What Meetings Sound Like to Interns

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  • @nicholast
    @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4210

    I’m gonna put a pin in this comment so I can circle back on it later

    • @FreeComputerTutor
      @FreeComputerTutor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Nice. Funny stuff.

    • @gumbo64
      @gumbo64 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      100k sub special?!?!?!??!

    • @alberthuynh7865
      @alberthuynh7865 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i freaking love this ahhaa

    • @kageyamatobio6238
      @kageyamatobio6238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One question, how much of this did you understand while making the video? Cause this feels similar for me who’s doing upper year stats while in 2nd year as a Data Scientist…

    • @kirillbrodski
      @kirillbrodski 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I was going to piggyback off this comment, but let's take it offline.

  • @ydnftbhdy
    @ydnftbhdy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6036

    This was very accurate because I zoned out listening to it just like I would in an actual meeting.

    • @halfbakedproductions7887
      @halfbakedproductions7887 2 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      I know someone who really was in the situation where he'd totally switched off... and was suddenly asked for his input. He feigned a headset malfunction and dropped from the call trying to "fix" it.
      That's one thing you definitely can't get away with face-to-face.

    • @freudsilver3097
      @freudsilver3097 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Listening to this like "scripting down JavaScript into Java", they can't say that. Then i realise, i never heard the meetings properly so it's not out of reach to assume they might have said this too.

    • @oreokid101v2
      @oreokid101v2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I accidentally started listening to it like my job depended on it

    • @KnightMirkoYo
      @KnightMirkoYo ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I got distracted and switched to another tab like 3 times. Absolutely 100% accurate to what I experienced in actual Zoom calls.

    • @aidanklobuchar1798
      @aidanklobuchar1798 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@halfbakedproductions7887 I've _totally_ zoned out during in-person meetings too. Just admit that you zoned out and ask for a repeat, lol.

  • @vineethsai1575
    @vineethsai1575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6861

    I'm a Senior software engineer and switched companies recently. I swear the meeting I just got off from now sounded just like this!

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +743

      Were you outside on a walk too?

    • @ColePanike
      @ColePanike 2 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Same. About to start a new gig in a week. Been years on current team, looking forward to some new jargon!

    • @nat0106951
      @nat0106951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Been SE for 10 yrs now. and just started in a new company just last week. I feel ya 😅

    • @shantanudhiman8194
      @shantanudhiman8194 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmaooo 🤣

    • @RzariRzari
      @RzariRzari 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      So you are junior now

  • @tallergeese
    @tallergeese 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1299

    The least realistic part of this was the intern suggesting they change out their whole tech stack on his first day and not being laughed out of the room.

    • @gnack420
      @gnack420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      If redis alone is somehow your whole tech stack you've done something incredible.

    • @EterPuralis
      @EterPuralis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nepotism

    • @lukesenseney1045
      @lukesenseney1045 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Or at least getting a "hmm, can you give us a LMC design for how that would work, then a QoSS benchmark for how it would perform at w5 scale"

    • @farhanaditya2647
      @farhanaditya2647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@lukesenseney1045 wtf is that

    • @lukesenseney1045
      @lukesenseney1045 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@farhanaditya2647 Exactly. Just like every company has their own jargon, they have their own design and approval process, which sound like daunting jibberish to an outsider.

  • @lalala-lt8fe
    @lalala-lt8fe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2798

    I'm a senior SE and I've never heard other engineers talk like this but this is exactly how I feel when the PowerPoint Dudes invite us to a meeting or the CEO makes an announcement.

    • @dukcy7450
      @dukcy7450 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      if the executives aren’t being clear then theres a critical problem in the way the company is handling itself… oof.

    • @whatchyagonnado
      @whatchyagonnado 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂

    • @MrDMIDOV
      @MrDMIDOV 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dukcy7450 I’ve heard of intentional busywork done by execs at some companies. Just bullshit presentations to look like they’re doing something and taking the peacock approach to feudalizing their workplace.

