My HUGE mistake. Be BOLD. Make BIG changes quickly. But be able to pivot into something different quickly if necessary. After having some failures early in life I became hesitant to make BIG changes. Trust me regrets is a lot worse than at least saying you tried.
Success is the commitment to the process, the willingness to grow, and the courage to put yourself if a position where you could fail. The outcomes will be whatever they will be.
Would love to learn more too. Almost 50 and have wanted to get into tech to suit my personality. Everybody says it was a fool's errand at my age. Glad to know somebody pulled it off!
When I was in college, I met a woman who went back to school to become a lawyer at 36. A friend of mine asked her, "Won't that take 3-4 years? -- You'll be 40!" She said, "Yup. In 4 years, I'll be 40. This way though, in 4 years I'll be 40, AND A LAWYER!"
And I'm going to be 42 with a CS degree and finally getting a job where I want instead of sticking out the safe thing or whatever I can get. Things have finally turned around for me and I'm going to start driving at a better future. I was the first person in my family to graduate college. I'm going to be the first to graduate University. At year 3-ish I'm going to consider getting a masters in CS. Either way I'll be 42. 42 here or 42 there. To quote Kormac from Diablo 3, "The wrong decision is better than no decision." Just make a decision.
This is what I like about USA (I suppose you're from USA), people learn at different ages and get results. In India I have rarely seen people taking up new ventures at 37 or 34 of age. Its amazing.
I’m 31 and I feel so hopeless, man. Even at the beginning of the video I thought “oh, he’s talking to those in their early 20s…” when you said you started at 34… I literally teared up. If feels so hard to break into the industry
Started at 38 and my age made me think it was too late. I was worried about companies thinking I was too old. Then it occurred to me that I would still be doing a job I hated 3 years later if I didn’t try and be older at my hated job. Later, during my interview for a coding job, one of the things that came up was that they were more inclined to hire me at my age because I was more matured and established, and less likely to not show up to work.
@@georgemcsly217 Thanks, George. This is a very encouraging story. And I am so happy that you made it in and proud of you for following your passion, man. May you keep growing!
You can do it, just start doing something you enjoy doing and can earn you lots of money in the future. It will take time, but eventually you'll get a job, then you'll be able to get a better job and life will get a lot easier.
Personally I don’t feel the time spent in depression was a waste for you. Although it might feel many aspects in life slowed down, it’s a very different kind of learning! Good luck :)
I'm 26 years old with a community college diploma in photography because I slacked off in high school and college. 2 years ago, I decided that I would go back to university to get my bachelor's degree. Funny enough I chose one of the hardest major to get in: Engineering. They told me I needed to repeat 5 required high school credits with mid to high 90s average to get in. After 2 years of studying part-time, I am now accepted to the Computer Engineering program and I am going back to University this September. I'll come back to look at this comment 4 years from now when I'm 30 and an Engineer (hopefully). Wish me luck!
Same story here!😅 I will not post my situation However, I will encourage you and hopefully when I come back to read this post and my comment We will make it together. All the best to us all. Let us do this. The past is gone, the present is for us to make amazing future.
I am 36, I have been learning native Android development and software engineering for a bit more than 2 years, before that I had a good background in many fields, so it was a bit easy for me to learn a lot of stuff. Here where I live is a dead market (Algeria), there are almost no opportunities, it's hard to get a job, I have tried looking abroad (remote or reallocation) but it's not easy to get a job if you are not at a seniority level, If I were living in let's say for example 'Europe', I would have landed my first job after no more than one year (as a junior). Anyways, I am not giving up yet, and I really hope that another year(the third year) will do it for me 😄
Go indie and start building your own apps, it’s the best you can do for now. You’ll get experience, build your portfolio and learn valuable lessons along the way, and who knows, maybe even make a living out of it.
I started at 28. Got my first software engineering role at 30. Now at 33 leading development for finance apps, know around 7 languages and teaching myself Operating Systems development in my free time. My life changed, not just from an income standpoint but I’ve gained so much self-respect from getting highly competent in something. All the best to others on the journey.
I restarted from zero at 27 years old. I quit a great job at Merck, sold all my possessions , and moved to the USA to start a doctoral degree. It was hard but 100% worthy. Seventeen years later I have the benefit of looking back at my own decisions.
That’s funny. In two weeks I’m quitting my data engineering job at Merck to become a games developer at the age of 39. Maybe it’s something about Merck. lol
@@Jack_Gatsby 4.5 years, physical chemistry applied to MRI, after that I was a professor of medical imaging for 5 years, and now a machine learning researcher.
means, the time shall pass no matter what. We should make the time productive instead of complainaing about stuffs which are out of control. Thank you for the video
i went to college late at 24 and graduated at 28. Wasted three years doing nothing, I actually tried to become a lawyer but failed getting into t100 law schools, so I gave up. Now I am studying for SWE. it has been a year since I started learning and going back to school. Many of my friends got married, have job, and have children but I am just here by with nothing. Hope I make it.
You are not alone, I am facing similar situation but I am 20 now and I have wasted 2 years, and my friends are doing internship/projects ..etc while I am did nothing but wast time understanding stock market
Failed 12th grade at 18 and joined diploma course and spent another 3 years doing it after which got into an university at 22 while most of my friends were graduating. Had some really bad, unsupportive classmates so failed an year,sat at home,failed the next year again sat at home then took readmission for the same course and completed engineering with few subjects to pass. Now it's my final chance to clear the remaining subjects and I'm already 28.5 years old. Most of my friends are married few of them have kids and many of them earn well and have their own house. I'm here not having achieved anything. Life is tough right now but gotta strive.
The one thing I want to add is, btw great content, sometimes people ( I'm one of them) think that after a certain point in life they see a certain set of actions and decisions that lead them here, and think I could have taken it way beforehand, and think I've wasted a ton of time. Overlooking the fact that, those Hits and misses were what made them to be, where they are. It's not about taking 3 years to have the right decision, but the will to act on it the moment it is born.
This video resonated with me a lot! Thanks for publishing it, Travis! I am 40 now, and I changed careers from finance to computational physics by returning to university as an undergrad at 33, all while being a mom of four. It was a daring and bold move; people thought I was crazy, and at times, I doubted myself too. Yet, today, I am in the last month of my MSc and about to start a PhD. I’m also building my RUclips channel to document my journey and develop a whole new set of skills. Thankfully, my husband was patient with the temporary sacrifices we had to make to our lifestyle during the last few years. We made it through with his support and the decent Student Aid in Canada. I do not regret going back to school to pursue a career that builds me up, even though it has been challenging at times. It's much better than feeling stagnant and stressed in a job that didn’t fulfill me and had a cap on how much I could earn, no matter how hard I would have tried.
I see so many people in the comments feeling very similar to what I felt back then. I can tell you one thing, it is only scary before you start (and maybe in the first few weeks after). Soon enough, you get used to the change, and the new lifestyle becomes a routine. As long as you have figured out the means to support your career change transition period, keep looking forward, never back! Well, in my case, it took 6 years to get to this point. It does not have to be a university degree that you might be contemplating pursuing, but a course (maybe a few of them, just like Travis's example). Whatever it is, go for it if you feel it will make your life better and richer in any way.
proud to say, after many years of wanting to change and doing absolutely nothing, right now I'm finally on my way, learning the skills and putting the effort 🎉
I lost my shop and went bankrupt in 2017 after 5 years of trying to make it work, retrained as a graphic designer at 27 and now it’s 7 years later. I have a new degree, a couple years experience and a tangible portfolio that has just landed me a new job with the highest salary I’ve ever earned; I started last week. People give up on that path because they expect it to feel good and it doesn’t. Nobody thanks you for it until you can look back on it and thank yourself for having your own back, dragging yourself through years of being broke, unhappy and stressed. I’m still not where I want to be in life but it’s got to a point now where I can see that my consistency pays off I have proof, that real progress fuels my further efforts.
hey there! just curious bc i also want to become a graphic designer, after studying a career out of pressure from my parents (I had no idea what I wanted to do after high school), and finding out I would never be content with that career... so now I live by myself, I have bills to pay and a very demanding full time job that I must keep in order to continue living the way I do. All of this explanation to ask: what was your path to become a graphic designer? did you go to University or are you self-trained via online courses and stuff? thanks!!
