Portugalwouldbereallycoolisif I couldseeonthiswhereall y'allaretuninginfrom.
So I knowthere's a lotofpeoplefromIndia, UnitedStatesnorthandsouthofhereinCanadaandMexico, downinBrazil, Portugalandprettycooltoseewhereeveryone's from.
Arkansas.
AnotherPortugal.
Dublin, Ireland.
So y'allare y'allbeencelebratingsincehisweekend, Huh?
AmericanCowboycouldn't getitdone.
Thatis, ifyoupaidattentiontoUSC.
How's thecoffeegoing?
Coversgoinggood, Really?
There's a bagofcoffeerightbacktherethattokeepbackthere, youknow, keepthataromaintheroom, butcoffee's goinggood.
Thankyouforasking.
I'm ComputerScienceStudentCollege.
Whatarethemostimportantlanguagestolearn I haveonlybeentaughtjavawell, forwhateveryouwanttodo, that's gonnabethemostpointlanguagebeforeyou'redoingrightnow.
Wedidn't reallytellmanypeoplethatplayedthattime, but I don't reallycareabouttalkingaboutitnowandthen.
I playfortnightsometimesnottoomuchanymore.
You'reforBlackwater, man.
StraightoutofredRed.
Deadredemption, huh?
I'm fromyou.
Notread.
I'm fromRedDeadRedemption.
So I guessthatmakessense.
C++ worthlearningin 2020 yet?
Java, Scotland?
No, I justreallylikeJava.
I'm biased.
ButColin, I mean, seemslikethat's a movewhenitcomestoAh, likeAndrewDevelopment, howmanyjobsdidyouapplytobeforegetting a job?
Yougotoutofcollege?
Well, thethingis, theway I gotmyjobwhenitcameoutofcollegewhen I cameoutofcollegeisfromaninternship I hadwhile I wasincollege.
Sobefore I reallyhadthetimetostartapplyingto a bunchofdifferentjobs, wasalreadyincommunicationwiththeownerofthecompanyforthejobthat I gotwhen I graduatefromcollegethat I heldforupuntilthesecondhalfoflastyear.
Sonotmuch.
Butifweactuallywanttoanswerthatquestionin a realway, morerealisticway.
Howmanyjob, Howmanyinternshipsthat I appliedbefore I gottheinternshipthatledtothatjobsevenoreight.
And I gottwoofthoseinternshipsthat I appliedtooutofthosesevenoreightyouryourchannel, helpmychangecareersandgetmyfirstDebjobinwithout a degreewithouthaving a degreeprettycool.
Youknow, aswildas I remember, mydadwastalkingtome.
HeknowsthisownerofAh, I don't know.
Maybeithastobesoftwaredevelopment, I thinkistheownerCEOsomethingofthissulfurdevelopmentfirm, ifyouwill.
I'm like, lookatallthesedifferenttechnologiesandtexteditorsand 90 yearsand I couldbeusinggonnahavetodothebackandinfront.
Andthere's a lotmorethatwentintoit, atleastinmymindthat I wasleaningonmobileAPSoffthegate.
Butnowwhat?
I didhim a jobwasstraightupfullstackdevelopment, everythingfromfrontandbackindatabaseandinbetween.
And I think, whether I thinkWebappsyeah, C sharpforgames C plusplusfortherestcoating.
Jesus, I addressthisinnit?
Anothervideo.
You'd besurprisedifyoudidn't seethatvideo.
Howmanypeoplecommentabouthow I looklikeJesus?
Thebeardandhair.
Okay.
Whathasbeen a favoriteproject?
Youworkeduntildate?
Um, probablythisartificialintelligencesudokusolverthat I createdbecause I wentaheadandcreatedthegameandthenwentaheadandcreatedthealgorithmsinordertosolvethegame.
Andthatwas a lotoffun.
And I havereallylovedtheJoker's when I wasyounger, I didthemallthetime.
Sojusttobeabletokindofhavethatcomefullcircleandintegratedintocoatingthatwas a lotoffun.
Maybe I'm maybethat's alsorecencybias.
Becausewhile I didthat, thereeyearsago, maybemaybetwoyearsnowtwoorthreeyearsagowillsay I'vebeendoing a lotofartificialintelligenceworklately.
SorecencybiasIsraelthing.
