Software engineers are drowning in decision fatigue

As a new software engineer, you have to make too many choices: degrees, specializations, career paths, programming languages, frameworks, architecture, and so on. This video discusses the cost of having too many options, and how to handle that decision fatigue. Also, if you want to cut code review time and bugs in half, check out CodeRabbit. Get a free trial at "coderabbit.ai/?utm_source=utsav"

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro
01:48 Picking a degree or career path
04:47 Technical decision-making
07:34 Choosing between job offers
09:16 Some useful decision frameworks

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