@@pascal333didier it’s crazy how similar your story is to mine. But when I went bankrupt I lost everything including my place to live, so I had to move back into my parents house as a grown man, which was crushing but I had a cheap place to stay that allowed me to get my qualification and work 4 days instead of 5. I started our learning off of RUclips tutorials until I had at some understanding, truthfully I should have had more, but I then went back into education at 27 to get my Graphic Design degree at my local college. Here in England you can take a 3 year set of qualifications that are HNC HND and BA Hons; your degree. I found it to be very difficult to get a job as a graphic designer without a degree in a creative field. Most places that paid any sort of decent starting wage had that as an expectation. I’ve learnt 100 times more on my own through just time using the programs and making things however, tutorials helping to build knowledge in any skill or new tool I need. The degree is just a certificate that proves you can do it to a competent level, your degree tutor will not teach how to use the programs I learnt this early on. First job was at a steel forge and engineering company which I had for 2 1/2 years, my salary increased in that time over increments due to getting the degree (I started on a low salary with a pay agreement rewarding completing my degree and good performance). That initial pay agreement ended so I applied this new job and had built my skills and portfolio up enough in that job to get this step-up, which was another increase at starting wage. Be happy to answer any other questions you have 👊
This was the mistake I kept making since I turned 22, I wanted things to happen so fast or otherwise I'd quit, last year I realized that is not how it works. You must designate a realistic amount of time for a goal (it usually takes years for something worthwhile) and you must be patient and committed to it. Time will pass anyway, that's not in your hands, what is in your hands is the power to decide what you will be after that period of time. This year I decided to become an actual software engineer and entrepreneur to build projects and businesses that I am passionate about instead of trying to fulfill those checkboxes in job postings just to get the job. I am now 27 and I am grateful to God because despite of my mistakes I still have the opportunity to continue pursuing my goals, and so I will.
how many years in your realistic timelins to build something worthy and be an entrepreneur? does 5 years is too quick? i followed anton kreil's principle to success, expect 10-15 years live within your means and be patient
Thank you for this. Im 29 years old and I have felt nothing but regret looking at the last few years of my life. I regret it because I see all of the time I wasted being hard on myself and upset over things that happened to me. I matured, and grew alot more confidence in myself by building good habits and skills that helped me finanicially. I convinced myself for so long that my life is over. 30 is around the corner and that i should've started so long ago. But after watching this, I am inspired to start my youtube channel and instagram page again. Thank you again for this video!
For years I felt like this notion of time passing regardless was something that had only occurred to me. It’s what got me to return to school, it’s what got me into code. It completely changed my life and that of my family. Don’t worry about the economy everyone. What you’re doing is going to take a long time. Be ready when your train comes.
Now I'm 24 and will be turning 25 at the end of the year...I don't know how this video came into my timeline...but it helped me clear a doubt that I had in my mind. Thank You.❤️
As someone who is turning 25 very soon, this video was very helpful and it helped act as a wake-up call. I found the video insightful and very valuable. Thank you for creating and uploading this video! You, my friend, have earned yourself a new subscriber! Keep up the quality video uploads! 😄
I can attest to this. When I was divorced at 31, life hit me hard, spent the last 14 years married and unhappy. Had no idea how to code. 3 years later I feel like I can change the world. Just start and build. It's truly a super power.
After series of failures (2023-2024) and I was in depression....and this video help me to get out from this situation and then i realised that i am only 22 . I think my hard work will pay off in few years🎉 because I never stop working on my self ✨
Now imagine if you have to do it in your 40's ... I've been working with IT for the last 20+ years, but unfortunately got to a point where I need to risk and focus on something really bold to get out of this mouse wheel . ..
Yeah I'm 27 years old and I'm working on a restaurant, and I was looking at the older people on my work man... I never felt so much fear in my life, I realise I would end up just like them if I don't do anything to change, so Im aiming for a career in finance, here in Brazil the vast majority of people are in truble financiale so I wanna help them, thanks man
@@JulianaDurgante Hi, same country but different insights and ages. I am 19 years old, studying law in college, but I confess that I spend most of my time studying other languages, which is my priority at the moment. Not for any specific reason related to productivity, I just enjoy it and think it might be useful in the future, but honestly, I have my doubts. I hope the time I spent on this is not in vain. The big problem is that your mind always thinks you could be doing something more productive.
@@spiderlandslint Hey I also like learning languages , am 20 studying physics and i just anted to say that it teaches you how to learn so you get better at learning in the long run, this is a skill too :}
@@chrono4998 cool, lie I hate physics lmao. but I love learning languages what are you learning? (I'm studying English at the moment, sorry for misspelled)). what kind of music do you like?
He is definitely right, I had no college degree and was working a simple help desk job that was poorly paid and there was no room to improve. I spent 3 years there just 'wanting' to get ahead in my career. I managed to leave the just finally then my career skyrocketed from an experience and skill point of view. Of course it took a lot of struggles and countless sleepless nights but it was definitely worth it. No video or tutorial will help you, you gotta get into the nitty gritty of things and so the not so fun things. Also maybe create a road map or a broad plan. I initially had no idea what to do and once I figured that out it greatly improved my work life.
I'm in second year of college (btech computer science) and I really don't want to continue my journey in college because of financial condition and I am not even interested in Indian exam system. I want to do something different which can make me millionaire in the age of 30s. My college provide average placement of 9/10lpa. And I'm very confused at this point of my life. Right now I'm Dealing with some family problems what can I do if you can help me.
I remember taking the plunge and starting a business when I was 37 and in a dead end job. I knew nothing and the first business failed but I learned what not to do and the second business was a success. If you never take the chance and make the move, nothing will happen.
Was making $40,000 at 27 years old, finished a 3 month coding bootcamp, got my first job 4 months later as a front-end developer. Now, I'm a senior software engineer with a total comp of $193k at 35 years old.
With the emergence of COVID-19, my job became unsustainable. I worked as a caregiver for 20 years. Given the emergency, my monthly income was reduced to 400 euros per month, while the hours worked tripled, 96 per week. I was 50. I graduated in Philosophy of Language while working, then left my job and applied for a doctorate. It's my dream job. It's never too late.
Thanks i needed to hear this. I spent a lot of time looking about productivity in youtube and learning about prerequisites for programming instead of just learning the technology that gets me a job right away. I thought before starting to learn i must be 'ready' but the truth is i will never be ready and a leap of faith will go a long way.
I dropped out of university the first time I went straight from high school. Got a decent job but felt stuck. I fell in love with programming and decided to give it another go at 25. It took me 3 years to get my degree and I got a job straight after graduating. Employers actually liked the fact that I was older and had experience outside of an education setting, I had other classmates who were also older than me and they excelled and also landed positions.
I believe it's about having a mix of short and long-term mindset. If you only put your head down and work hard for 3 years, I hope you won't get ran over by a bus the first day of your 'new life'. Everyday, we should spend some time working on our long-term future, but also on enjoying today.
Hey Travis, I don't think there will ever be a day when I regret ever subscribing to your channel...let me just say, you're a blessing man, and so are content. it's clear to me that you do this not to get likes and people to join , but you do this to help others make their lives better. Thank you
I did this, up at 5am 2017-2020, used saving and some side contracts to focus full time 2020-2022. Am builidkng freelance and contract work. MUCH LESS MONEY. LOTS OF EFFORT AND WORRY. But I’m happier. I’m fulfilled I LOVE my life And I work harder than I ever did as employee. It’s not about salary. It’s about how you spend your precious time on this one time trip on this spinning rock on space.
I definitely understand what you're saying. I've been speaking to a lot of older people lately who have been saying, bream down life into decades and work from there. But, I dont agree with your plan for a person beginning on their journey to create "very specific steps" to get where they want, because they literally can't do that if they have no experience. Just show up and do the thing.
im a electrician and i get paid 6 figures already, but i thoroughly enjoy coding as a hobby, it gets me away from gaming, i love it, i also see it as a good opportunity to learn skills that in one day if i decide to quit my job as a electrician i can go into another field, or better yet keep working as a electrician and do coding projects on the side like apps and little startups
@@AntonBrazhnyk they say you really learn after you finish your apprenticeship, 4 years to do the basics then maybe another 2 or so after for the finer details, its a good trade with many avenues especially in Aus, you can do solar, Air conditioning, data electrician, fire electrician, lift electrician and even mining
Your video just uplifted me today when I really needed it. I've been following your channel for a while. I've done a few Java courses and am wading through an SQL course currently. Sometimes motivation is hard to keep, but I guess that's life. I'm 42, a degree in mechanical engineering but I'm on a path (I have no idea where to) to something better. I always enjoy your videos Travis. Cheers from Cape Town.