    • @gangjira
      @gangjira 2 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      Engineers don't talk like this, but project managers do

    • @outofahat9363
      @outofahat9363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      The "PowerPoint Dudes" lol

  • @willyfistergash4514
    @willyfistergash4514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    This is so spot on. Each day I am at work I realize more and more how many people have no clue what they are doing and they all throw around their fancy "buzz" words. I feel like everyone is playing a big game of pretend for their paychecks.

    • @shishi1079
      @shishi1079 ปีที่แล้ว

      american psycho shit

  • @natashajchen
    @natashajchen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2112

    Congratulations on gaining traction on your out-of-the-box videos, and for scaling your channel to 100K subscribers!! Can’t wait to see more distributive, game changing, buzzworthy deliverables in the future - your videos are certainly a value-add to my day 📈

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Thanks Natasha!! Your comments are always a value-add to MY DAY 🚀

    • @jackharbor3347
      @jackharbor3347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Not sure if Natasha is a real person or a crypto trading bot.

    • @Ou8y2k2
      @Ou8y2k2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@jackharbor3347 Crypto trading engineering bot manager that'll circle back to her comment. ⭕

    • @The88Nomad
      @The88Nomad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, we'll have to circle back on that.

    • @Nightfighter82
      @Nightfighter82 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jackharbor3347 If his account gets hacked them we know lol

  • @Fredman5551
    @Fredman5551 2 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    From my experience, people who talk like this in meetings, dont really do anything and are really bad at their job. otherwise they wouldn't need to. It breeds a culture of minimalism.
    The smartest people I've ever dealt with throughout my past 20 years were always very clear, direct, and as succinct as possible.

    • @Trazynn
      @Trazynn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      The engineering manager was clearly the dude who had no idea what was going on.

    • @spacemans4060
      @spacemans4060 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That’s because clarity and simplicity is only possible when you know what you’re talking about

  • @henrysmith9725
    @henrysmith9725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    100% accurate.
    What's even scarier is the first moment when you say something relevant and you're more surprised than anyone else.

  • @GuiriTV
    @GuiriTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +810

    Im not even a software intern, just a regular junior software engineer that migrated from a computer hardware career to a computer software one, and this is accurate to a big organization; even after my boss gave me a few topics to research, the infrastructure itself is so complex, that knowing the basics of the tools we use AND how they are used is still not enough. Glad they understand it will take me months, if not a whole year to catch up and consistently contribute to projects with minimal mistakes and help.
    So imagine me being an intern, but I don't even know how to develop an API or plan the schema for and database. Just learned those today. Thanks Google.

    • @whong09
      @whong09 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      You'll get there. After a few years these concepts will be as familiar as the back of your hand. You might even get bored, things actuallyyyy don't change that fast in software. The tools might change but the concepts remain the same.

    • @caseykawamura8718
      @caseykawamura8718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Bro I started this week as a junior SE, it's actually comical how accurate some of this video is. Fortunately, my team seems eager to help me in any way possible.
      Just give me time though, I have been grinding for this for years and I just want some feedback from Senior Engineers.

    • @KrystalMovies
      @KrystalMovies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Watching this video and reading the comments especially yours is really relieving. I also just started as a junior software engineer for a huge organization and I have to say I'm currently quite overwhelmed. The infrastructure is really complex as well and it's very difficult for me to get a grasp of the bigger picture. I can't wait to be able to make my first bigger contributions.

    • @bpf10
      @bpf10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Something to help: you'll rarely find people who know how everything works, and even then; they will have the benefit of years of experience
      Instead try to talk to as many people in different areas and that use different tools/software to you so you can ask them for advice/or what they need from your department as & when you need them
      This way you can build a mental image of how different components interact with each other and what you should be doing in that flow
      Also helps you focus on what the most important pieces are to learn

    • @cmonster4926
      @cmonster4926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m nearing the end of my first year in a computer engineering program with plans to minor in computer science. I’m just wondering what your reasons were for migrating careers and if they are more personal or if they could help me get a better understanding of what I want to do. Thanks.

