[ep7] Indian Wedding in Bay Area + Work Trip To London, A Day In The Life as a Software Engineer

Two of my best friends got married and I was one of their bridesmaids (love you guys). Follow me to their wedding and then straight to a work trip to London where I’m meeting some co-workers that I haven’t met in person yet and eat some incredible food there.
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[@KingRalph33]

Great video and love your editing.

[@max_k1421]

Aber deine Tanzskills sind echt nicht übel, hattest bestimmt viel Spaß dabei 🙌🤩

[@sachin_yt]

WOW!!!!!! You look beautiful 😍😍😍

[@upendrarajjoshi]

You look amazing in this dress.🥰

[@sanchi3944]

I personally hate attending these events now but this one looked lively

[@nuamanshabir6122]

great❤

[@edinburghrules]

Another nice vlog! How did you like London compared to NYC?

[@techmentormaria]

I like both but I think NYC is a bit more my vibe these days :)

[@robertofarias1545]

You were gorgeous dressed up in that indian costume.

[@soumiknath7931]

Love from india❤

[@Mickymauserius]

You looked beautiful in that dress. What book are you reading? I glimpsed something about Penroses theorem about singularities?

[@techmentormaria]

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[@tarek7451]

Is it more difficult to switch teams as an engineering manager compared to an IC? I want to try the EM track to see how I feel and how well I can carry out the role. On the other hand, I'm worried that if you're a manager, it's hard to switch as you're responsible for your team members and it's emotionally difficult to leave them behind. Also w/o domain knowledge and business context, isn't it hard to become an EM? vs as an IC, you just join a team and gain an understanding of a small fraction of the codebase and that's it. Lastly, when you want to switch back to IC, can that happen in just 1-2 years? Ofc this will depend on companies but I'm curious to hear about your experience.

[@techmentormaria]

I don’t think one is more difficult than the other - they both have their challenges.
But I like to look at something called “time to first success” which may take much longer for managers because of lots of external circumstances that are out of your control. As an IC, I reel like you can start having impact on your team fairly quickly even if you don’t know the team dynamics yet. As a manager, you need to get to know people, process, culture and problems before you can make impact happen which may take months.

[@riteshkumar4401]

5:20 relatable that's why i avoid white clothes 😂 . 🙏 🇮🇳

[@fadrian98]

whats the song at the end?

[@ssapirm]

Living the Maria life ...

[@gourabsarker9552]

Mam how much do you earn as a software engineer manager in USA? Plz reply. Thanks a lot.

[@wagmi614]

you and @DhruvRatheeVlogs's wife look like sisters haha