I started community college in Fall 2008, graduated with associates degree in 2012, but I continued to take more classes. I transferred to four year university in 2014, but many of the animation courses were accepted, so it was almost like I started over. I graduated with my bachelor's in December 2018. I wasted ten years going to school for animation. I worked at Brazen Animation for a short contract in April/March of 2019. Next, I did an internship at Pixar Animation Studios in Summer of 2019, which was the most amazing experience I've had. I worked another short two or three contract at Brazen when I came back to miserable Texas in September/October of 2019. I worked at Deck Nine Games as a junior animator from December 2021 to May 2023. I was laid off. Now I've been dealing with chronic dizziness for over a year. I'm still unemployed and I'm currently job searching. I live with my parents and I have health problems, and I'm trying to build youtube channels in the process. Why am I alive? I have no idea.
You are alive, because Life loves you, and this planet does too, and God/Universe/Higher Power - call it as you want - LOVES you. And you should too. And when you do, everything else will eventually fall into place. Love you, Biko. Vova
Thank you i really need this.. As am 21 now living in india. Belongs from a poverty background was doing a job of customer support which gave me $ 0.75 an hour 🙂.. Yeah but its kinda decent here in rural side of india but some how i managed to bought a $600 laptop from which am learning editing and i was also thinking about coding which hopefully increase my hourly rate.. As the peoples are willing to take a shot at 30 so i also have it at this age lets see what happens.. Naval Also said that there is better opportunities to grow in under developing countries as there are many problems to solve.
having adhd makes this quite a bit harder i think, is hard to plan something ive always lived short sighted but this feels like a wakeup call or sign. im 25 atm so its not too late to learn to plan my life
i have been 1 year into this journey of change and learning and last few weeks i thought of just quitting because it was becoming a bit of overwhelming for me . I really thank you from the bottom of my heart for this video and making me get up and get back to where i left . Its still a long way to go to the end of the tunnel but im sure if is stick to it ..i will definitely see light :)
Thank you for talking to "me". We never met, but you feel like a close friend who cares about my welfare and lifes purpose. You were real, but not condescending or overtly stern. I'm gonna keep making a plan for what can accomodate my ADHD, my behaviors can be regulated and it gets easier to follow goals that way.
I watched the "story vid" you recommended after watching this... I don't know if I'll "learn to code"... but I have to say, that was an interesting story on "Pivoting" jobs & trying to make it & survive... I appreciate you being transparent about the " time scale" saying you'd been coding for 7 years... You really do a good solid job of explaining stuff.. I don't know if that's b/c you have kids, or you appreciate that yourself, but I like your "Down to earth vibe".. I didn't particularly feel "overwhelmed" yet, I was still able to grasp the gist of what you were discussing.. as someone who's in the same boat as you "just good with computers"
I've been frustrated and opening RUclips this video was the first in my feed. Thank you this. I'll also look for that book as I've been short sighted in my journey
I needed this video as I wasted my 3 years being shortsighted wanting to get things quickly that led me to anxiety & all sorts of troubles due to it but now I’ve realised good things take time as I feared with passing time I will be left out of my crowd now at 25 i know the longest path will have to be my definite path to gain my goals, I want to pursue masters in computer science I only evaded it because of the time it would take but it will be worth it, Thank You sir for putting this video out.
I was very skeptical to watch this as I felt the title was bullshit clickbait but much of what this man said resonates with what I've experienced from the beginning of college until the end, my early career search, and my long term goals. This is great advice for those who feel trapped or are hitting a plateau. Thanks for this video.
Your journey has been inspirational Travis. I followed your channel nearly a year and a half ago while I was making a transition into the world of data from construction. I am now a data engineer, you can really change your life if you put your mind to it!
Very good video. I wasted my teenage years on not focusing on my skills but i m pretty sure by the end of this year ill achieve more than i had in my teenage years
I’m 45 and have just spent 3 years developing a system (already a coder since 1999). Have lived on next to nothing during this time. I cut out social media to remove the curse of comparison and also stopped drinking alcohol. Now I’m finished I don’t feel I missed out on a thing. The complete opposite actually.
hi similar age and experience as you. kinda sucks 'am not a millionaire already. Now I also have built something and hoping to grow a sucessful business of my own by 55.
Statistically, chances are you did waste your time. Unless you've got someone who's willing to pay for your 3 years of time, which is obviously incredibly unlikely. I appreciate this channel isn't about realism. But realistically...
it's crazy to hear this because that's exact what I did three years ago when I went back to school for a cs degree. I don't regret a single moment of that grind
Comparaison fucked up a lot of dreams. The only thing that keeps us really from starting again is being afraid of others judging us. This is real weakness to fight against
I absolutely love this video. I think this has always been my problem, I'm very ambitious, but I lack a clear plan in my head on how to achieve my goals. I have achieved quite a lot, but I think that if planned well, I could have achieved a lot more. Thank you!
Law school is exactly 3 years. This video title got my attention. As I always tell myself and people I mentor: “The time will pass anyway, so make it count. Make it matter.”
I’m always grateful that it worked out for me at a young age. I started coding at 18 (during COVID). It took me less than 3 full years until I became a software engineer at a leading Iraqi e-banking company! Do it NOW, don’t think about money and time, and don’t you dare to be hopeless! Life is too short not to do what you love. Believe me, it all pays off.
"this is the time of your life to take leaps." -- a grandpa to his 22yo granddaughter upon her life move into perpetual servitude as a cloistered Nun. I relied on this very same advice to pick up unfinished business & devote all personal efforts to manifest a commitment. 40 years anew to re-build this life effort at age 65. choices exist in continuum because of preparation.
If you think "aww, what about all the parties I will miss out on in these 3 years", than I doubt coding (or any other task where you feel bad about missing out on all the parties) is for you. Extrinsic motivation by earning more in the remaining 30-x years is much worse than intrinsic motivation, e.g. "coding is so interesting, I get in a flow that feels awesome, much better than your usual party, I have the urge to learn much more".
And what are you planning to do with C that you learned? Ok so not here to bash or anything Sir, Just a suggestion from my side. Learning C would make your basics strong and all is fine, but I don't think that would help much rather I would recommend you to go ahead with python and further explore the field of Data Science, Machine Learning and even some basic automations which python does provide, In the current age Automations SaaS are indeed booming so they do have a scope. At the same time, you can try to replace C with C++ as it's used more for Interviews in Big tech if you are aiming for that. Again all of this is a friendly suggestion, nothing hard forced♥
*Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use* ~ Earl Nightingale
Excellent point on the value of long-term planning in career development! Investing years into mastering a technical skill truly sets a strong foundation for not just higher earnings, but also for diverse career opportunities that might not even exist yet. 🚀
At my old job, I was talking to a coworker about getting out of where we were at and going into a different field, nothing too dissimilar but different. His immediate reaction was, "But you'll have to start all over." I ended up going for it and I'm two years into a field where I make more money, the job is easier and I'm only becoming more valuable as time goes by with skills that are going to be needed to be employable in the future. The coworker I mentioned, he still at the same job.
Love this message Travis. Breaking into tech can feel like such a moving target because people focus too much on trendy technologies. Focus on the fundamentals, and it can act as a spring board to any other specialization you want.
you made transition at 34! amazing man. Hard work yields results at any age just we need perseverance! Thanks Travis btw Almanack of Naval Ravikant is great wisdom
great one I like spending time with honest people 2. greatest people who tend to be highly successful and are honest 3. smartest people who question a lot and actually solve the problems
I studied economics thinking I could help change the world and started studying programming at age 19 because I needed to make econometric models work for large data sets, which got me a job as a research assistant and I co-wrote 2 papers. But after COVID, I decided life was too short to wait for "a change" and delved deeper into programming. I discovered that I simply fell in love with programming and now I am a data engineer :)
You can't change the past and alter any of the things you regret doing or not doing, but you can decide to move forward WITH time right now!! That's the best we can do
I really needed to hear this. I have been "learning to code" for 4 years or so now. Those 4 years flew by while I wasn't really doing anything productive and doing a job I didn't like
After two years of unproductiveness, I've joined a post graduation programme with finance as a major but still I don't know what I want or whether I'm fit for finance. That's the thing Travis. Willing to work hard but finding "the what" is the hard part.
