► Are You "Planning" Too Much? (ZERO Action!) ◄ People Plan. We've all been there, right? When it comes to starting a new project, we tend to plan. And we plan. And we plan. We plan a lot. We do A LOT of planning. And this is where things go wrong. If you're like you're failing with your projects... Maybe are you planning too much? In this video I'm going to talk about too much planning and zero action. Why You Shouldn't Play The Victim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRmNtlV4sOA...
Oct 17, 2017•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► My Boss Said I Was 1 Minute Late! ◄ What do you do if you find yourself in a situation where your boss complains about you being 1 MINUTE late? This is exactly what happened. I've received a question from a reader where he asks me for help, basically saying that he was at in a shitty job. What do you in a situation like that? How do you escape from a shitty and cursing job like that? Watch this video and find out! Stop Apologizing For Everything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdiZgL5y3KE Sho...
Oct 16, 2017•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Dishonesty: Does It Pay The Price? ◄ Today we are going to talk about dishonesty. Dishonesty could be defined as: "Definition of dishonesty 1. lack of honesty or integrity: disposition to defraud or deceive 2. a dishonest act :fraud" As you might have imagined, you, just like myself, have encountered a lot of dishonest people during our entire lives. They prank us. They made us believe in something and, then, they rip off our trust. However, despite the anger and wanting to literally kill thes...
Oct 15, 2017•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Eli QUITS YouTube...! What About Me? ◄ Recently it came to my concern that Eli has just quit YouTube. People emailed me A LOT about this event because it was quite a big mark in the software development YouTube world. Eli is definitely one of the biggest channels in the software development world and it is quite shocking to see that he has quit YouTube. In this video, I'll address his quitting YouTube and tell you a little bit more about me... Am I about to quit YouTube? Watch this video and f...
Oct 14, 2017•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Tabs Vs. Spaces: Using Spaces Will Make You... Richer?◄ Developers who use tabs to indent their code, developers who fight for truth and justice and all that is good in the world, those developers have a median salary of $43,750. But developers who use spaces to indent their code, developers who side with evil and probably spend all day kicking kittens and punching puppies? Their median salary is $59,140. (Source: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/according-to-statistics-p...
Oct 13, 2017•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► I Always Get What I Want... How? ◄ Some of you really admire the fact that I always seem to get what I want in life, whether it happens to be projects, the launch of a book or some goal I've mentioned before. While this seems like a natural thing for me, it kind of feels natural but a lot of people don't seem to get it. "John, how do you manage to get everything you want? What the hell happens to you?" How do I manage to get everything I want? A Shoutout To Noah Kagan: https://www.youtube.com/...
Oct 12, 2017•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Data Science: Viable Career? (2018 & Beyond) ◄ Data Science is definitely a field that is rising in popularity and some software developers are starting to pay attention to it. Essentially, data science is about using the massive amount of data organizations are collecting to gain new insights, identify trends and find ways to streamline business practices. When you consider that in 2020 the world will generate 50x more data than it did in 2011, it’s no surprise that an entire discipline has g...
Oct 11, 2017•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Tyler's Success Story And What You Can Learn From It! ◄ I often get a lot of emails from people saying some good and some bad stuff too. The last one that really impacted me was a video telling me how Soft Skills sucked and, as you know me, I HAD to do a video about it. However, I receive some inspirational stories from people that are serious about programming and the stuff I teach here in Simple Programmer and this is what I'm going to talk about today. In today's video I'm going to share th...
Oct 10, 2017•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Should You Help Your Employer When Things Go Wrong? ◄ Things can go wrong no matter where you are: whether you're in the corporative world or just working for yourself. They say that when things get fucked up it's when things start to get excited, but I tend to disagree. The big thing that happens when things go wrong is that clients might end up cutting their paychecks to the company, which can definitely influence your overall payroll. So, what do you do when things go wrong? Should you help...
Oct 09, 2017•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► On Planning And Taking Action... ◄ Planning takes time, we all know that. And this is the first step towards your goals and dreams. I like to say that there is no execution without, at least, some level of planning. However, what happens when you're stuck in the planning mode forever and you NEVER take action? Do you feel trapped like this? Is there any way to avoid it? Watch this video and find out! The 70/30 Rule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcRLvNhLI1Q John Sonmez Pluralsight Courses: h...