  • @sipp5657
    @sipp5657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +960

    The longer this went the wilder it got and the less it made sense 🤣🤣excellent! Also love how he used such abstract words and analogies to symbolise how some tech bros and people be talking so high for such simple meanings or matters.

    • @mamelloraboroko3645
      @mamelloraboroko3645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Let’s not boil the ocean

    • @salembeats
      @salembeats 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So in other words, just a normal Scrum, right?

  • @dj__vic
    @dj__vic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4608

    Can we talk about the fact that he thought you needed to physically stand up for a stand up meeting 😂
    Edit because everyone is silly: Guess what guys, he’s at home in this video. That’s why it’s funny his character stood up for the stand-up meeting. Yes of course you would probably stand up if you were in the office for a stand-up meeting. It’s really cool that I have to say this 👍🏻

    • @coolg963
      @coolg963 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      Ah gone were the days where you actually stood up in a board room or the manager's cubicle

    • @rum-ham
      @rum-ham 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Tranhoang Long Exactly.

    • @lalala-lt8fe
      @lalala-lt8fe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      You are supposed to stand up! It's a trick to help people remember to keep it short and to the point.

    • @dj__vic
      @dj__vic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@lalala-lt8fe good to know! should have been more clear in my comment and mentioned they aren’t in an office lol

    • @chillphil967
      @chillphil967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lalala-lt8fe correct. Scrum meetings i think they're called

  • @MrDavidRaw
    @MrDavidRaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    man stood up for the stand up hahah

    • @JupiterChamsae991102
      @JupiterChamsae991102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      If we were supposed to be sitting, they would have called it “sit down”

  • @peteypete9357
    @peteypete9357 2 ปีที่แล้ว +495

    As key team member who's involved in many meetings like this one, it's crazy how a bunch of jargon actually sounds soo coherent and simple once you're used to it and you're really involved in all the moving parts. Feels good man. Im sure every intern will reach this stage soon enough.

    • @zekiz774
      @zekiz774 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah... This however doesn't make any sense

    • @kouyang1771
      @kouyang1771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Some jargon just dont need to be use though lol it confuses people more if they dont understand. Some people overuse and waters down the importance of certain jargon.

    • @zeroanims4113
      @zeroanims4113 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruh

    • @zeroanims4113
      @zeroanims4113 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruh

    • @ln9296
      @ln9296 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      congrats

  • @milandean
    @milandean 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    As a Data Scientist, this is exactly how I hear conversations when I sit in with the software engineers on my team lol

  • @FryingPan
    @FryingPan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1349

    Accurate. I relate to the senior engineer guy.

  • @vivas555
    @vivas555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +835

    Love this, also reminded me of my daily stand-up
    -Hey so how's your project's going ?
    -Everything is fucked but we should hit deadline easily.
    -Alright good, let us know if you need anything.

    • @igordasunddas3377
      @igordasunddas3377 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I swear I have been at such meetings, where extern people talk like this when no one from the company they work for is actually present.

    • @CulturedDegenerate
      @CulturedDegenerate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Every stand up I've ever had lmao

    • @futuza
      @futuza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      One day I'm just going to say, "Oh perfect, you're offering a hand? I need 5 people from your office transferred to ours so we can get this done."

    • @bleack8701
      @bleack8701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Every single one!
      "So how's the project going?"
      "Well, we've got a bunch of tasks and all of them have blockers due to authorizations and unclear requirements from functional design because the consultant seems to be winging it"
      "As long as the client is aware"
      "They sure are"
      "Alright, good. Let me know if I you nerd any help"

    • @heywhatup9657
      @heywhatup9657 ปีที่แล้ว

      loll yup

  • @Robin_Goodfellow
    @Robin_Goodfellow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Honestly one of the most frightening things about going into software development was I didn't understand a lot of the terms, which made me doubt my own ability, even though they were all for concepts I either already knew or could grasp easily.