Amazing. I have been separated following a controlling relationship. It has taken me 10 months to realise onky i can control what happens next. Which is great but also frightening. Ive now got a careers coach and am on my journey go from marketing to cybersecurity at 40 years old. You can do it. The worst enemy is your own mind
Those are the problems I was thinking at 16-17, maybe 18. Right now I have such a different view of things, this kind of thinking really do not fit everyone. Because what is the end goal? Working till fifty for the maximum salary amount? If so, the logic in the video does make sense. But I think anyone who smart enough to become an engineer gets bored of the repetition in the job, there is nothing new at some point, and you don't even have to think to do your job. AND after some amount of money there is no real point in getting more money, and there's multiple reasons why. Inflation would burn more then you make at some point, the time you'll invest into thinking what to do with the money is a time better spent than just working, etc etc. So I would of agreed and found this video helpful 7-6 years ago, but right now I think It doesn't show the full picture for young people to actually understand what they should do and what they should aim for. *edit. To be absolutely specific if someone in my shoes, a 17 year old just staring out, reads this. What I meant to say is that ideally you need to be strategic from the start and understand that your goal is not to work till 50, but make money as fast as possible(because there is no point in having millions at 50), and go do something meaningful with it which you can decide on your own what it is. *edit 2: also, when you decide to start learning software engineering, you HAVE to know that it will define you and your life A LOT. Meaning some skills will be lacking because you decided to invest into other set of skills. There is no way around that. You can mitigate but not really cheat that rule. So just a one example, it would be hard to run a business that involves managing people. Because your brain are to some extend trained to think in definite terms, that 1+1 is 2, and that if something do something, and with people it's much more nuanced and the experience does not transfer. They might still, they might disobey, they might forget what you said to do, on a surface level that what I mean. *edit 3: It will be hard to go into any other job if you decide that job can help with some other aspect of your life or help learn a skill you think you can use for yourself.
I wish this worked for non-Western countries. Three years ago, I started learning Data Analysis, then in the summer of last year, I switched to Front-End development, only to find that the job market is more dead than any other. I couldn't even land an internship. Now, since I'm still on the learning train, I choose something that I might enjoy (other an data analysis) and wanted since I was a kid, which is learning game dev. I'm slowly picking up C++ and Unreal Engine. It's really rough looking for remote jobs from a third-world country, but I'll keep trying.
I'm 25 working in B2C sales, I always wanted to switch into AI/ML but never had a courage and always scared about commitments, bills etc.. I thought I can make a living by compromising my goals since I'm earning average money which take care of the bills but nothing fancy just I'm living pay cheque to pay cheque. I always thought going back to college to get a master's degree in computer science or AI would be not worth it, but now my career is stagnant. After watching your video I'm sure I want to go back to college and get my master's.
So I learned: go do some tech school (you need to pay for) and try to live next to that (you also need to pay for) for 3 years and you will get a job that TRIPLES your income. I never seen any dev earning triple the income of another normal (non minimum vage) job. And keep in mind: after those 3 years you are a junior in whatever field you wanted to enter. So add another 3 to become decently good and 4 more to become a senior. Now you get that „tripled income“ but you invested 10 years. And guess what: after that time chances are high your skills are no more needed or the company died. So start over. It only takes 3 years - actually 10, but nobody is counting - to get where you’ve been. Giving motivational advice is a great and good thing. As long it is not delusional.
Many are working 30K/year jobs. A dev job, for example, “can” instantly take you to 90K job. I’m not sure what’s so difficult to understand here or why we’re even talking about senior…
Hello Travis sir, I've Quite Recently Turned 18 and this video did help me to actually lock in on that floating decision of mine of leaving everything and just sticking to the grind and staying true to it. I wanted to start learning web dev as that is something which interests me, and seeing you talk about to learn the ACTUAL foundation skills, I must do it now. Thank you!
I graduated from EE and after 3 years of doing analog and design automation stuff I changed my job to software engineering, I had quite a good background but it took me couple months of preparation (design patterns, algorithms, structures, how things are implemented etc). After 7 years of working in software (working in one of top companies and co-founding a startup in that time) I abandoned software career and I am really happy about it. In fact, I feel like I wasted last 2-3 years by doing things that did not interest me at all. Yes - salary was good, but I disrespected myself for what I was doing, ulimately I got job in hardware engineering again, my salary went down probably by 25% but I'm happy, if only I had made that decision earlier. Initially I was scared that it's too late to do what really interests me (recently turned 35), but I told myself that I still got at least 30 years of work before me (hopefully 20 with high efficiency) - enough to become an expert in one or two areas. ps. I still code, I write some scripts and tools to automate my tasks and I don't feel much of a need to work on more complex software projects.
Glad it was helpful. Just know that 22 is VERY early and your best days are ahead of you. I began at 34. Create a plan, see it through, keep the bigger picture in mind. Best wishes.
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My HUGE mistake. Be BOLD. Make BIG changes quickly. But be able to pivot into something different quickly if necessary. After having some failures early in life I became hesitant to make BIG changes. Trust me regrets is a lot worse than at least saying you tried.
Totally agree 💯
Yo thanks man was much needed for me
Have you succeed yet?
Success is the commitment to the process, the willingness to grow, and the courage to put yourself if a position where you could fail. The outcomes will be whatever they will be.
@@Brutish2006 got it
I started a coding bootcamp at 50 years old, 4 years ago during COVID. I now have a great software engineering job.
Nice! If you're ever up for sharing your story in a podcast, let me know! Would love to hear about it.
@@KeithTharp I'd love to hear your story!
Me too!
Would love to learn more too. Almost 50 and have wanted to get into tech to suit my personality. Everybody says it was a fool's errand at my age. Glad to know somebody pulled it off!
You know what, I'm 31 this year and started learning coding last year. I think we pressure ourselves instead of getting things done while learning
When I was in college, I met a woman who went back to school to become a lawyer at 36. A friend of mine asked her, "Won't that take 3-4 years? -- You'll be 40!" She said, "Yup. In 4 years, I'll be 40. This way though, in 4 years I'll be 40, AND A LAWYER!"
Your friend has wisdom.
I did that at 37 except I became a nurse. Im 44 now- best decision I ever made.
And I'm going to be 42 with a CS degree and finally getting a job where I want instead of sticking out the safe thing or whatever I can get. Things have finally turned around for me and I'm going to start driving at a better future. I was the first person in my family to graduate college. I'm going to be the first to graduate University. At year 3-ish I'm going to consider getting a masters in CS. Either way I'll be 42. 42 here or 42 there. To quote Kormac from Diablo 3, "The wrong decision is better than no decision." Just make a decision.
This is what I like about USA (I suppose you're from USA), people learn at different ages and get results. In India I have rarely seen people taking up new ventures at 37 or 34 of age. Its amazing.
@@KhallDrake This was so good to hear Sir. I wish you all the best and I hope you have fun at your work. God bless you!
I’m 31 and I feel so hopeless, man. Even at the beginning of the video I thought “oh, he’s talking to those in their early 20s…” when you said you started at 34… I literally teared up. If feels so hard to break into the industry
Everything will be fine. I thought the same thing. I'm 38YO
I am turning 30 and 6 months in python. Tomorrow will be better than today.
Started at 38 and my age made me think it was too late. I was worried about companies thinking I was too old. Then it occurred to me that I would still be doing a job I hated 3 years later if I didn’t try and be older at my hated job. Later, during my interview for a coding job, one of the things that came up was that they were more inclined to hire me at my age because I was more matured and established, and less likely to not show up to work.
@@georgemcsly217 Thanks, George. This is a very encouraging story. And I am so happy that you made it in and proud of you for following your passion, man. May you keep growing!
You can do it, just start doing something you enjoy doing and can earn you lots of money in the future. It will take time, but eventually you'll get a job, then you'll be able to get a better job and life will get a lot easier.
