Some people have doubts about which path to follow: Web Development Or Software Development? There are basically two different paths you can go when it comes to programming: Web Development Web development is the coding or programming that enables website functionality, per the owner's requirements. It mainly deals with the non-design aspect of building websites, which includes coding and writing markup. Web development ranges from creating plain text pages to complex Web-based applications, soc...
Jan 20, 2017•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Searching for jobs is always an overwhelming task for most programmers and developers. Most of them don't know how to search for jobs and end up sending a lot of proposals, resumes etc and never end up hearing back from the employers... What could be wrong? In this video, I received two very important staff from Hired.com to share their experiences and talk about how developers can improve their job searching process. SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL: vid.io/xokz CHECK OUT HIRED.COM: http://simpleprogr...
Jan 19, 2017•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast So, social media has definitely taken care of the whole web and changed the way we interact with each other in ways we've never seen before. This can also be applied to the job searching/hiring process. Nowadays, employers look at the social media profiles of their contestants to see how their life (off work) is. And this has serious implications when it comes to making the final decision. In today's video, I received a question from a reader asking if it was cool to expose your life on Facebook...
Jan 18, 2017•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today we are going to talk about housekeeping. Yeah... You heard me right. Today we are going to talk about housekeeping. 2016 has ended and 2017 started. We usually take this time of the year to make new resolutions and make new plans for our lives. However, there is one thing, that is as important as making new resolutions for the new year, which is cleaning up the spaces you work/life. You've probably heard about the importance of getting rid of old stuff and how it makes the energy flow much...
Jan 17, 2017•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's 2017 and we all know what discrimination is, right? Unfortunately, there are a lot of people that are still discriminated by their skin color, sexual orientation, the place they were born, etc. But... how do you react if YOU are the one being discriminated in your workplace? How would you act and react to this? In this video, I received a question from a reader asking me that he applied for several jobs but got zero responses. Some people said it was because of his name. How do you overcome...
Jan 16, 2017•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast A lot of guys have been asking me to do a review about Cracking The Coding Interview, and the time has come. In this video I'll tell you if you should buy Cracking The Coding Interview and why I consider it one of the best programming books ever written (even though it is above Soft Skills on Amazon). Here is the book description extracted from Amazon "I am not a recruiter. I am a software engineer. And as such, I know what it's like to be asked to whip up brilliant algorithms on the spot and th...
Jan 15, 2017•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever feel trapped living with your parents? I receive a lot of emails, especially from young software developers. These are people that don't have how to pay for their financial independence and they are trapped in their parents' house, most can't find a way to get out of there. Sometimes, living with the parents can be the hell out of a thing and they end up suffering all this time with no chances of getting out. So... If you're living this type of situation... What should you do? Shou...
Jan 14, 2017•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast There are a lot of software developers that want to become entrepreneurs. In this channel I talk a lot about entrepreneurship, building a side project, building a blog and marketing yourself. As you might know, marketing yourself consists of building up authority, through blog posts, books, products, etc. However, between books and products... which one is more profitable? Which type of product should you aim if you're building your online empire? How To Market Yourself Course: http://simpleprog...
Jan 13, 2017•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast A lot of people, especially nowadays, have a lot going on in their lives. They have to take care of a lot of things: work, side projects, family, relationships, personal goals, health, etc. In this video, I received a question from a reader telling me that he was overwhelmed by too many tasks... Knowing that I do a lot of things, he reached me for help. So... What can he do in order to overcome this? How can he overcome this bad feeling and get ahead with his life? How I Plan My Week: https://ww...
Jan 12, 2017•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Last year, as you might remember, I've spent 3 weeks in China. This trip has added a lot to my overall experience and I came back with lots of different ideas. I've recorded a bunch of videos talking about my experience and in one of my videos I talked about how China must become the new economic potency in the next 10 years and how the Chinese market is still unexplored by some Americans. I also said that I wanted to learn Chinese and that it would be a great idea to learn Chinese, especially t...
Jan 11, 2017•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast So, today we are going to talk about software architects in agile scrum environments. So, as you all know, a software architect is a software expert who makes high-level design choices and dictates technical standards, including software coding standards, tools, and platforms. The leading expert is referred to as the chief architect. In these environments, there must be some problems with these software architects and the rest of the team. In today's video, I received a question from a team memb...
Jan 10, 2017•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast A lot of programmers have a really hard time trying to find a perfect niche for them to work on. Usually, they get caught up in so many questions that they can't even see the bigger picture... "Is my niche small?", "Is my niche profitable enough?", "I feel like there is not so many people out there in my niche", etc... So, how do you know if you programming niche is good enough? How can you know if you made the right choice? Specialization & Niching Down Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist...
Jan 09, 2017•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast So, as you know I do a lot of real estate videos and I believe real estate is one of the best investments a programmer could ever make in his/her life. The cost is relatively low, it is not too difficult to start and, with the money we get paid, it is very easy to create a little income on the side by becoming a real estate investor. So, I do a lot of videos about real estate for people that want to invest, but I never did any of these videos for renters. In this video, I'll give the best tips I...
Jan 08, 2017•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guilt. According to its definition, Guilt is the state of one who has committed an offense especially consciously OR feelings of culpability especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy. If you're a human being, you've probably felt guilty before and this is a very bad feeling to be felt. Guilt can be a pain in the ass of a feeling when we want to achieve what we really want in life. We might feel guilty for a hundred reasons, family, friends, for yourself... In this episode, I...