Soconsideringthemintow, artificialintelligenceagain, thatthat's probablywhy I answereditlike I didmotivationforcoding, please.
Well, motivation I haveforcodingisjusthavefunwhiledoingit.
Is a wholeotherquestion, inmyopinion, becausehavingsomethingthatcouldbeabletowritecodeokay, that's stillwild.
Butthat's a littlebitmoreplausiblethanhaving a programandartificialintelligencebeingabletochangeitsowncodeinordertobeabletodobasicallywhateveritwants.
Itis, isPythontheonlywayto a I andmachinelearning?
Ah, lotofpeopledopython.
A lotofpeoplelikePython.
I created a fewthingswithPython, butagain I'm biased.
I likeJavabeendoing a lotof, ah, lookingintoprocessing.
It's like a what's thebestwaytodescribethisisliketheIt's like a layerovertopofJavainordertogetintolike a Maurvisualizingaspectofartificialintelligenceintheprogramsthatyouwrite, whoareWearehereandweneedhelp.
I don't knowwhatthatmeanstosellforengineer, requiremathormathliteracy.
Certainaspectsofit, Yeah, deeplearning.
Yeah, thatapplies.
When I was, uh, justsayingitjustitjust I don't know.
It's moreversatileinthesensethat I feellikeifyouget a computersciencedegree, it's youcanget a softengineeringjoboranyotherfastsetthatfallswithincomputerscience.
But I thinksuffragenearyouknow, 100%.
That's whatyouwanttodo.
Hey, I can't reallygowrongthere, canyou?
So I taketheayeayeinternshiportheWebandMobileFullstackdevelopment.
Butinregardstotheamountofviewsthatitgotinthefirstweekortwoontheamountofcommentsrelativetothoseviews, I didn't seeenoughinterestinitformetopursuethatandputallthatworkintoitfor a video.
Siri's Now, uh, nowthere's a lotmorepeoplewhoareinterestedin, and I thinkthere's anotherfellawhomadethistradingbahtvideoandthatkindofviral.
So a lotofpeoplebeenaskingmeaboutthatlately, butasitsitsrightnow, it's nothavingandthelatestvideoat 3 10 itsaysweneedyou, whoarethey, uh I havetolookintothat.
Doyouthink C++ isgoodforgettinganinternship?
Yeah.
I mean, yeah, it's a coatinginternship.
Youhave C plusplus, Eveniftheyknewjobberseeshockforsomethingsimilar.
TherejustgottogetthewordouttherethatHey, youwant a webdevelopmentpositionwhereyou'reworkingotherwise, justshareyourexperienceonyourresumeandthengiveittotheothercompany.
Ifyou'renotlookingat a jobatyourcurrentinternshipcompany, Tinselnotbeingnervousduringinterviews, I seemtonotbemyselfduringinterviews.
I guess I justneedtodoitmoregoodoldshot a liquor?
No, no.
Um, I wouldsay I'm notverygoodatgivingthatadvicebecause I goinstraighttheautopilotwhenitcomestointernships, and I getnervousaswell, so I don't know.
Whateveryouwanttodiveinto, ifjustwhateverinterestpiquedyourinterestthemost, maybehavetotake a fewdifferentelectivesandthatallowyoutobetterdecidewhatyoulike.
I thinkyourportfolio, aswellasyourassociate's degree, willworkinyourfavor.
Abouttostartbachelors, a computerscience, Anysuggestions?
But I'm inadvance.
I'm advancingPython.
I learnedonmyownandyouDemiyoutome.
I knowwhatyoumeanisanysuggestions.
I mean, I wouldjustsay I madequite a fewvideoswhenitcomestopreparingfor a computersciencedegreeinthings, thatnature.
Sotake a lookatthose.
Butwhenitcomestorightnow, definitelygointotheseclasses, whetherit's pythonclassorJavaclassor C plusplus, asifyoudon't knowanything.
Becausehere's thething.
Someoftheseclasses I knew a littlebitandwhenwehadthe 1st 345 weeksofclassandlike I alreadyknowallthisstuffandthen, youknow, week 89 and 10 hitand I thought, Oh, I couldjusttreatitlike I didthefirstfewweeksbynotreallystudyingthatmuchbecause I alreadyknowthisstuffandtheyhithardbecause, well, I actuallyhadtostudybecausewhen I didn't study, I wouldn't I wouldn't dotoowell.