Very Good video. I wasted my last 5 years in depression after my graduate school.
But now I am on a plan and mos important I am in action. 🎉
Best of Luck❤
Personally I don’t feel the time spent in depression was a waste for you. Although it might feel many aspects in life slowed down, it’s a very different kind of learning! Good luck :)
What caused your depression?
Wishing you the best!
3 years! Very realistic time frame. I like how we have shifted away from the "1 year" buzz word of the past. Thanks very much for this.
I'm 26 years old with a community college diploma in photography because I slacked off in high school and college. 2 years ago, I decided that I would go back to university to get my bachelor's degree. Funny enough I chose one of the hardest major to get in: Engineering. They told me I needed to repeat 5 required high school credits with mid to high 90s average to get in. After 2 years of studying part-time, I am now accepted to the Computer Engineering program and I am going back to University this September. I'll come back to look at this comment 4 years from now when I'm 30 and an Engineer (hopefully). Wish me luck!
BONNE CHANCE 🙂
All the best on your brave journey to success, wishing you many rewards.
In 4 years when you graduate with a CE degree, you will be in super high demand. Wishing you all the best in your journey. Very impressive.
Same story here!😅
I will not post my situation
However, I will encourage you and hopefully when I come back to read this post and my comment
We will make it together.
All the best to us all.
Let us do this.
The past is gone, the present is for us to make amazing future.
All the best man!!
I am 36, I have been learning native Android development and software engineering for a bit more than 2 years, before that I had a good background in many fields, so it was a bit easy for me to learn a lot of stuff. Here where I live is a dead market (Algeria), there are almost no opportunities, it's hard to get a job, I have tried looking abroad (remote or reallocation) but it's not easy to get a job if you are not at a seniority level, If I were living in let's say for example 'Europe', I would have landed my first job after no more than one year (as a junior).
Anyways, I am not giving up yet, and I really hope that another year(the third year) will do it for me 😄
Go indie and start building your own apps, it’s the best you can do for now. You’ll get experience, build your portfolio and learn valuable lessons along the way, and who knows, maybe even make a living out of it.
TLDW: spend 3 years investing in yourself and it will pay off for the rest of your life.
More than 3 years brother
Spend your life investing in yourself and it'll pay off your entire life
yeah i don't want to watch the 6 min video i want all the content now!
I wish I could say the years I've invested in college have paid off so far.
I started at 28. Got my first software engineering role at 30. Now at 33 leading development for finance apps, know around 7 languages and teaching myself Operating Systems development in my free time.
My life changed, not just from an income standpoint but I’ve gained so much self-respect from getting highly competent in something.
All the best to others on the journey.
Wow! I am you right now at 28 starting in SaaS and my mind sometimes tries to talk me into quitting. Thank you for sharing. I feel encouraged.
I restarted from zero at 27 years old. I quit a great job at Merck, sold all my possessions , and moved to the USA to start a doctoral degree.
It was hard but 100% worthy.
Seventeen years later I have the benefit of looking back at my own decisions.
That’s funny. In two weeks I’m quitting my data engineering job at Merck to become a games developer at the age of 39. Maybe it’s something about Merck. lol
@@gracechan3039good luck lol
@@gracechan3039 quitting a data engineering job? damn that's a hard decision
How long was the doctoral programme?
@@Jack_Gatsby
4.5 years, physical chemistry applied to MRI, after that I was a professor of medical imaging for 5 years, and now a machine learning researcher.
I read The 12 Week Year and I'm already blowing past my goals by just splitting them up over 3 months. This was the cherry on top.
It is an amazing book 😊
I am interested in reading this book. Could you tell me the name of this author?
@@techaddictdude May be this - ruclips.net/video/GZfJGytBuK0/видео.html
@@techaddictdude Book by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington
means, the time shall pass no matter what. We should make the time productive instead of complainaing about stuffs which are out of control. Thank you for the video
This 🎉
i went to college late at 24 and graduated at 28. Wasted three years doing nothing, I actually tried to become a lawyer but failed getting into t100 law schools, so I gave up. Now I am studying for SWE. it has been a year since I started learning and going back to school. Many of my friends got married, have job, and have children but I am just here by with nothing. Hope I make it.
The past is fiction. Focus on your bright future instead. You WILL make it! Big time!
If you want, you will. Also be creative. Think outside the box. Give a s* about others life and where they are. Keep on going bro
You are not alone, I am facing similar situation but I am 20 now and I have wasted 2 years, and my friends are doing internship/projects ..etc while I am did nothing but wast time understanding stock market
We are on a same boat mate
Hope, we make it
Failed 12th grade at 18 and joined diploma course and spent another 3 years doing it after which got into an university at 22 while most of my friends were graduating. Had some really bad, unsupportive classmates so failed an year,sat at home,failed the next year again sat at home then took readmission for the same course and completed engineering with few subjects to pass. Now it's my final chance to clear the remaining subjects and I'm already 28.5 years old. Most of my friends are married few of them have kids and many of them earn well and have their own house. I'm here not having achieved anything. Life is tough right now but gotta strive.
The one thing I want to add is, btw great content, sometimes people ( I'm one of them) think that after a certain point in life they see a certain set of actions and decisions that lead them here, and think I could have taken it way beforehand, and think I've wasted a ton of time. Overlooking the fact that, those Hits and misses were what made them to be, where they are. It's not about taking 3 years to have the right decision, but the will to act on it the moment it is born.
Yes...
This video resonated with me a lot! Thanks for publishing it, Travis!
I am 40 now, and I changed careers from finance to computational physics by returning to university as an undergrad at 33, all while being a mom of four. It was a daring and bold move; people thought I was crazy, and at times, I doubted myself too. Yet, today, I am in the last month of my MSc and about to start a PhD. I’m also building my RUclips channel to document my journey and develop a whole new set of skills.
Thankfully, my husband was patient with the temporary sacrifices we had to make to our lifestyle during the last few years. We made it through with his support and the decent Student Aid in Canada. I do not regret going back to school to pursue a career that builds me up, even though it has been challenging at times. It's much better than feeling stagnant and stressed in a job that didn’t fulfill me and had a cap on how much I could earn, no matter how hard I would have tried.
I see so many people in the comments feeling very similar to what I felt back then. I can tell you one thing, it is only scary before you start (and maybe in the first few weeks after). Soon enough, you get used to the change, and the new lifestyle becomes a routine. As long as you have figured out the means to support your career change transition period, keep looking forward, never back!
Well, in my case, it took 6 years to get to this point. It does not have to be a university degree that you might be contemplating pursuing, but a course (maybe a few of them, just like Travis's example). Whatever it is, go for it if you feel it will make your life better and richer in any way.
Subscribed to your channel. Best wishes.
@@sathishbandolero omg, thank you very much! 🙂
proud to say, after many years of wanting to change and doing absolutely nothing, right now I'm finally on my way, learning the skills and putting the effort 🎉
I lost my shop and went bankrupt in 2017 after 5 years of trying to make it work, retrained as a graphic designer at 27 and now it’s 7 years later. I have a new degree, a couple years experience and a tangible portfolio that has just landed me a new job with the highest salary I’ve ever earned; I started last week. People give up on that path because they expect it to feel good and it doesn’t. Nobody thanks you for it until you can look back on it and thank yourself for having your own back, dragging yourself through years of being broke, unhappy and stressed. I’m still not where I want to be in life but it’s got to a point now where I can see that my consistency pays off I have proof, that real progress fuels my further efforts.
congrats
hey there! just curious bc i also want to become a graphic designer, after studying a career out of pressure from my parents (I had no idea what I wanted to do after high school), and finding out I would never be content with that career... so now I live by myself, I have bills to pay and a very demanding full time job that I must keep in order to continue living the way I do.
All of this explanation to ask: what was your path to become a graphic designer? did you go to University or are you self-trained via online courses and stuff?
thanks!!