Oct 08, 2017•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► How I Practiced My Italian... In Italy? ◄ As you probably know, a few months ago I decided it was time for me to start learning Italian due to my trip to Europe, especially, Italy. I recorded some videos showing my progress on the Italian I was learning and, as I was expecting, it was time for me to actually practice my italian here in Italy. How have I performed? Watch this video and find out! Learning Italian For Complete Beginners (Like Me...!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CADl877mmRU S...
Oct 07, 2017•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► You Can't Be Your Best All The Time... ◄ There comes a time when we always want to take ourselves to the next level. We want to keep improving more and more each day. However, there is one thing you need to admit and that thing is that you can't beat yourself all the time and that you can't be your best all the time. We need to start to acknowledge failure, plateaus and other types of variations, that leads to us not performing always the best as we wanted. In this video, I'm going to talk abo...
Oct 06, 2017•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Coding Bootcamps: Does It Really Teach Programming? ◄ There seems to be a lot of talking about coding boot camps lately and this whole discussion seems to be dividing people into two groups: The ones that are for coding bootcamps and the ones that are against coding bootcamps. One of the main reasons that led people to believe that coding bootcamps are not worth is due to the fact that, in their minds, it is impossible to learn programming in the three-month period that most coding bootcamps g...
Oct 05, 2017•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Why Don't Developers Make Millions Like Startup Tech-Stars? ◄ In this video, someone emailed me with some serious questions about some economic concepts that it was too difficult to understand. Why don't Developers make millions just like some Startups Tech-Stars? Why do developers who sit all day writing code do not have the same recognition as some stars, especially in the tech field? In this video, I'll share some opinions about this subject and how you can take that to your advantage and t...
Oct 04, 2017•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Would You Recommend Learning C++, C# And Java? ◄ C++, C# and Java. While they might seem like three different programming language, in its core, it guards some principles that blend and differ them. As you might know, learning can be tricky, especially if you're just starting out. Choices. Smart choices. This is what you should be doing if you really want to advance in your career. At this point, let's assume you have 3 options: Java, C++ and C#. What should you learn? Is there a smart way to ...
Oct 03, 2017•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► What Happens When You Take Action... ◄ I'm always amazed by the endless success stories I receive by people who take action using everything I teach here in Simple Programmer. This time, I have received an awesome email, with a breathtaking success story and I wanted to share with you. If you're feeling down, if you're feeling like you won't go anywhere and that your effort won't pay off, just watch this video... This is what happens after consistency and action put into practice. Simple Progr...
Oct 02, 2017•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Balancing The Risk Of Real Estate Investment ◄ When we think about investment, we talk about making money and that's the only way to go. However, what most people are not aware of, is that investments are full of risks. This is a simple truth and you can't avoid it. This definitely makes people scared, whenever they start to get serious about investing. There are a lot of pros and cons for every type of investments but today we are going to talk about Real Estate. What are the risks of real es...
Oct 01, 2017•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► How To Deal With A Non-Supportive Spouse? ◄ Relationships can make or break you, we all know that right? Some couples manage to work their things together and manage to find their way all over to the top. Others, however, start to fight, resentment appears and the only way possible is down. While it is hard, this is the truth that most people face. How to deal with a non-supportive spouse? Should you both break-up? How to set limits? Watch this video and find out! Simple Programmer Podcast...
Sep 30, 2017•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► What Separates "Million Dollar Ideas" From "Ideas" ◄ This is kind of a follow-up on the video I did about Josh Earl and that most people seemed to misunderstand about all this stuff. Most people, in the Josh Earl video, kind of took it to the wrong side. The real purpose of this video is to talk about the simple thing that separates million dollar ideas from simple ideas. While every idea can definitely be a million dollar idea, if it doesn't have this simple element, it will definitely fail.....
Sep 29, 2017•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Your "Soft Skills" Book SUCKS! ◄ Recently I got an AWESOME email which I liked it SO MUCH I decided to record an entire video about this subject. This guy, simply emailed me, saying that my soft skills book sucked because it was "too much" of the same thing. Repetition about career, motivation, more of this wooh wooh stuff you all tend to hate. This is why, I decided to record this video response, sharing my point of view about this email... :) Soft Skills Audiobook: http://simpleprogrammer.co...