  • @mafervalencia6543
    @mafervalencia6543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    English not being my first lenguague gives this another level of difficulty

    • @keifer7813
      @keifer7813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I can imagine. Idioms are probably the hardest part of learning a new language

    • @joycechu5911
      @joycechu5911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ikr? My teammates use complex words that sound super professional… meanwhile all i can say is ‘that sounds good…perfect..ill look into that’

  • @roardinoson7
    @roardinoson7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    I'm not even in the tech field, but this video was SO accurate to my experience as an intern! 🤣Well done Nick!

    • @halfbakedproductions7887
      @halfbakedproductions7887 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There's almost always someone who isn't at their desk or is out and about somewhere else. The walk is so accurate.

  • @MiSt3300
    @MiSt3300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    That is so SPOT ON! I have just completed my first week as an intern and oh boy I feel it!
    I am so happy though, for two years now I've been waiting for this moment!

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      CONGRATS

    • @keifer7813
      @keifer7813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well done man/girl

    • @MiSt3300
      @MiSt3300 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@keifer7813 man, ty

    • @swegoverload456
      @swegoverload456 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Congrats! I'm on my 4th week as an intern and i'm still pretty lost with all the acronyms they throw around in my meetings.

  • @euphoric3464
    @euphoric3464 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Just joined my first company as an intern 3 weeks ago and it just so relatable.
    Thanks for putting this out as i thought i am dumb for not understanding what they are talking about.

  • @kevinsgong
    @kevinsgong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    oh my god the cinematography and acting are leveling the fk up

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I’m tryna get like YOU

  • @jenna_maria
    @jenna_maria 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    As a CS university senior, this is how I felt during my elective in media/design. Got thrown into a room of smooth-talking thesaurus-swinging design students that had the prettiest effin‘ PowerPoint presentation slides I have seen to this date but man was I longing for the simple rational straight-forwardness of my fellow CS people.
    I should‘ve set a counter for how often they said the same abstract English* words to sound ~cool~.
    (*the class itself was held in German)

    • @NewWesternFront
      @NewWesternFront ปีที่แล้ว

      what were some words

    • @jenna_maria
      @jenna_maria 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @julianw1010 absolutely, live and let live. maybe you're reading a little too much into this here? they have their ways of working and producing exceptional results and we have ours

  • @bobbyhutter5654
    @bobbyhutter5654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    last week was my first week as a newly hired QA engineer; i spend a GOOD amount of time in the Zoom chat asking for acronym definitions. oddly enough the 'explainer' meetings with my boss are a lot faster thus harder to follow than my team's stand ups / stand downs. i cackled at the descending standing desk, best ad placement ever, 'no blockers.'

    • @kigamezero8636
      @kigamezero8636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The place where I interned at had a company-wide acronym database with its own dedicated search engine...

    • @bobbyhutter5654
      @bobbyhutter5654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kigamezero8636 I'll bring this up next sprint. (人´∩`)

    • @meerkatnip892
      @meerkatnip892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The place I'm working at they couldn't even explain some acronyms to me because they weren't sure what they stood for themselves so that's a fantastic learning experience

  • @rum-ham
    @rum-ham 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Your go to market strategy really hit the mark with these deliverables. You'll meet those OKRs if you stay in the zone and keep delivering to the customer with a regular cadence of these high quality comms.

    • @ItumelengS
      @ItumelengS 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What

    • @theGiver3
      @theGiver3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol this sentence makes me want to barf

    • @lazyken6468
      @lazyken6468 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Is he saying that this content is good and his channel deserves more attention ?🤔

    • @Epic-so3ek
      @Epic-so3ek ปีที่แล้ว

      👁️👄👁️

  • @BigChiefWiggles
    @BigChiefWiggles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Almost every field that requires a serious education has its own jargon and "special language" to make things sound more professional and complicated than they actually are. Its like when your dentist says "please hand me an explorer" it sounds a lot more professional and interesting than "I need a pick".

