A REAL Day in the Life of a Microsoft Software Engineer in Vancouver
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2024
- A day in my life as a software engineer / husband / father. In this video I go over the highlights of my day while trying to maintain a work life balance.
0:00 Day in the Life
0:07 Wake Up
0:11 Caffeine
0:18 Grooming
0:25 Gear Up
0:35 Free Ride
0:40 Drop Off Kid
0:49 To Skytrain (Metro)
0:54 Canada Line to Vancouver
1:16 Vancouver
1:38 The Office
1:58 My Desk
2:05 Code + PR Review
2:11 Pizza Run
2:47 Back to Work
3:02 Home Time
3:46 Back in Richmond
4:02 Burger King
4:11 Back Home
4:22 Watch the News
4:27 Story Time
4:31 Snack Run
4:55 Code + Relax
5:26 Bed Time
5:35 Make the Bed
5:46 Sleep - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Super chill DITL man, keep’em coming!
Thanks! I do indeed plan to do another in the near future, probably early in 2024. My life changes all the time so I can probably do a new one every few months and have a different schedule/flow.
hey thanks dude your website is awesome for playing cool gamez during school
Thanks very much! I am happy you hear of people using it for games during school. 🙂
hey, I just subscribed to your channel. I am so inspired by this single video as my dream is also to become an engineer in Canada. I want to apply to UBC or Waterloo. I just wanted to ask what are the key steps I should take as a Junior student to achieve my dreams other than do well in my academics?
Thanks so much, I am happy to hear you liked my video. I think the most important thing to achieving your dreams is to have a passion for the things you do. For me technology was always something I loved to learn. As for academics, they likely can indeed help, but I never personally went to university or college so I can't say how much it would have helped me.
love from indonesia, i hope i can work at Microsoft one day.
It's a great place to work, maybe we will run into each other here one day. 🙂
Great vlog
Thank you!
Sir, your website has left my mind-blown. And i have taken it upon me to create a similar or a better website than yours in next 1 year as my final year project. Thanks for the inspiration 🙌
Awesome, thanks! Good luck on your project.
What are the Specs of your ThinkPad X1 carbon? Also what gen? Sorry I am a Thinkpad nerd XD
It's not that impressive to be honest, but I hope to be getting a new work laptop in the next few months. The one I have now is an 11th Gen 4-Core Intel i7 with 16 GB's of RAM, SSD, no discrete graphics. I'd like the 14th gen CPU's with 8+ cores and 64 GB of RAM, but we will see what I get given.
No wonder you're working at Microsoft. Your skill is off the charts
Thank you very much! I hope to get many opportunities while working at Microsoft to make things that others can use.
@@DustinBrett keep working hard as you do. The lord will bless you more
Good luck !. 🙏🤞 !.
Thank you very much! I do feel like I have indeed been lucky in life in many areas. I hope I can keep going in this direction and sharing my progress online.
keyboard name pleaseeee (the one when your in the office)
My personal keyboard in my home office is the Corsair K100.
Nice video!
Thanks very much! I think I am due to make another one soon.
Well done!
Thank you!
Hi new subscriber here 👋. Im so inspired with your video and I'm planning to move and find a job as software engineer in Vancouver, currently I'm preparing IELTS and ECA for express entry program. I just wanted to ask, is it hard to find a job as software engineer in Vancouver? i have 3 years experience as a backend developer, i dont mind about big or small companies
Happy to hear my videos inspired you. Indeed it is easy to find work, but only if you aren't picky and you hustle. When I moved here I started at the "bottom" in a startup of just a few people based on an ad I found in Craigslist. You need to find your own opportunities as it's harder than ever to be handed them, but they exist for those with the drive. Good luck!
@@DustinBrett I am even more motivated by your response, thank you sir, I will start from the bottom and will work hard to find it when I get there
@@Sleepybaby09 That's great to hear! Soft skills will get you further at the start of your career, so make connections and have fun coding. People will pick up on your passion and want to work with you.
Hello sir. Can you add Turkish subtitles to your videos?
Thanks for the interest in my video! It's only music during the video, here is my attempt to translate the time stamp titles into Turkish.
0:00 Hayattaki Gün
0:07 Uyandırma
0:11 Kafein
0:18 Bakım
0:25 Vites Yükseltme
0:35 Serbest Yolculuk
0:40 Çocuk Bırakma
0:49 Skytrain'e (Metro)
0:54 Kanada Hattından Vancouver'a
1:16 Vancouver
1:38 Ofis
1:58 Masam
2:05 Kod + Halkla İlişkiler İncelemesi
2:11 Pizza Koşusu
2:47 İşe Dönüş
3:02 Ev Saati
3:46 Richmond'a Dönüş
4:02 Burger King
4:11 Eve Dönüş
4:22 Haberleri İzle
4:27 Hikaye Zamanı
4:31 Atıştırmalık Koşusu
4:55 Kodlama + Rahatlama
5:26 Uyku Zamanı
5:35 Yatağı Yapın
5:46 Uyku
Are you still employed by Microsoft?
Yes I am, I actually just made a new Day in the Life video a few days ago in the same office.
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@@DustinBrett Excellent. The big tech companies seem to be purging staff these days
@@aa-kh9ex They are for sure getting rid of people, but most of the layoffs and firings I saw had some logic behind them. The least controlled ones were when the team/project was not doing well, which is not in control of the developers quite often. A few months before I made this video my team was dissolved, but I was able to move to a new team which was better in most everyway, so I got lucky. Also they did a lot of over hiring when Covid started, which is when I got onboarded. For the last few years they have slowed down with hiring.
Great video. Everything seems like a good relaxing day, except for the unhealthy food. You should probably buy more healthy food if you want to see your kids grow up but don’t take this personally lol ❤
don’t worry man I’ve watched his other day in the life videos, it doesn’t seem like he eats pizza on a daily basis or anything lol
@@KitzoonBlox 👍🏻😂
Thanks! As for the food, it's not that bad for you. Nobody lives forever.
@@KitzoonBlox Haha thanks! Ya I mix it up, but I also enjoying eating. I could be healthier, but I don't plan to live forever.
Hey man, we’re programmers not athletes, I stand with you @DustinBrett
I completely understand that you must have a hectic schedule, but I couldn't pass up the chance to propose something truly meaningful. Would it be possible for us to have a Google Meet or any sort of online video conferencing chat? Your website, with its own operating system, has left me utterly amazed. Being a final year computer science student from India, the impact it has had on me is indescribable. Your talent and expertise shine through every aspect of your creation, and I find myself yearning to get some guidance directly from someone as extraordinary as you. Please, sir, if you could find even a small window of time like 10 mins, it would be an absolute honor for me to have a conversation with you. Your guidance and insights would be invaluable as I embark on my own journey in the field of software development. Thank you for being such a profound source of inspiration!
Thanks for the kinds words. Let's connect on LinkedIn or you can email me at dustinbrett@gmail.com and we can chat more.
LOL! Calm down tiger...talk about blowing smoke up someones a*!se.
make bed at 10 pm 🤣
Haha ya I figured I would put that in cause a nicely made bed to sleep in is an important part of my day, and that day it hadn't been made yet. 🙂