Sep 28, 2017•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Real Truth: You're Going To Die ◄ Bottom line: You're going to die. There is simply no turnaround on this. It is a simple truth you have to face, no matter how much you fight against it. However, while this might be a hard truth for anyone to face it, we need to simply acknowledge that and learn everything you can from that. What death can teach you? What can you learn from all of this? Watch this video and find out! Black Swan Book: https://simpleprogrammer.com/theblackswan Antifragile: https...
Sep 27, 2017•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► John... What Motivates You?◄ Finding motivation is definitely one of the most difficult things for most people. Finding the drive to follow up with your goals and objectives can be tricky and losing your path and road along the way. I consider myself a good person when it comes to finding motivation and drive inside me. And, as you've probably experienced here on this channel, I have my periods of low motivation. So... Most people ask me: "John, what motivates you?" In this video, I'm going to...
Sep 26, 2017•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► You're Always Gonna Have Problems... Don't Avoid It! ◄ Problems... We all try to avoid, don't we? Just take a second, stop and think about it. We try to learn new stuff to avoid not knowing what to do, we try to get a high paying job to avoid running out of money, we try to create a schedule to avoid running out of time. We always try to avoid problems and that is completely normal. However, even though we plan ourselves and try to create a protection around us, problems tend to appear. And we...
Sep 25, 2017•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► How Can I Track My Personal Development Journey? ◄ Starting in personal development is not always an easy thing to do. There are a lot of ups and downs and, most of the time, evaluating yourself is the most difficult part of the process. In today's video, I'll ask a question from a reader asking me how to know if you're really making progress when it comes to personal development. How do you track your personal development journey How to know if you're really making progress or if you're just ...
Sep 24, 2017•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Do You Owe Your Parents Something? ◄ Living life has made me realize how powerful the impact of our parents can be in our lives. Although we usually see them as invisible whenever we approach new people, it is inevitable to see that ALL of them have a HUGE emotional background. We live our lives devoted to our parents. They give us food, shelter, money, etc. Can we simply just leave when we become adults? Do we own our parents something? Watch this video and find out! Reach.me : https://simple...
Sep 23, 2017•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Working For Cheap Or Learning Technologies? ◄ Being a developer at its early stages means making some choices that can definitely influence in your career 5 years later. When you're beginning in software development, you almost don't know anything. And, in that stage, you need to make a decision: should you start working, with what you have and know, for cheap, or should you invest more time in learning new technologies so that you can charge more for your work? While you might think that this...
Sep 22, 2017•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Programming Contract: Should You Own The Code? ◄ Today we are going to discuss a kind of a controversial topic. Being a software developer means you're going to be hired to write code for others. You're probably going to write code for big & small companies, startups, and there is something you should think about: should you own the code you've written. While this may appear like an easy solution, it is not as simple as you might imagine. In this video, we are going to discuss how to approach ...
Sep 21, 2017•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► Web Development Visual Tools: Solid Or Cheating? ◄ In the software development world, people like to work raw. It seems that the more people do showing that they really understand the core of programming and that they really know the fundaments, people got it the better. It creates authority, and that is what really matters... Right? Well... Not always. In this video we will discuss the use of web development visual tools and if it really makes you a solid developer or if it only shows that if...
Sep 20, 2017•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► The 3 Levels Of Freedom ◄ I've been talking a lot about freedom lately because it is something I really believe in and I think it can help people when it comes to achieving the "true freedom" we all talk about. While I often talk about true freedom, what most people don't know is that there are often 3 levels of freedom. The first one, you still think about what other people think. The second one, you stop caring about what other people think but you only achieve true freedom in the third and ...
Sep 19, 2017•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast ► I'm Addicted To Programming... What Should I Do? ◄ People often say that they wanna learn programming but they are afraid of taking it one step further. Learning takes time and effort, and you won't go anywhere if you're not commited to it. When you're commited to something, it can only render you good fruits and good results, after all, you're going to get what you want. However... What if you consider yourself addicted to programming? What if you NEEDED to do other things but you couldn't be...
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