    • @benrae6337
      @benrae6337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      When the dentist asks for an explorer or something else, it's because there will be a specific tool he's asking for, whereas 'pick' is ambiguous and could refer to any number of tools. That's why he'd use jargon, not because it makes it sound more complicated or professional, surely.
      Totally with you regarding business speak though, that IS entirely to make things seem more complicated than it is

  • @lucmakelele
    @lucmakelele 2 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    Not gonna lie, I would straight up quit if this is how they speak 😂😂😂 I'm a simple guy that uses simple code, I'm a "pretend you're talkig to a five year old" kinda guy 😂😂😂 jargons man

    • @mlktss245
      @mlktss245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      This is how my whole entire team talks like lol

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      if you can't beat em, join em

    • @ngndnd
      @ngndnd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      fr, there is no point in making everything overly complicated just to sound smarter

    • @MatroidX
      @MatroidX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@ngndnd I think it's for job security. If nobody understands your system and nobody wants to talk to you about it, then we have to keep you on.

    • @kingchubs
      @kingchubs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@MatroidX you know what Im gonna save that for later

  • @Mcruz0r
    @Mcruz0r 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is exactly how it feels when you are invited to meetings with national/ international company workers and you're relatively new. Not even in tech industry but know exactly how this feels, like you've walked into the wrong classroom and they're all using slang.

  • @GHOST8799
    @GHOST8799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    And the intern saves us time! that transition was really well done!

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      intern should get promoted to senior engineer

  • @stephennetu
    @stephennetu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Seeing him physically stand made me so happy. Gone are those days...
    I still stand for all of my meetings, actually (at home). Best practice ever--good to stand and if your legs start getting tired you know the meeting has gone on for way too long.

  • @Grivian
    @Grivian ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is so true. All the abbreviations and terms from a paper that no one else knows as well as the vague description because they don't know exactly what they are talking about is spot on. I also like how the intern likely misheards some words into words that make sense to him and then thoughts trail around that for awhile.

  • @minnie-piano3969
    @minnie-piano3969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    MBRLLA INTERNS LET'S GOOO
    Also this video quality popped off, this must have taken an insane amount of hours to make. Congrats on almost 100k subs!!
    EDIT: YOU DID IT, 100K SUBS!!

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      THANKS MINNIE 🎉

    • @MiSt3300
      @MiSt3300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nicholast oh you must be waiting for that 100k so hard! I'd be refreshing every two minutes!
      Gotta get that silver button am I right? (;

  • @SiggiJava
    @SiggiJava 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I got my first full time job as a software developer three weeks ago. This sounds exactly like our daily meetings to me. :D Maybe I should throw redis into the ring... Great video! :D

  • @TheGrimravager
    @TheGrimravager 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    This is amazing, I've not laughed so hard at such a skit in a long time

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you liked it :)

  • @Outfrost
    @Outfrost ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "move the needle forward in the haystack" is my new favourite expression to say "making insignificant progress"

  • @thebach9231
    @thebach9231 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    100% accurate. I'll never forget when an AWS consultant gave me a "brief breakdown" of CDK. I almost cried

  • @sandupaegodage8163
    @sandupaegodage8163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    I've been a software engineering intern for 7months and I still haven't got a clue what's going on besides my tasks. Got 5monts left at this point I'm like why even bother.
    Nick, Waiting to see the 100K mark bro.

    • @elsaarcilla5664
      @elsaarcilla5664 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Why even bother? M8, you’re allowed to be wrong and curious. Ask as many questions as you can. I learned the most during internships.

    • @hil449
      @hil449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sorry but you've got the wrong attitude man, but I see where you're coming from

    • @JSCHM
      @JSCHM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Why are you doing a year long internship? Isn't this basically a job?

