problems with my bare hands and my mind. I dont need to buy cement, i dont need to get approval from hundreds of people, i just sit, think, write code, think more, write more code and at the end i have created something that works, that solves problems/satisfies needs.

I totally understand. It is all about what is behind what people are able or allowed to see, regarding your job. I am a train driver and many people think i just pull a few levers or push some buttons. But it is so much more, different driving techniques during different loads and weather, route knowledge, troubleshooting, accidents...it is so much more but that is the beauty of it. Keep it up, Marko. I particularly enjoy your vlog - style videos too. Respect from Thessaloniki, Greece!

I am a software engineer and a Mathematician. Currently going for my PhD in robotics. SE helps me build code and test my program whilst my math degree helps me think logically. I do not regret neither as it helps me in graduate school. I initially chose just software engineering simply because u can built something from nothing. Ultimately I switched to robotics because it’s more of my passion. Again, I do mot regret it one bit!

I Am a mechanical engineer and I know nothing about software engineering but I get the idea of satisfaction of creating something out of nothing. The satisfation I get when I finish a project for example in Solidworks that was just a blank tab couple of days ago is soo good.

Man seriously, I see many creators just showing off good lifestyle, so called swag of being software engineer, but you stated the reality, simply loved it...

You have encouraged me to keep going strong as someone in the same field. Thanks!

I know that café very well! So nice to see it again. Awesome app too! the 16:9 aspect ratio is very handy too.

as a junior software engineer, what keeps me going Is when I know people are using my software, it just makes me happy which motivates me to stay in this profession.

I love how it challenges me everyday. I love how I can taka a break for an hour, that i'm not restricted from 9-5. Sure sometimes its stressful, but I don't mind that much when the stress comes from deadlines... when it's from a broken branch...

I agree 100%, the feeling of creating something, solving a problem is so good I don't think I can get that from any other job

Nailed it. The ability to go zero to one with little to no friction is my favorite part as well!

I was watching your videos maybe 6 months ago, and then I stopped for a moment. Then I watched this video with all the editing and everything and... what a difference! Congrats to the editer & the cameraman!

I love nerding out and learning about efficiency.

Jako mi je drago sto ti ide dobro, odlican video kao i ostali.

I think that software development, as many other jobs, can be both a laid back and a very stressful profession. It really depends on where you work, how much you allow yourself to work and your own motivations for doing it. As the job market is today, we have a lot of options, so if one job is very stressful you can always just get a new one. Or at least just say to your boss that you’re not thriving if there are too many deadlines or whatever. If you use a lot of your free time to do job related things, like reading the documentation and release notes of cloud providers😂, you might get burnt out without even noticing. Just my take anyway. My motivation has always been and still is that it’s actually quite fun to solve problems. To find cool solutions and see people’s everyday life get easier because of tools or automations that I’ve created is really rewarding. So my advice to anyone feeling a bit like they are writing code in a vacuum and have motivations like: “I’m doing it only because it’s work” or “for the money”: try getting closer to the users of the programs/apps/whatever. Talk to them and try to make shit that really impact their lives. Its very rewarding 😊

I strongly relate. Although i'm insanely greatful to be a developer, especially in the current job market, my ideal situation would be having a handful of easy to manage products / apps bringing in some income and work part time at a nice coffee shop. I've always regretted not getting a chance to work as a Barista ! Edit: Also a tip on peripherals you could give a shot: Try using both a mouse and a magic trackpad at the same time. One on each side of the keyboard. I use the trackpad for window management via gestures but still have the mouse for all the benefits it brings. Best of both worlds for me and means i don't miss the extra features of the MX Master and can use any mouse i fancy.

I absolutely love the editing style of this video!

pretty cool video. i work in the AAA games industry and I can say my favorite thing is that you understand how everything that you're using daily actually works, not limited to games

Nice video, as always! I can relate to the part of "software is a constructor where everything is available instantly", but for me it's not the main reason why to do programming. Since young ages I was interested in breaking my pc in different ways and then fix it myself. So I ended up discovering what programming is and it just clicked with me really well. Some people like me may like solving hard problems and have a big relief afterwards and man, this is the best feeling ever. The fact that you've created something hard or smth never been done before is great.

This is a fantastic overview on your job! Great content

valid, I am also looking forward to that new keyboard

Wow, it really was a nice video to watch. I strongly agree with you, the best part of software engineering is the ability to create and automate out of nothing, it is truly beautiful. My goal as a software engineer is to one day make my own company which purpose is to make software that really helps people manage their life. It was really nice to hear that you hired a new editor, surely there will be more videos form now on 😃. Keep the good work Marko! Hope the best for you.

To be honest (I am also a SW ENG) I am fully agree with your words, I also like create stuffs from nothing and make some apps to be usefull for others. Of course the money is an important factor in life, but the satisfaction to solve problems is much more fascinating.