I won't learntoomuchbecause I didn't knowthatpartofit.
Andhere's thethingwhenyou'refirststartingoutlearning, youreallywanttobeinin a situationwhereallright I wanttofollowthissinglepathso I cangettothetop.
It's fastestpossible.
Eventhat's what I say.
Youknow, pick a language, startbuildingthingssoyoucangetthisexperienceasyoucaninthatlanguage.
Butinorder, pickthatlanguage.
There's a wholelotofresearchthatgoesintoitbecausejustyourpuredesiretolearnwilltakeyoutoallendsoftheInternet, learningjustreadinguponwhatyoucouldbuildwithJavawhatyoucouldbuildwith C plus.
Plus, it's probablywhatbroughtyoutomuchhandlelearning a littlebitaboutcomputerscience, learning a littlebitaboutwhat, youknow, languagesShould I learnedtodoartificialintelligence, andthenyou'relike, Oh, lookatallthesedifferentideasandtexteditorsandyoujuststartdoing a littlebitofresearchhereandthereaboutallofthosedifferentthingsandallofthatknowledgeoverthespanof 345 10 yearsiswhatwillmakeyou a goodsoftwareengineer.
Thosearealltheclasses I tookalongwith, uh, atdevelopmentasanelective, artificialintelligenceclassesandelectiveand a fewotherWebdevelopmentasanelective.
Thosearetheclasses I tookinschoolcouldeverfullywithonebigproject, usingallmyskills, getmehiredbecauseitcould.
Whattipcanyougivemeonstartinguniversity?
Thatisn't programming.
I canalreadyansweredthattonightinyourcurrentjob, whatselfdevelopmentmodelheused.
I think I wanttotakesomeone, make a videowhere I takeyouthroughtheentireprocessofgoingfromWindows 10 anddownloadingyour i D anddogsmarketandcodingupanapplicationandcreating a lotofstuff.
Well, ifthisisyourmainaccount, youknow, get a profilepicture, dosomechannelartandthenbringsomevalue.
Here's thething.
Yougottayougottarememberthat a lotofpeopleyouneedtobeabletobringvaluetothem, notjusthopethattheywatchyourvideosbecauseyouthinkthey'reentertainingandthenmakesureyouthumbnailsonpoint.
I'm c I am 3.5 yearsintoYouTube, and I I remember, likeforthefirstyear, I'm like, I thinkthingsaregonnagowell, but I I didn't thinkthat I waslike, fiveyears.
Maybe I'llhit 100,000 subscribersand I thinkthoseaftertwoorthreeyears, I had 100,000 drivers.
Nowwe're, like 172,000 So I mean, I wasjustmakingit.
Whenwasthemomentyou'reyouconsideredyourselftobe a cellfordeveloperafteryouwereabletodothetaskgiventoyouatyourjoborafterbuildingprojectsthatyouunderstood?
I don't know.
I don't reallyknowifthere's likethatonemomentwhereit's justlike, allright, I'm a softwaredevelopernow.
I mean, don't getmewrong.
Once I had a jobas a softwaredevelopersawfringeneartomatopotato.
I considermyself a cellfordeveloper, but I think I shouldconsidermyself a cellfordeveloping.
Beforethatyouespeciallyfeellike a softdeveloper.
Ifthere's a programthatyou'restrugglingonandyoufinallyfulfilltheprogramthathandandcompleteit, youreallyfeellikeit's offeredof a softerdeveloper.
I guessthere's differentfacetswhenitcomestosecurityselfdevelopment.
But I don't knowwhatlanguage I wouldsuggestthatreceive.
Plusplus, itjustdependswhenitcomesinto, allright, Actually, here's a littlebitbetteradvicethan I don't knowwhenitcomestosecuritycellfordevelopmentandyouknowyou'regoingtogetyourcybersecuritydegree.
Native, theydohaveflutternow, which I believeisGoogle, whichisveryinterestingbecauseofthelanguagethatyouuseforflutterisdifferentthanthelanguagethatyouusefordeveloping.
Whateveritmaybe, let's usethattocreatetheandroidapplicationsanduseourtechnologyfromFloridatocreatetheIOCapplications, Jerrybuilding a nativeandroidapplicationandthen a crossplatform, ifyouwill.