@@pascal333didier it’s crazy how similar your story is to mine. But when I went bankrupt I lost everything including my place to live, so I had to move back into my parents house as a grown man, which was crushing but I had a cheap place to stay that allowed me to get my qualification and work 4 days instead of 5. I started our learning off of RUclips tutorials until I had at some understanding, truthfully I should have had more, but I then went back into education at 27 to get my Graphic Design degree at my local college. Here in England you can take a 3 year set of qualifications that are HNC HND and BA Hons; your degree. I found it to be very difficult to get a job as a graphic designer without a degree in a creative field. Most places that paid any sort of decent starting wage had that as an expectation. I’ve learnt 100 times more on my own through just time using the programs and making things however, tutorials helping to build knowledge in any skill or new tool I need. The degree is just a certificate that proves you can do it to a competent level, your degree tutor will not teach how to use the programs I learnt this early on.
First job was at a steel forge and engineering company which I had for 2 1/2 years, my salary increased in that time over increments due to getting the degree (I started on a low salary with a pay agreement rewarding completing my degree and good performance). That initial pay agreement ended so I applied this new job and had built my skills and portfolio up enough in that job to get this step-up, which was another increase at starting wage. Be happy to answer any other questions you have 👊
This was the mistake I kept making since I turned 22, I wanted things to happen so fast or otherwise I'd quit, last year I realized that is not how it works. You must designate a realistic amount of time for a goal (it usually takes years for something worthwhile) and you must be patient and committed to it. Time will pass anyway, that's not in your hands, what is in your hands is the power to decide what you will be after that period of time. This year I decided to become an actual software engineer and entrepreneur to build projects and businesses that I am passionate about instead of trying to fulfill those checkboxes in job postings just to get the job. I am now 27 and I am grateful to God because despite of my mistakes I still have the opportunity to continue pursuing my goals, and so I will.
how many years in your realistic timelins to build something worthy and be an entrepreneur? does 5 years is too quick? i followed anton kreil's principle to success, expect 10-15 years live within your means and be patient
I needed to see this TODAY! Wow!
Thank you for this. Im 29 years old and I have felt nothing but regret looking at the last few years of my life. I regret it because I see all of the time I wasted being hard on myself and upset over things that happened to me. I matured, and grew alot more confidence in myself by building good habits and skills that helped me finanicially. I convinced myself for so long that my life is over. 30 is around the corner and that i should've started so long ago. But after watching this, I am inspired to start my youtube channel and instagram page again. Thank you again for this video!
Good luck mate
For years I felt like this notion of time passing regardless was something that had only occurred to me. It’s what got me to return to school, it’s what got me into code. It completely changed my life and that of my family.
Don’t worry about the economy everyone. What you’re doing is going to take a long time. Be ready when your train comes.
love that quote "Be ready when your train comes"
Now I'm 24 and will be turning 25 at the end of the year...I don't know how this video came into my timeline...but it helped me clear a doubt that I had in my mind. Thank You.❤️
As someone who is turning 25 very soon, this video was very helpful and it helped act as a wake-up call. I found the video insightful and very valuable.
Thank you for creating and uploading this video! You, my friend, have earned yourself a new subscriber!
Keep up the quality video uploads! 😄
I can attest to this. When I was divorced at 31, life hit me hard, spent the last 14 years married and unhappy. Had no idea how to code. 3 years later I feel like I can change the world. Just start and build. It's truly a super power.
After series of failures (2023-2024) and I was in depression....and this video help me to get out from this situation and then i realised that i am only 22 . I think my hard work will pay off in few years🎉 because I never stop working on my self ✨
Thanks for the tip! I did those 3 years of grind. So glad I did!
Now imagine if you have to do it in your 40's ...
I've been working with IT for the last 20+ years, but unfortunately got to a point where I need to risk and focus on something really bold to get out of this mouse wheel . ..
+ one almost 40 IT guy that want changes :)
23 year old IT guy that is tired of it. I want to make a difference in the world. What are your goals?
Yeah, I also want to make a difference. What do you think you’re gonna do?
@@krave1324I’m honestly not sure. I’m starting to think that might be too ambitious of an aspiration.
Just don't bet the farm. Don't ever bet the farm on anything.
Yeah I'm 27 years old and I'm working on a restaurant, and I was looking at the older people on my work man... I never felt so much fear in my life, I realise I would end up just like them if I don't do anything to change, so Im aiming for a career in finance, here in Brazil the vast majority of people are in truble financiale so I wanna help them, thanks man
Same age, country and insights
@@JulianaDurgante Hi, same country but different insights and ages. I am 19 years old, studying law in college, but I confess that I spend most of my time studying other languages, which is my priority at the moment. Not for any specific reason related to productivity, I just enjoy it and think it might be useful in the future, but honestly, I have my doubts. I hope the time I spent on this is not in vain. The big problem is that your mind always thinks you could be doing something more productive.
@@spiderlandslint Hey I also like learning languages , am 20 studying physics and i just anted to say that it teaches you how to learn so you get better at learning in the long run, this is a skill too :}
@@chrono4998 cool, lie I hate physics lmao. but I love learning languages what are you learning? (I'm studying English at the moment, sorry for misspelled)). what kind of music do you like?
He is definitely right, I had no college degree and was working a simple help desk job that was poorly paid and there was no room to improve. I spent 3 years there just 'wanting' to get ahead in my career. I managed to leave the just finally then my career skyrocketed from an experience and skill point of view. Of course it took a lot of struggles and countless sleepless nights but it was definitely worth it. No video or tutorial will help you, you gotta get into the nitty gritty of things and so the not so fun things. Also maybe create a road map or a broad plan. I initially had no idea what to do and once I figured that out it greatly improved my work life.
I'm in second year of college (btech computer science) and I really don't want to continue my journey in college because of financial condition and I am not even interested in Indian exam system. I want to do something different which can make me millionaire in the age of 30s. My college provide average placement of 9/10lpa. And I'm very confused at this point of my life. Right now I'm Dealing with some family problems what can I do if you can help me.
I remember taking the plunge and starting a business when I was 37 and in a dead end job. I knew nothing and the first business failed but I learned what not to do and the second business was a success. If you never take the chance and make the move, nothing will happen.
Was making $40,000 at 27 years old, finished a 3 month coding bootcamp, got my first job 4 months later as a front-end developer. Now, I'm a senior software engineer with a total comp of $193k at 35 years old.
Can you please share the road map to become a Software Developer. Thank you for your time and consideration.
With the emergence of COVID-19, my job became unsustainable. I worked as a caregiver for 20 years. Given the emergency, my monthly income was reduced to 400 euros per month, while the hours worked tripled, 96 per week. I was 50. I graduated in Philosophy of Language while working, then left my job and applied for a doctorate. It's my dream job. It's never too late.
Thanks i needed to hear this. I spent a lot of time looking about productivity in youtube and learning about prerequisites for programming instead of just learning the technology that gets me a job right away. I thought before starting to learn i must be 'ready' but the truth is i will never be ready and a leap of faith will go a long way.
I dropped out of university the first time I went straight from high school. Got a decent job but felt stuck. I fell in love with programming and decided to give it another go at 25. It took me 3 years to get my degree and I got a job straight after graduating. Employers actually liked the fact that I was older and had experience outside of an education setting, I had other classmates who were also older than me and they excelled and also landed positions.
I believe it's about having a mix of short and long-term mindset. If you only put your head down and work hard for 3 years, I hope you won't get ran over by a bus the first day of your 'new life'. Everyday, we should spend some time working on our long-term future, but also on enjoying today.
Hey Travis, I don't think there will ever be a day when I regret ever subscribing to your channel...let me just say, you're a blessing man, and so are content. it's clear to me that you do this not to get likes and people to join , but you do this to help others make their lives better. Thank you
So understand
Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years
Face up, make your stand
Realize you're living in the golden years…
I did this, up at 5am 2017-2020, used saving and some side contracts to focus full time 2020-2022. Am builidkng freelance and contract work. MUCH LESS MONEY. LOTS OF EFFORT AND WORRY.
But
I’m happier.
I’m fulfilled
I LOVE my life
And I work harder than I ever did as employee.
It’s not about salary.
It’s about how you spend your precious time on this one time trip on this spinning rock on space.
I definitely understand what you're saying. I've been speaking to a lot of older people lately who have been saying, bream down life into decades and work from there. But, I dont agree with your plan for a person beginning on their journey to create "very specific steps" to get where they want, because they literally can't do that if they have no experience. Just show up and do the thing.
im a electrician and i get paid 6 figures already, but i thoroughly enjoy coding as a hobby, it gets me away from gaming, i love it, i also see it as a good opportunity to learn skills that in one day if i decide to quit my job as a electrician i can go into another field, or better yet keep working as a electrician and do coding projects on the side like apps and little startups
How long does it take to learn to become good electrician and would you recommend to learn this area?