    • @bobblue_west
      @bobblue_west 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      (I still haven't got a clue what's going on besides my tasks) I can trump that. I started with a s/w co in Sunnyvale, CA. They paid me $90K. I was there a month and half before I found out what the product actually did. Never mentioned at interview. Turned out to be an EAI server.

    • @jiniahaldar9339
      @jiniahaldar9339 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JSCHM Not sure what country OP is in, but in the UK, you can do a 12 month placement/internship that counts as a year of your undergrad degree. I think it's called a sandwich year in Europe. US doesn't have the concept, and idk about anywhere else.

  • @mediumvioletred
    @mediumvioletred 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Bruh. Ain't this too accurate 😂 I'm a consultant who can't keep up with these jargons all the while taking notes so I can use them in the next meetings lol

  • @ramsesbams
    @ramsesbams 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    oh, you really captured that. i love it when they put emphasis on some word and it feels like it's important and you should know it. but then you think too much about it and don't hear the rest of the sentence

  • @mochi_mochi9266
    @mochi_mochi9266 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I'm in this stage at the moment......the most relatable thing I have seen in the past few days

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Send this video to your team 😳

    • @luciovasquez9225
      @luciovasquez9225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I dare u to sent this to your Team

    • @MiSt3300
      @MiSt3300 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol so am I!

    • @euphoric3464
      @euphoric3464 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cool !!! this army is an engineer

  • @artfol2
    @artfol2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I even asked my mentor what are KPIs, and he responded with “idk, but it’s important measure for managers“

  • @benjamincrew1949
    @benjamincrew1949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I just got my first Software Engineer position last month, and I'm amazed that none of the jargon has gone over my head. Now, if I could just get a solid grasp on the codebase.

  • @curuzu
    @curuzu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have to give u credit for the way u introduced the sponsor, I watched it all as a reward

  • @Mothuzad
    @Mothuzad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The OQT (One Quick Thing) Rule: The first time someone tries to end a meeting, that meeting is at most 70% of the way through its true duration.

  • @freudsilver3097
    @freudsilver3097 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3 months in my new job, i am already starting to sound like this

  • @Linguinestick6
    @Linguinestick6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Been in corporate too long when this actually made some amount of sense...

  • @jairaj9614
    @jairaj9614 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love how in daily stand-up, they are all standing up

  • @nick.galusha7788
    @nick.galusha7788 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    having attended my first few weeks of meetings recently this feels really accurate

  • @fireyegaming414
    @fireyegaming414 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how half the complicated words are actually technical and the other half are just complex sayings

  • @ankitbatra270
    @ankitbatra270 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    "Scripting down Javascript into Java" 🤣🤣

  • @ChristineLoh-q4b
    @ChristineLoh-q4b ปีที่แล้ว +2

    it was nice meeting you Nicholas, and your parents! these videos are great!

  • @quantum7046
    @quantum7046 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love the hands gestures, and this is 100% accurate

  • @ijustdocomments6777
    @ijustdocomments6777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Had to take a dep breath and pause at 1:56 cause the level of jargon was making me tense. This is good.
    As a fun note, I'm a defense industry programmer, my status at this morning's tagup was something along the lines of, "Uuuh, I called into the meeting this morning and stayed awake through most of it. When I get in I'm going to work on [critical issue that came up in the meeting that translates to a short coding task for an emergency patch going out Monday]. And also probably need to check in with [FQT team lead who has an issue with software I'm responsible for that's making the program leads nervous] to make sure they're not on fire."

  • @socha9084
    @socha9084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    ah yes Q5, my favorite time of the year

  • @masterpenjui9654
    @masterpenjui9654 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MY DEGREE IS WORKING. I RECOGNIZED HALF OF THESE ACRONYMS AND WHAT THEYRE TALKING ABOUT

  • @tendercrocketts
    @tendercrocketts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The fact that this DOESNT sound that crazy to me makes me feel like I have been in too many of these meetings…

  • @mistadude
    @mistadude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dad was on a work call during covid and I wanted to listen to what his meetings sounded like and this is exactly what he sounded like.