Stumbled upon your channel and loved it! I have been a software engineer for 12+ years now and I love coding. I get to build cool shit! and it never gets old.

thanks for your service bro i wanna see you on top

Great video, motivational as heck for an aspiring software engineer. Thank you Marko!

You need to do a video about your setup, how easy is to connect and disconnect the notebook from your station, the windows manager, shortcuts everything you think is worth sharing im sure a bunch of people would be interest since we really resonate with your lifestyle

I work as a backend engineer at my current company and yes I agree the higher you get up the ladder the more deadlines are stressed and when you lead a team it’s up to you as dev lead to show team progress from sprint to sprint, more or less I get evaluated on my work on bi weekly basis 😅

Very cool tool for your editor! Also this video is so true!

Care to make a dedicated video on that tool you created? I couldn't follow at all how that's supposed to work/make things easier. I like software engineering because of the problem solving aspect. It's an infinite field of puzzles to solve. Yes they can at times be frustrating or put pressure on you if there's a deadline looming, but in general it's fun to find solutions to these problems. Of course it's also neat to be able to customize everything in your digital life. Or physical life too if you combine it with microcontrollers ;)

I did it for the bag. I was struggling at Amazon and needed mental help. Ended up leaving to ibm and although pay was lower my mental health was much better.

Hey Marko, your vlogs help me appreciate the little nice things of Oslo that I usually overlook. Thank you !

"The possibility of huge potential by creating something from stuff for free" is a huge motivation for me too.

Hvala za video! Samo nastavi!

Appreciate your honesty. I am interested in tech, but Im trying to figure out which role to look into that fits me.

4:38 the interaction is so adorable lmfaoo

Love your wallpapers

Data scientist that loves both the coding and the math that comes with it. I love the ability to play with numbers and then be able to come up with predictions based off them. At the same time having the ability to write scripts in order to automate boring tasks in both my job and in day to day jobs is also very motivating. On top of that work life balance (at least at my company) is great.

Iz dana u dan sve veci idol, ljubi te brat. :**

I just wanted to share once more my opinion... love your videos man. Truly do. Thanks a lot and please keep doing them!

your videos are the ones I look forward to most! keep up the good content!

I can strongly relate to the excitement of building my own tools. My desk setup is in my bedroom and I have two monitors on it. The desk is a bit far away from my bed. This presents a slight problem. When I want to watch Netflix from my bed I cannot easily control playback such as pausing or rewinding and fast forwarding. I have to get up from my bed and go to my desk to do these things. The solution was to build a simple web app that connects to a chrome extension, which I also built, via a websocket to control the playback. Now I can enjoy Netflix from my bed without having to get up every time I want to pause or rewind a few seconds.There are probably easier solutions out there for this problem but I got excited about the opportunity to build something myself to solve my own problem. This is why I love being a software engineer.

Hey Marko I'm an SDET & at the age of 29 I'm learning python along with DS algo. Love your contents & love that 911 too....cheers from India.

I agree. Software Engineers thrive in a digital world. maybe like 50-100 years back engineers and contractors could do everything you needed in life. Now the same with Software Engineers.

Marko, you are the greatest, you probably won't believe me but you can check, I'm subscribed to you since you had like 5k subscribers and every video you make is really nice. I also am a software engineer/programmer, software engineer as a job and after I finish work I code my own things, almost like you :). Ty for being out here making our days!

What an excellent video. Thank you for sharing Marko.

i'd love to check out your video editing collaboration tool, thanks for the inspiration Marko!

Love u vid marko!!

Beautiful floor in the coffee shop, we have the same here in Morocco :)

You’re one of the best KZfaq channels out there right now (at least in my opinion 😂)!! Keep up the amazing work, your videos brighten up each of my weeks!

I'm studying to be a programmer and this video gave me too much energy too keep going and do the stuff I wanna do I have already done some little projects and I know its very hard but see this from a perspective of someone who alredy are a software engenner is so good and give some hope to keep going! (sorry for me english, its not my first language 😅)

Speaking about breaking, loved the fact that Sonoma broke WiFi for so long

One of my favorites SW blogs 👌

Hearing what you said about barista job, here is an interesting challenge. I am a trained Barista, not at starbucks or something like that, I went to proper Barista training program and got taught by one of the best if not the best Barista Maestro in the country. You teach me how to code and I teach you how to make a perfect cup of coffee and as a bonus how to decorate it with latte art so that it looks as amazing as it would taste.

I chose this profession because I am genuinely interested in tech, and secondly, I come from a background that wasn't really easy as well. It's not easy living in a third world country, so financial freedom is the best way to experience life. Even though I am a junior developer, I am also experiencing the perks and added convenience the tools of the job gives you. and the beauty of creating mere abstract thoughts and changing them to tools & services of serious value!