Jan 07, 2017•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast A lot of developers struggle with lack of confidence. In fact, I've talked about this several times on this channel, because this is such a recurrent topic in the software developer community. One of the ways that this lack of confidence can appear is in the form of the "Impostor Syndrome". For those who don't know, Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon or fraud syndrome) is a concept describing high-achieving individuals who are marked by an inability to internalize their accompl...
Jan 06, 2017•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Haseeb decided to team up with me on one more amazing interview for this channel. For those who don't know who Haseeb is, he is a software engineer working at Airbnb. He has devoted himself to donate 33% of his salary to high-impact charities. He used to be a student, then instructor, then Director of Product at App Academy, a top coding bootcamp in San Francisco. Before that, he was a world-class professional poker player and he also wrote a best-selling book on poker. In today's int...
Jan 05, 2017•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Senior Developers... How can they possibly exist and be so useless? In today's video, I've received a question from a reader that was bragging me about senior developer. Basically, he said that senior developers are only seniors because of their time on the field and nothing more. And man, it shouldn't be this way, c'mon! He asked me how could he possibly deal with them. They are trying to implement new pieces of technology and these senior developers are making it hard. This new piece of techno...
Jan 04, 2017•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast So, recently I've received a very intriguing email. In this email, this guy was telling me that he was depressed by watching me. He felt like his life was nothing by watching me. In his view, I was too perfect and I was something that he could never dream of achieving. So, I decided to record this video as a response to this email and I also wanted to tell you some stuff that I think it's very important. Don't ever think that someone else's life is more important than yours. How To Enjoy (And No...
Jan 03, 2017•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you're a regular watcher of this channel, you've heard me talk about niching down and specialization, right? One of the major strategies I talk about in my videos is the ability to specialize and niche down, picking a specific theme. However, a lot of people complain about that. They say that they won't have topics and substance to write and to create a blog around this theme. Besides that, one of the major fears of people is picking a small niche. They are afraid that the niche they choose m...
Jan 02, 2017•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast So, a lot of you are interested in investments and I really love to see such things growing and becoming more popular among software developers. In this episode, I'll talk more about investments, especially about liquid and safe investments. Do these type of investments really exist? What are the best options for those people who want to invest safely and have a solid ROI?
Jan 01, 2017•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast We all have a very bad habit which is judging. We tend to judge not only others but also ourselves. Judging can be one of the most harmful things you do to yourself when it comes to developing a healthier and better version of yourself. There are a lot of different downsides to that and you should be able to cut that harmful practice if you want to develop a healthy relationship with yourself. So, do you feel like you're judging yourself too much? What My Life Was Like 7 Years Ago: https://www.y...
Dec 31, 2016•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Recently, I did a video about algorithms and whether it was a good idea to learn it or not. I see a lot of programmers making much noise about algorithms and well... In the end, it might not be ALL OF THIS for you to worry about it so much. I know this topic divides opinions on the internet. Some programmers might say that learning algorithms will definitely make your career stand out from the crowd, while others might say that you should not invest your time in learning algorithms because it is...
Dec 30, 2016•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this interview, Ameer and I share everything you'll need to know about BitCoin and its future!
Dec 29, 2016•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast There are some times when we really need to make a career transition and this can be a very difficult thing to do. I've talked about transitioning from QA to Software Development but I've never dug into talking about the transition from SysAdmin to Software Development, First of all, a SysAdmin is is a person who is responsible for the upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems; especially multi-user computers, such as servers. The system administrator seeks to ensure that...
Dec 28, 2016•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this podcast, I'll share everything that happened to me in 2016, from my Simple Programmer achievements to my personal changes.
Dec 27, 2016•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast So, you work for a company for a long time but you feel like it is time to move on. However, when you look back, you see how much this company has done for you and it kind of breaks your heart. Aaaawn... Ok, now back to business. This is a very common thing to experience. You might feel like quitting your current job but you feel guilty because of how much this company has done for you over the years. You feel like you shouldn't quit or you ask yourself what is the best way to leave this company...
Dec 26, 2016•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Loss is always something hard to deal with. It can happen and it literally takes something you like away from you. This is bad and we all have to learn how to deal with that. However, there is certain losses that are unexpected and can totally transform our lives. An unexpected firing, money loss, unexpected expenses, etc. So, what do you do in situations like these? How can you learn how to deal with awful situations like this one? Click Here To Support Simple Programmer: https://www.patreon.co...
Dec 25, 2016•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Technically, I have ADHD. I don't even know what that means, really. As a kid, I recall getting kicked out of preschool. It was pretty silly - all just some sort of misunderstanding. Apparently, or should I say "allegedly", I was pulling some girls hair and I was climbing up the bookcases and jumping from bookcase to bookcase, pretending like I was a monkey. It didn't take them very long before they figured out I needed to be on Ritalin. But the Ritalin didn't last long. I quickly rejected it. E...
Dec 24, 2016•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast A lot of software developers dream of becoming entrepreneurs. Nowadays, this is a very easy path for those who want to embark on this journey. However, just like any other journey, there are a lot of challenges along the way. There is doubt, there is fear, there is the mindset, etc. However, one of the things that seem to take most entrepreneurs off the road is the starting point. When you're just starting out you need to understand and discover the entire legal structure of your online business...
Dec 23, 2016•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Elliott Hulse is a buddy of mine and he is a fantastic speaker. He has helped me A LOT in my career, especially when it comes to motivation, to providing value to people and a lot more. So, it is an honor to have him on my channel. In this video we are going to talk about pushing your boundaries, why learning is the best way to become a better person, all the changes we experience through our lives and much more. Be prepared because this will be a changing talk that we all should be aware of. El...
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