  • @parthbansal2775
    @parthbansal2775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love how consistently Senior Engineer is always hanging out somewhere

  • @averagehooligan620
    @averagehooligan620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video is a masterpiece! Idk even know how you were able to think of so many ridiculous buzzword/idioms and fit them into a 5 min video but it's so funny!!!

  • @spikey123spikey
    @spikey123spikey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This man is going places. I love the content! Keep up the good work my friend!

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you like it :)

  • @PrideWaves
    @PrideWaves 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was the most seamless transition to an advertisement i have ever seen.

  • @matthewwolfe9620
    @matthewwolfe9620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great video! There's a lot of attention to detail. Well done

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      appreciate it :)

  • @Sonarmist
    @Sonarmist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a new team standup.
    Then a few months in, everyone is just “I’m working on story …, I should have a PR up later today so please take a look. That’s pretty much it…Thanks”
    Soon enough we’re complaining in a retro how stand ups have regressed into “going through the motions” and how we should reduce frequency or just give a morning slack update (which people eventually forget to do).

  • @dsproductions19
    @dsproductions19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've been rotated to a new team each year, starting with an app team then platform and now security, and I've experienced this very frequently as a result. Especially with the platform team, it felt like they'd start using new keywords and AWS systems every time I started to get what people were saying. And my other required (non-technical) training didn't give me much time to learn either.
    I was able to learn what I needed for my tasks, but it definitely felt like being thrown into the deep end.

  • @TheRossMadness
    @TheRossMadness 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You know what, that Redis ad came up so naturally in that standup meeting, I watched the whole thing and wasn't even mad.

  • @dkhundley
    @dkhundley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This video is hilariously spot on and very well made! I instantly had to share it with my LinkedIn followers. Well done! 😃

  • @coin5207
    @coin5207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That little heart attack when his name was called

  • @aakashbaliga1881
    @aakashbaliga1881 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Starting a new job is like starting a new show at season 5

  • @manashisarkar9775
    @manashisarkar9775 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The senior dev walking around the neighbourhood is so accurate.

  • @CyberMew
    @CyberMew 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Not just to interns, to new employees too!

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now make it new interns 😳

    • @yugiohsc
      @yugiohsc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So true

  • @MicahandModesta
    @MicahandModesta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is excruciatingly true. The only thing that I've noticed with internships is that at 2:54 when the guy says "let's put a pin in that for now", he'd probably say "So intern has been working on that! Do you have any updates for us?"

  • @thenomad9853
    @thenomad9853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fairly accurate - depends on the client/business and how many people in the room want to baffle you with bullshit, or technobabble (the best senior techies are able to talk in a way that functional or BAU resources can also understand without going full geek, to the point that they need an interpreter. They also tend to have been around long enough to know the value of doing this - actually getting decisions made and achieving the aims of the meeting).
    I'd say the only thing this missed is at least one person saying "sorry could you repeat that last one, you broke up" - because they've realised they've been asked a question and haven't been listening to any of the chat, because they've been browsing Reddit on their second monitor 😆

  • @jont2576
    @jont2576 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    omfg....reminds me of dilbert comics from 10,20 years ago....not only has the corporate world and companies not gotten tired of corporate speak and buzzwords....they have taken it to the next level.

  • @nickdrives_
    @nickdrives_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dude 😂 you wouldn’t believe how close this hits to home! Good work!

  • @fhman2
    @fhman2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really nice how you integrated the redis ad there :D first time I didn't skip over a skippable ad

  • @extramedium3163
    @extramedium3163 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The "Q5" got me 😂

  • @Nickgowans
    @Nickgowans 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The most beautifully put together relevant advert I've ever seen

  • @mons_on_motorcycles
    @mons_on_motorcycles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I was actually trying to understand this.

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      I hear they’ll be doing a deep dive on it so maybe touch base with them so you can hit the ground jogging yeah?