@@AntonBrazhnyk they say you really learn after you finish your apprenticeship, 4 years to do the basics then maybe another 2 or so after for the finer details, its a good trade with many avenues especially in Aus, you can do solar, Air conditioning, data electrician, fire electrician, lift electrician and even mining
Your video just uplifted me today when I really needed it. I've been following your channel for a while. I've done a few Java courses and am wading through an SQL course currently. Sometimes motivation is hard to keep, but I guess that's life. I'm 42, a degree in mechanical engineering but I'm on a path (I have no idea where to) to something better. I always enjoy your videos Travis. Cheers from Cape Town.
@TravisMedia , I finished the SQL course, and landed an internship! It is possible. Just got to keep grinding....
@@AdrianTregoningcongratulations! Inspiring
I just realize that I am bigger than my job, my situation or any obstacles on my way by watching this video from you. Thank you!
I started community college in Fall 2008, graduated with associates degree in 2012, but I continued to take more classes. I transferred to four year university in 2014, but many of the animation courses were accepted, so it was almost like I started over. I graduated with my bachelor's in December 2018. I wasted ten years going to school for animation. I worked at Brazen Animation for a short contract in April/March of 2019. Next, I did an internship at Pixar Animation Studios in Summer of 2019, which was the most amazing experience I've had. I worked another short two or three contract at Brazen when I came back to miserable Texas in September/October of 2019. I worked at Deck Nine Games as a junior animator from December 2021 to May 2023. I was laid off. Now I've been dealing with chronic dizziness for over a year. I'm still unemployed and I'm currently job searching. I live with my parents and I have health problems, and I'm trying to build youtube channels in the process. Why am I alive? I have no idea.
You are alive, because Life loves you, and this planet does too, and God/Universe/Higher Power - call it as you want - LOVES you. And you should too. And when you do, everything else will eventually fall into place.
Love you, Biko.
Vova
Thank you i really need this.. As am 21 now living in india. Belongs from a poverty background was doing a job of customer support which gave me $ 0.75 an hour 🙂.. Yeah but its kinda decent here in rural side of india but some how i managed to bought a $600 laptop from which am learning editing and i was also thinking about coding which hopefully increase my hourly rate.. As the peoples are willing to take a shot at 30 so i also have it at this age lets see what happens.. Naval Also said that there is better opportunities to grow in under developing countries as there are many problems to solve.
having adhd makes this quite a bit harder i think, is hard to plan something ive always lived short sighted but this feels like a wakeup call or sign. im 25 atm so its not too late to learn to plan my life
i have been 1 year into this journey of change and learning and last few weeks i thought of just quitting because it was becoming a bit of overwhelming for me . I really thank you from the bottom of my heart for this video and making me get up and get back to where i left . Its still a long way to go to the end of the tunnel but im sure if is stick to it ..i will definitely see light :)
You will! Love and blessings!
Thank you for talking to "me".
We never met, but you feel like a close friend who cares about my welfare and lifes purpose.
You were real, but not condescending or overtly stern.
I'm gonna keep making a plan for what can accomodate my ADHD, my behaviors can be regulated and it gets easier to follow goals that way.
I watched the "story vid" you recommended after watching this... I don't know if I'll "learn to code"... but I have to
say, that was an interesting story on "Pivoting" jobs & trying to make it & survive...
I appreciate you being transparent about the " time scale" saying you'd been coding for 7 years...
You really do a good solid job of explaining stuff.. I don't know if that's b/c you have kids, or you appreciate that yourself, but I like your "Down to earth vibe"..
I didn't particularly feel "overwhelmed" yet, I was still able to grasp the gist of what you were discussing.. as someone who's in the same boat as you "just good with computers"
the most rationale and concise video on career development I have seen, bravo
I've been frustrated and opening RUclips this video was the first in my feed. Thank you this. I'll also look for that book as I've been short sighted in my journey
I have never heard this sad so well.
Invest time now and you won't have to deal with all the same problems later.
I love you Man!
I am subscribing!!!
I needed this video as I wasted my 3 years being shortsighted wanting to get things quickly that led me to anxiety & all sorts of troubles due to it but now I’ve realised good things take time as I feared with passing time I will be left out of my crowd now at 25 i know the longest path will have to be my definite path to gain my goals, I want to pursue masters in computer science I only evaded it because of the time it would take but it will be worth it, Thank You sir for putting this video out.
I was very skeptical to watch this as I felt the title was bullshit clickbait but much of what this man said resonates with what I've experienced from the beginning of college until the end, my early career search, and my long term goals. This is great advice for those who feel trapped or are hitting a plateau. Thanks for this video.
hey man this is life changing, having long term vision is key
I'm 19 right now, and after 3 yrs i'll be 22 AND a software engineer
Your journey has been inspirational Travis. I followed your channel nearly a year and a half ago while I was making a transition into the world of data from construction. I am now a data engineer, you can really change your life if you put your mind to it!
Thank you Travis, I commit to Learning, Sacrifice and Study on this day 5th July, 11:04pm GMT +2
Very good video. I wasted my teenage years on not focusing on my skills but i m pretty sure by the end of this year ill achieve more than i had in my teenage years
I’m 45 and have just spent 3 years developing a system (already a coder since 1999). Have lived on next to nothing during this time. I cut out social media to remove the curse of comparison and also stopped drinking alcohol. Now I’m finished I don’t feel I missed out on a thing. The complete opposite actually.
hi similar age and experience as you. kinda sucks 'am not a millionaire already. Now I also have built something and hoping to grow a sucessful business of my own by 55.
Statistically, chances are you did waste your time. Unless you've got someone who's willing to pay for your 3 years of time, which is obviously incredibly unlikely.
I appreciate this channel isn't about realism. But realistically...
it's crazy to hear this because that's exact what I did three years ago when I went back to school for a cs degree. I don't regret a single moment of that grind
"You can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love." - Jim Carrey
Comparaison fucked up a lot of dreams. The only thing that keeps us really from starting again is being afraid of others judging us.
This is real weakness to fight against
I absolutely love this video. I think this has always been my problem, I'm very ambitious, but I lack a clear plan in my head on how to achieve my goals. I have achieved quite a lot, but I think that if planned well, I could have achieved a lot more. Thank you!
Law school is exactly 3 years. This video title got my attention.
As I always tell myself and people I mentor: “The time will pass anyway, so make it count. Make it matter.”
I’m always grateful that it worked out for me at a young age.
I started coding at 18 (during COVID). It took me less than 3 full years until I became a software engineer at a leading Iraqi e-banking company!
Do it NOW, don’t think about money and time, and don’t you dare to be hopeless! Life is too short not to do what you love. Believe me, it all pays off.
"this is the time of your life to take leaps." -- a grandpa to his 22yo granddaughter upon her life move into perpetual servitude as a cloistered Nun. I relied on this very same advice to pick up unfinished business & devote all personal efforts to manifest a commitment. 40 years anew to re-build this life effort at age 65. choices exist in continuum because of preparation.
If you think "aww, what about all the parties I will miss out on in these 3 years", than I doubt coding (or any other task where you feel bad about missing out on all the parties) is for you. Extrinsic motivation by earning more in the remaining 30-x years is much worse than intrinsic motivation, e.g. "coding is so interesting, I get in a flow that feels awesome, much better than your usual party, I have the urge to learn much more".
I learned C and Python in 6 months.
I am 34.
With 20 would had been great, but with 45 its still okay.
You earn more, and it makes fun!!
what was the path you followed to learn. 6 months is really impressive
C and Python in 6 months??
Op is capping
And what are you planning to do with C that you learned?
Ok so not here to bash or anything Sir, Just a suggestion from my side. Learning C would make your basics strong and all is fine, but I don't think that would help much rather I would recommend you to go ahead with python and further explore the field of Data Science, Machine Learning and even some basic automations which python does provide, In the current age Automations SaaS are indeed booming so they do have a scope.
