20 years of coding in 20 minutes

Here is my attempt at summarizing 20 years of software engineering experience in 20 minutes!


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DATA STRUCTURES & ALGORITHMS

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SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Clean Code - amzn.to/3nHNtAC
Clean Architecture - amzn.to/3kZ7UqR
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The Productive Programmer - amzn.to/33aMeSE
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SYSTEM DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE

Web Scalability for Startup Engineers - amzn.to/39c55QV
Designing Data Intensive Applications - amzn.to/3fxgOLm
Understanding Distributed Systems - amzn.to/3cjChr5
Software Engineering at Google - amzn.to/3rfJc8L
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro
01:25 The beginnings
04:16 A midwestern town and the silicon valley
05:55 Failure of epic proportions
07:12 Grad school & the first "official" job
08:32 A small startup, and getting laid off
10:05 New beginnings: West coast & Microsoft
11:10 Creating my own startup
12:26 Doing Senior Software Engineer "things"
13:10 Managing a team of software engineers
14:09 Quitting my dream job
15:10 Sponsored section
16:56 Growing YouTube and getting a job again
17:56 My Advice to YOU

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