    • @mons_on_motorcycles
      @mons_on_motorcycles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@nicholast 404

    • @kanishk9490
      @kanishk9490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mons_on_motorcycles 500 would be the relevant error here. 404 is for 'not found' which does not make any sense in this context.

    • @MsWicked19
      @MsWicked19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kanishk9490 404 could make sense - if they ran away to save themself, they would be “not found”

  • @panlis6243
    @panlis6243 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like how the senior engineer is just walking around somewhere in all these meetings

  • @twistedrobin8769
    @twistedrobin8769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I had the same face the whole time as the 'intern' lol!

  • @joshurlay
    @joshurlay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That sponsor transition was SMOOTH. I was surprised

  • @possiblewhiteguy
    @possiblewhiteguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is also how it sounds when you're moving from a small company to large web-scale company :)

  • @toddh2327
    @toddh2327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love the lead to a Native Ad, nice work!

  • @paritoshgavali
    @paritoshgavali 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is so true 😂😂😂 except for the random things like macroservice 😂
    Mom calling as soon as meeting is over happens with me almost always 💯😂

  • @dreammix9430
    @dreammix9430 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG my head hurts so badly after watching this. This is the same nonsense I deal with every single day at work. It's what makes me want to get the heck out of IT and go back into rock and roll!!!!!

  • @Ajackster
    @Ajackster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is like one of those “what english sounds like to non-english speakers videos” 😂

  • @angushenderson6748
    @angushenderson6748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This has to be one of the smoothest ad integrations I have ever seen! Mad respect!

  • @martinlutherkingjr.5582
    @martinlutherkingjr.5582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    If you’re doing remote, walking meetings might be better than stand up meetings if you’re covering very high level material. Even very moderate physical exercise can affect how people think about problems. Standing meetings are kind of a weird middle ground.

  • @KrisRyanStallard
    @KrisRyanStallard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I recently had a short term assignment at a tech startup. Even though I was only there for a specific task and through a staffing agency, they still wanted me to attend all of their various meetings. This is exactly what it all sounded like to me.

  • @viridiantelamon
    @viridiantelamon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Almost at 100k subscribers, good luck! :D

  • @axu6207
    @axu6207 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just watched a 5 minute ad and loved it.

  • @snehatyagi8094
    @snehatyagi8094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    why is the senior engineer always out for a walk?

    • @nicholast
      @nicholast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      It’s good for the code

    • @mrxtful
      @mrxtful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Can confirm, except I usually go for a run 😁

  • @TheMisterGuy
    @TheMisterGuy ปีที่แล้ว

    So many times when I'm in meetings like this, all the pie in the sky stuff either never happens or I'm on a different project we could even begin to work on it. It made me realize that as far as I'm concerned, that stuff is all pretend with a very low chance of ever being real.

  • @ankitbatra270
    @ankitbatra270 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gotta love the random acronyms they throw in

  • @jf4195
    @jf4195 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, best way I’ve seen someone put an sponsored ad in the video! Seamless

  • @tiagogferreira
    @tiagogferreira 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I understood 95% of what was being said.... I'm reevaluating my life decisions up to this point.

    • @theclockworkcadaver7025
      @theclockworkcadaver7025 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You should be, because more than half of it was literally just nonsense.

    • @tiagogferreira
      @tiagogferreira 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@theclockworkcadaver7025 Making sense out of non sensical meetings is a core software engineering skill :)

    • @yugiohsc
      @yugiohsc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same man.

    • @theclockworkcadaver7025
      @theclockworkcadaver7025 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tiagogferreira Pretending to understand things that are deliberately crafted to not mean anything makes you pretentious.

  • @zyklqrswx
    @zyklqrswx ปีที่แล้ว

    this has got to be the highest effort sponsor segway I've seen all year

  • @NTeach10
    @NTeach10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This was at least my first one or two months in data engineering after my comp sci degree.

  • @TomGrinyer
    @TomGrinyer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was a) really good and b) the single most palatable shoehorning of sponsored content I have ever seen. Damn.