At the same time, you can try to replace C with C++ as it's used more for Interviews in Big tech if you are aiming for that. Again all of this is a friendly suggestion, nothing hard forced♥
@@WhyShubham. maybe he wants to build malware
I have fallen in love with your videos. Thank you. I am encouraged.
Am currently 34 years and I am also looking to dive into Coding after 10 years in IT Support
*Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use* ~ Earl Nightingale
Excellent point on the value of long-term planning in career development! Investing years into mastering a technical skill truly sets a strong foundation for not just higher earnings, but also for diverse career opportunities that might not even exist yet. 🚀
At my old job, I was talking to a coworker about getting out of where we were at and going into a different field, nothing too dissimilar but different. His immediate reaction was, "But you'll have to start all over." I ended up going for it and I'm two years into a field where I make more money, the job is easier and I'm only becoming more valuable as time goes by with skills that are going to be needed to be employable in the future. The coworker I mentioned, he still at the same job.
Love this message Travis. Breaking into tech can feel like such a moving target because people focus too much on trendy technologies. Focus on the fundamentals, and it can act as a spring board to any other specialization you want.
you made transition at 34! amazing man. Hard work yields results at any age just we need perseverance! Thanks Travis
btw Almanack of Naval Ravikant is great wisdom
great one I like spending time with honest people 2. greatest people who tend to be highly successful and are honest 3. smartest people who question a lot and actually solve the problems
I studied economics thinking I could help change the world and started studying programming at age 19 because I needed to make econometric models work for large data sets, which got me a job as a research assistant and I co-wrote 2 papers. But after COVID, I decided life was too short to wait for "a change" and delved deeper into programming. I discovered that I simply fell in love with programming and now I am a data engineer :)
You can't change the past and alter any of the things you regret doing or not doing, but you can decide to move forward WITH time right now!! That's the best we can do
I really needed to hear this. I have been "learning to code" for 4 years or so now. Those 4 years flew by while I wasn't really doing anything productive and doing a job I didn't like
After two years of unproductiveness, I've joined a post graduation programme with finance as a major but still I don't know what I want or whether I'm fit for finance. That's the thing Travis. Willing to work hard but finding "the what" is the hard part.
Man, your video changed my mind. I was so low and under confident. The way you explained the details and future success, its amazing
will come back to this chat after 3 years to update my progress
Amazing. I have been separated following a controlling relationship. It has taken me 10 months to realise onky i can control what happens next. Which is great but also frightening. Ive now got a careers coach and am on my journey go from marketing to cybersecurity at 40 years old. You can do it. The worst enemy is your own mind
1. make a plan
2. how do you get there
3. how long would it take you to get there
The comment section is a gold mine in itself.
Great to hear all the inspiring stories and comments.
Inspirational.
This video has just made me subscribe to Your channel man 👌🏽👍🏽👍🏽 The cold, Hard Truth.
Those are the problems I was thinking at 16-17, maybe 18. Right now I have such a different view of things, this kind of thinking really do not fit everyone.
Because what is the end goal? Working till fifty for the maximum salary amount? If so, the logic in the video does make sense.
But I think anyone who smart enough to become an engineer gets bored of the repetition in the job, there is nothing new at some point, and you don't even have to think to do your job.
AND after some amount of money there is no real point in getting more money, and there's multiple reasons why. Inflation would burn more then you make at some point, the time you'll invest into thinking what to do with the money is a time better spent than just working, etc etc.
So I would of agreed and found this video helpful 7-6 years ago, but right now I think It doesn't show the full picture for young people to actually understand what they should do and what they should aim for.
*edit. To be absolutely specific if someone in my shoes, a 17 year old just staring out, reads this. What I meant to say is that ideally you need to be strategic from the start and understand that your goal is not to work till 50, but make money as fast as possible(because there is no point in having millions at 50), and go do something meaningful with it which you can decide on your own what it is.
*edit 2: also, when you decide to start learning software engineering, you HAVE to know that it will define you and your life A LOT. Meaning some skills will be lacking because you decided to invest into other set of skills. There is no way around that. You can mitigate but not really cheat that rule.
So just a one example, it would be hard to run a business that involves managing people. Because your brain are to some extend trained to think in definite terms, that 1+1 is 2, and that if something do something, and with people it's much more nuanced and the experience does not transfer. They might still, they might disobey, they might forget what you said to do, on a surface level that what I mean.
*edit 3:
It will be hard to go into any other job if you decide that job can help with some other aspect of your life or help learn a skill you think you can use for yourself.
Great video! I am 1.5 years into this kind of transition. Not wasting a single day.
I wish this worked for non-Western countries. Three years ago, I started learning Data Analysis, then in the summer of last year, I switched to Front-End development, only to find that the job market is more dead than any other. I couldn't even land an internship.
Now, since I'm still on the learning train, I choose something that I might enjoy (other an data analysis) and wanted since I was a kid, which is learning game dev. I'm slowly picking up C++ and Unreal Engine. It's really rough looking for remote jobs from a third-world country, but I'll keep trying.
Thank you so much. This is what I needed to hear today
Believe me 3 years goes by very fast namely if you are busy putting in the work.
Sir this is the channel i have been looking for. Simple , motivational and i have not been able to disagree with you on anything. Thank you!
Great to hear. And if you ever have a disagreement, it's most welcome!
I'm 25 working in B2C sales, I always wanted to switch into AI/ML but never had a courage and always scared about commitments, bills etc.. I thought I can make a living by compromising my goals since I'm earning average money which take care of the bills but nothing fancy just I'm living pay cheque to pay cheque. I always thought going back to college to get a master's degree in computer science or AI would be not worth it, but now my career is stagnant.
After watching your video I'm sure I want to go back to college and get my master's.
So I learned: go do some tech school (you need to pay for) and try to live next to that (you also need to pay for) for 3 years and you will get a job that TRIPLES your income.
I never seen any dev earning triple the income of another normal (non minimum vage) job.
And keep in mind: after those 3 years you are a junior in whatever field you wanted to enter. So add another 3 to become decently good and 4 more to become a senior.
Now you get that „tripled income“ but you invested 10 years.
And guess what: after that time chances are high your skills are no more needed or the company died.
So start over. It only takes 3 years - actually 10, but nobody is counting - to get where you’ve been.
Giving motivational advice is a great and good thing. As long it is not delusional.
Many are working 30K/year jobs. A dev job, for example, “can” instantly take you to 90K job. I’m not sure what’s so difficult to understand here or why we’re even talking about senior…
Hello Travis sir, I've Quite Recently Turned 18 and this video did help me to actually lock in on that floating decision of mine of leaving everything and just sticking to the grind and staying true to it. I wanted to start learning web dev as that is something which interests me, and seeing you talk about to learn the ACTUAL foundation skills, I must do it now. Thank you!
This is exactly the path I took 24 years ago when I started in this field. Good advice.
My mum started studying at 36 to become a teacher. With two kids, back then 12 and 9 years old.
That kinda motivated me to study comp sci at 29.
I graduated from EE and after 3 years of doing analog and design automation stuff I changed my job to software engineering, I had quite a good background but it took me couple months of preparation (design patterns, algorithms, structures, how things are implemented etc). After 7 years of working in software (working in one of top companies and co-founding a startup in that time) I abandoned software career and I am really happy about it. In fact, I feel like I wasted last 2-3 years by doing things that did not interest me at all. Yes - salary was good, but I disrespected myself for what I was doing, ulimately I got job in hardware engineering again, my salary went down probably by 25% but I'm happy, if only I had made that decision earlier. Initially I was scared that it's too late to do what really interests me (recently turned 35), but I told myself that I still got at least 30 years of work before me (hopefully 20 with high efficiency) - enough to become an expert in one or two areas. ps. I still code, I write some scripts and tools to automate my tasks and I don't feel much of a need to work on more complex software projects.
just turned 22 yesterday and this video hits hard because I wasted my last 2 years, it was only because of lack of consistency
Glad it was helpful. Just know that 22 is VERY early and your best days are ahead of you. I began at 34. Create a plan, see it through, keep the bigger picture in mind. Best wishes.
@@TravisMedia thanks, I appreciate it
I’m turning 40 and I’m in this 3y process right now
And quit sugar and smoking and alcohol to enjoy after those 3 yrs
@@SarFirraEdits Don’t smoke, quit alcohol and working on sugar. That’s the hardest one.