I think Rahul's advice is extremely important. MASTER YOUR STORIES. It doesn't matter how good you are if people can't perceive it. If you are doing wonderful technical things you're losing SO MUCH if you can't express it in a understandable way for your peers and leaders.
This is pretty much all great advice. My advice: don't try to take all of this great advice all at once. Pick one thing (ideally the thing you suck at/hate doing the most) to focus on first.
Great work, Steve! As always, you’re an inspiration! I noticed MLEs aren’t specifically represented, so if I may add a bit of wisdom that applies to SWEs but is essential for ML Engineers: Make time to learn-no one will hand it to you. Learning isn’t a one-time task; it’s an ongoing process that requires setting aside time regularly to stay on top of all the advancements. Bonus tip: whenever you learn something new, schedule a “deep dive” session with your colleagues to explain it to them. Not only will you understand the subject more deeply, but you’ll also position yourself as a leader in the space.
Being able to tell your story is so important. I’m working on my technical report at work and my mentor is emphasizing the fact that it needs to be written in a way that people care. If the “why” isn’t clear, then it’s hard for anyone to care
The collaborative spirit here is a great example of the soft skills that set the best SWEs apart from the rest. Love to see it, thanks for putting this together!
Based on the expressions in the thumbnail, I thought everyone was going to offer sobering, harsh reality checks. But nope 😁Thanks for collabing with all these creators!
Zach's advice (13:30) to do what it takes to build trust and also to find a manager that trusts you is so so crucial Be trustworthy for its own sake, and stick to your side of the street, solving problems proactively and independently Very similar solution(s) to the next advice at 15:10
Don't stick around with a bad manager. You will be stagnant and your market will pass you by as you age.
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On Jeff's advice: If the mentor's personal life (financial, family...) were closer to the mentee's, the action items would be more applicable.
I think Rahul's advice is extremely important. MASTER YOUR STORIES. It doesn't matter how good you are if people can't perceive it. If you are doing wonderful technical things you're losing SO MUCH if you can't express it in a understandable way for your peers and leaders.
This is pretty much all great advice. My advice: don't try to take all of this great advice all at once. Pick one thing (ideally the thing you suck at/hate doing the most) to focus on first.
Thanks!
Great work, Steve! As always, you’re an inspiration!
I noticed MLEs aren’t specifically represented, so if I may add a bit of wisdom that applies to SWEs but is essential for ML Engineers:
Make time to learn-no one will hand it to you. Learning isn’t a one-time task; it’s an ongoing process that requires setting aside time regularly to stay on top of all the advancements.
Bonus tip: whenever you learn something new, schedule a “deep dive” session with your colleagues to explain it to them. Not only will you understand the subject more deeply, but you’ll also position yourself as a leader in the space.
Being able to tell your story is so important. I’m working on my technical report at work and my mentor is emphasizing the fact that it needs to be written in a way that people care. If the “why” isn’t clear, then it’s hard for anyone to care
The collaborative spirit here is a great example of the soft skills that set the best SWEs apart from the rest.
Love to see it, thanks for putting this together!
Subscribed to them all! Thanks.
Ty Steve for this opportunity, feels cool and humbling to be included with legends 🙌
All of my fav tech youtubers in one video, love this
Great video
Great work
This is great, thank you for putting this video together. This is gold.
Yeah I'm setting a reminder to review it next week as well
Based on the expressions in the thumbnail, I thought everyone was going to offer sobering, harsh reality checks. But nope 😁Thanks for collabing with all these creators!
I feel so stagnant
Zach's advice (13:30) to do what it takes to build trust and also to find a manager that trusts you is so so crucial
Be trustworthy for its own sake, and stick to your side of the street, solving problems proactively and independently
Very similar solution(s) to the next advice at 15:10
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gold
I am so cool.
Thanks for sharing this!
Would have been fun to have Tech Lead as one of the guests, can’t even imagine how that would have played out.
One more, just do it
Here's my career advice.. become a TH-camr.