Nice choice of OLAP db at 0:38! :D

I am learning how to code for a project... but... I struggle with logical thinking and evaluating tips from AI correctly, so I don't get lost into small technical details. Also I hate that feeling of loosing work quickly because of one tiny mistake or having to correct everything due to one minor decision. It is hard to stay on track. I got a project I have to finish but honestly, I am happy when this project is done.

Your video is inspring and movivate to me for software engineer Keep the good work bro I love it And wish you had a lot of Fans

Absolutely loved this video and style! I am also a huge Porsche fan and I am very curious what cafe is this? That's a beautiful Carerra! Hahah

Great video. I saw your video on Honey Pot and it was cool to see that you were initially interested in physics and mathematics since that’s what I studied in university. 😊

the reason why i love programming because i curious with tech, when we can create or develop something it give me joy and Challenges like video games.

Keep Moving Forward 🌌⚡

I’ve liked his explanation about software engineer

You are my inspiration. I'm studying computer science, but I feel lost. I don't really know what to focus on. I hope that it will come in time and that I will succeed.

To create something from nothing is one of the things that make me to like it so much

That car adds a new meaning to drive-thru

I’m still trying to fix ‘unexpected brace in scope’ 😂 this is my bug bearer, not a coder but trying to be, or be something new. I write children’s books for our girls, and just decided to learn code with not much success 😅 great video ✌️

I think that one of the main things that got me into programming was just that, the creativity and the possibility that you can create almost anything

i feel personally attacked with that last anecdote lmao

I've been working as the go-to IT Technician in my household and I'm currently studying my Bachelors in IT. The amount of satisfaction I gain from solving a problem with PCs and phones is unimaginable.

im in my second year of computer science. I think the reason why I love it so much is because I just love building things in general, not only software, and programming allows me to build anything with minimal resources beyond my own capabilities. Sometimes I find myself just wanting to build something, I don't even have any app idea.

I am trying to be java back-end dev-er even if I am a teacher right now in other field. thanks for your videos!

I had so much pleasure by solving problems when I was a student, that’s why today I’m still a software engineer. And the other reason is that I can work in different countries ✌🏽 Love from France 🇫🇷

Hi Marko, I am not a software engineer but i am systems engineer, I like to coding a lot of language programs and I like your creativity. I have a little questions for you: 1. Do you have OneMenu for windows 10? 2. If you use 2 monitors of Dell in your house, where is the Monitor Lg DualUp 28 Inches? Thanks for your videos

My motivation in software engineering in the same. Having freedom to build stuff you want, being able to work without an employer, doing everything just with your laptop from anywhere. Btw I just wanted to ask if you thought about making one menu public? I really like it and currently I learn swift for a university project, so I really wanted to check out the code for one menu.

Eagerly waiting for keyboard unboxing

What a cool coffe shop!

"all building blocks of software are readily available" - you can say the same about sounds or words, yet the difficulty in writing books or creating a hit lies in picking the right ones and choosing their order.

Another outstanding video, Marko! Thanks for sharing! Cheers from Brazil!

if im being honest the reason i chose Data Scientist(Planning on getting a bachlor in software engineering) is because i wanted a job were i could, get alot of money independently/none independently, and where im not a workslave, and because i wanted to problemsolve since its fun. idc if its shallow, its my reason to wanting to do so and i dont think their is anything wrong with it. and when im finished with school i will be fullstack engineer, yeah ik you could do that at home but you wont have any guidance and i actually like going to school so i dont mind it its actually kinda fun and i dont regret it i highly recommed it

Do you plan to upload your content planner somewhere to make it usable for others? Looks very interesting :) Btw great video! Keep up the good work and content

I was a software engineer but transitioned into an Escalations Engineer (just as challenging). I have a BS in Computer Science working on my Masters in Computer Science with a focus on AI/Machine Learning

Great video, Marko. I love being an SWE, but sometimes I get caught up in other positions that are more "outdoorsy." for example, about a month ago, I began watching videos about food and product delivery, especially a channel called LondonEats. I don't want to leave my profession, but I am very interested in working outside, that does not involve 100% being on a computer. Thanks for the video!

I love the wallpaper in your video, with the animated city background. Can I ask where you got it?

My main motivation is doing things that are not repetitive and feeling like a scientist sometimes

What type of backpack do you have? Looks really cool.

Yay new video ❤

Nice video bro, during video making do you use head gear or chest mount

I loved that beautiful car!

0:02 omg my eyes! It's so bright!

I tried it, i hated the job. I switched to network engineering and i am so damn happy with my job i wouldn't change it for anything.

Everyone thinks I’m crazy for dreaming of being a barista since I’m a software engineer. Thank you for opening up in this video, it’s nice to hear I’m not alone

Top notch content Mark

Hey Marko great video i LOVE it. Editing style is on TOOP. Is it just me or are you working on new wallpaper pack. Also i have a problem with your window manager. It doesn't work properly. I turn it on and it works for a while, but after some time it stops working. Commands do not work at all. I have to turn it off and than on to work.