Ifit's a bigcompanygoingglassdoorwhateverwebsiteitmaybetoseeiftheyhaveanygenericquestionsthattheyaskcodingquestions, interviewquestionssoyoucouldbebetterprepared.
Here's thething.
I don't liketogointoaninterviewandthey'regonnaaskmeallthesetechnicalquestions, and I don't I havenoideawhatthey'retalkingabout.
I liketobepreparedforitregardlessofwhethertheytellmeor I lookituponline.
I'm studyingfrontinthisyear, but I'm notsurewhatisthesafepointtogetaninternshipthisyear.
Wheredo I needtogo?
I feellikethere's never a goodanswertothat.
I juststartedapplyingtoplacesbecause I realizedthat I shouldprobablygetaninternship, andiftheyeveraskedmetodoanything, then I'lldomybesttofigureitout.
Taxesisjustmuchdifferentthan C plusplusinJavaand C, SharpandSwift.
EvenScotlandlikethoseairin a bubblewheretheyhavesimilarsyntaxandpython.
Whileokay, I canseethesimilaritiestherekindofintheirownlittlebubbleoverhere, where I wouldteachsomeonejobor C plusplus, becausetheskillsthattheylearnarebettertransferrable, andthat's strictlysyntaxspeaking.
A lotofpeopleliketotalkabouthowtheirselftaughtdevelopersbyhavingnocomputersciencedegreeoranythingofthatnature.
Butwhenitcomestoyouevenhaving a computersciencedegree, a lotofthesepeoplearealsoselftaughtbecauseyou'renotgonnalearneverythinginclasslikeit's a onehourclass a handfuloftimes a week.
Howmuchareyoureallygonnalearn?
Ratherthangoingafterclass?
Fourhours a coating, yougottalearn a wholelotmore.
Whatdostrugglewithmost?
Win?
Youfirstlearnedtocodejust I thoughttherewaslike I thoughtthere's gonnabe a momentwhere I juststartedcatchingontoeverything.
Let's sayticktacktoelikeyoudotakethattoethat's technically a gameandcreatethatintheterminal, andthenyoucangothatrouteorwell, I dorecommendthatshouldbeyour 1st 1stmethod.
YoucanalsogothegamedevelopmentengineroutelikefortnightthatiscreatedusingtheepicgamesonRealEngine, andthenyouhaveunity, which a lotofpeopleuseformobilegamedeveloped.
So I wouldsayjusthavesomefunintheterminal, creatingsomegames.
AndifyouwanttodoMauraMaura, whenitcomestousingtheengines, then I mean, that's thewayyoufeelaswell.
Justdepends.
Personalpreference.
Doyouthinkit d be a role?
Is a goodentrypointtotechcurrentlyandfinance, butwastobecome a softwaredevelopment, a developerdoingtheselftaughtroute.
Yeah, I'vegonethrough a few, notasindepth, because I'vekindofalreadydone.
Itismyowncomputersciencedegree, but I'vegonethrough a fewofthem, triedto a fewofhome, someofmynewWe'regood, Justbasedonpastexperience, someofthemlikelikewhen I wasdoingsomeofthepooracross I'm like, Isthisonebetterthanthisone?
Whenitcametolikeinchargeofprogramming, I think I changeditfromthe U V.
A coursetoHarvard.
Thereason I puthis u V A courseandforVirginia.
Somaybe I was a littlebitbiasedthere.
I think I alsochoseitbecauseofthelanguage.
I thinktheymayhavegonewithJavaandHarvardgotgoingwithsomethingelse.
I'm notsure I couldbewrongthere.
DidyougothroughcalculusatUniversity.
Yeah, I wentthroughtwoyearsofcalculustouse a calculusandthen, youknow, lineage, runallthatfunstuff.
I don't knowifbecausethecalculusonewaslike a whatdotheycallit?
Notlike a filterthatthere's a wordfor, butlike a filtercourse.
Theyfeeltired.
Allthepeoplewhoaren't reallyseriousaboutitwhenCalKwanandthencounttois a littlebiteasierorbecause I alreadyknewthefundamentalsand a basicsococktoitmade a littlebiteasier.
Whatever.
Andgirlsjust, youknow, in a girl's andderivativeswas a difference.