@guy_roh
This is such a big thing. At the end of the day every single concept that A human understands can therefore be understood, and is never too hard to understand.
@ChrisTitusTech
I actually developed this same mentality but because I had to. My past employer had the main SAN fail and corrupted all the VMs across 4 hosts only a month into the job. Over 30 VMs needed to be restored and the backups weren't complete. I thought... this is impossible and can't be done. However, if I didn't do it, I'd be out of the job. At that point I was so mad that the company had such bad systems and instead of just walking off or just trying to get everything back the way it was. I said... "You know what, forget this, I'm just going to upgrade all the system to where they should be or just fall on my sword trying." For the next 3 days, I worked on about 30 minutes a sleep per day and restored active directory and base systems for function in the company all using a new server image I created. Called up a friend to help with the implementation of a new Citrix farm, as the old one was 6.0 and moved to 7.x. Restored all the SAP financial systems and within 2 weeks, not only was everything back, but everything was actually up to date and in a far better position. From that day forward, I have never thought of a problem too big. Only that it is going to be FAR easier to fix than that crazy situation. Once you do what you consider impossible, you will never think anything is impossible again.
@liquidcode1704
Dude I'm 100% there with you. There's nothing I can't do... there are only things I haven't done yet.
@guitaripod
Good video and message I will never forget the moment when software engineering clicked for me. I'm self-taught. It was four months into the first job. As a software engineer, I felt I knew what I was doing for the first time. Before that moment, I thought: "Am I able to do this?" After that moment, to this day: "How long will it take for me to do this?" “You can’t learn everything, but you must convince yourself that you can learn anything…” - John Carmack.
@samu350
After having a stress attack over a deadline catching up to me due to bad project management AND thinking I wouldn't be able to do it, this really helps me mentally.
@AnalyticMinded
This is something I've thought about recently while teaching myself mathematical logic: the further I progress, the more difficult the proofs become, and sometimes it feels like I've hit a dead end. I think "this is way beyond me, I'm not gonna be able to proceed any further". And time after time, I manage to pull through! Sometimes it feels like trying to break a big rock with a small hammer, but with persistence, that rock will have to give!
@geewiz70
One of the books that had the most impact on my life is "Mindset" by Carol Dweck. She describes how the Growth Mindset that ThePrimagen exhibits in this video is the more successful approach over the Fixed Mindset in which people limit themselves, thinking "Nah, I don't have enough talent for this to succeed."
@oliverdenton4216
These are my favourite videos of yours, dude. This and the last 'vim as your editor' video. The just fucking do it mentality. Being reminded there's no shortcuts and you have it in you if you just try. Appreciate you, man.
@gmoney9332
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” -Marcus Aurelius
@asdqwe4427
Love it! I was asked to go to China to teach our coworkers about our fronted. Was I scared? Yes! Did I grow as a person? Yes! Living in regret is way scarier than public speaking.
@denzilv
I'm the same way. It's not that one can't figure things out, it's just how long that journey is. I remember joining the Labs team in 2014 and there was no guarantee that the team would exist a year in so we had to quickly create business value as we grew so we could stick around. I also remember Social Mountain. 🙂
@mikloscsepella2743
man you're constantly demonstrating what a great human being you are
@noitibmar
I'm not actually a programmer, I'm an FX Animator, and I've absolutely had my fair share of imposter syndrome over the years. But I recently got asked to do an FX Design job, taking on more of a Lead role in the production and I'm so glad I said yes. Of course I've been terrified that I won't be good enough, or I'm not ready yet, but so far I think things are going well. I've designed a bunch of FX, shaped a significant amount of the look of the project I'm on, and hopefully I get to do this again cus I'm really enjoying the extra freedom it lends me x
@gadgetboyplaysmc
Ah man.. Prime, I never thought I'd feel like crying man. You have no idea how much you're helping me mentally right now. I just graduated 2 months ago, started my first real software engineering job where I'm more accountable for an actual project. There's a ton of pressure I've been feeling the past few weeks trying to deliver on time and being anxious if I actually deserve to be an engineer. It's tough running into more difficult problems compared to just working on fun side projects to get hired. I'm constantly feeling like I might get fired because some of the problems I run into are so overwhelming. Even worse when the requirement is seemingly easy yet it takes me a long time to figure out. Everything you said here just feels like a good pat in the back, man. Thank you!
@blackfrog1534
Man this hits so close to home, and just at the right time, thank you Prime!
@cielohilario4339
This is just the thing that I needed to hear. Thank you for making videos like this!
@KevinNaughtonJr
so simple and so true, if you spend enough time you'll eventually solve the problem at hand
@Alyyyyyyyy123
Finished my first project at my first full time job last Thursday. I'm more comfortable with frontend but was hired as a backend engineer cause I knew enough . The project was given to me at my 2nd week and tbh I was and still am overwhelmed. I have a lot of imposter syndrome, made a lot of small mistakes, and a bunch of hurdles. But even then, I knew I'll be able to do it somehow. Good thing I have good and understanding seniors to help me with how I should approach certain things. At my lowest point during that project where I'm questioning if I'll be even be able to pull this project off. I stumbled upon this vid and gave me the needed pep talk to continue. That experience really gave me the confidence and validation for myself that even if I'm not good atm, I'm competent enough right now that I will be. Thanks Prime for helping me through my self taught dev journey!
@winnie-the-bish
100%. The biggest advancements in my career have come from me saying yes to the big, scary and uncertain problems that others thought you'd be crazy to tackle
@anthonytran1393