3:00 why the 4? try to start with working for a big company 5:00 pay 6:10 roles Getting a job IS obvious step 1: get an interview concise resume that focuses on impact of your work work on projects that concern with what you wanna do. You won't be happy with every one. Keep doing em anyway GPA ain't everything you won't get an interview if you don't apply another way to get an interview is to participate in coding challenges try to get an interview with the help of an existing employee's referral step 2: the interview 20:30 - 22:15 cracking it: 22:50 - 24:30 behaviour: 24:35-24:52 list of questions: search on the internet for questions for your prospective role in the company practice: 26:00 mock interview: 26:30-29:32 find patterns in different problems 30:03 36:00 37:03 39:11 40:31 41:42
Also, Sean Lee seems like one of the rare and wonderful people who organizes communities and produces a group of people who all climb and lift as they go.
As a full time employee at a company he mentioned I don't know why I watched this video from the beginning to the end, and I have to say, I am very inspired, and very motivated in a general sense of life
Wow, I never thought I'd gonna go through the all 42 minutes but his attitude kept me there. Great talk, precious and I agree on aaaall you said! Thanks Sean!
GREAT talk. What a personable, humble guy. Usually speakers on this topic can come off as arrogant, but he countered that by minimizing his talents and magnifying his failures in a humorous way. He appears to keep the audience engaged while providing relevant resources and strategies.
I agree but I think he failed courses it wasn't because he was stupid. It was because he prioritized his interviews over his school work at Columbia. Not mention going to Columbia automatically makes you smart.
I normally don't comment. And this comment is going to be put at the bottom of the 746 already existing comments. But, Sean Lee, thank you. This was incredible. I'm struggling with all of this and watching your presentation has given me newfound hope.
The value of this video is probably more beneficial than the 5 year education I have done from UBC LOL. Watched this video from time to time when I started to feel unmotivated. Me and a group of friend (Computer Engineering undergrad at that time) followed his suggestion from the video, everyone actually ended up in big tech companies 1 year later (Google, Amazon, SAP ...etc). I also got a chance to interned in Amazon and received a full time return offer from Amazon. Trust this video and good luck guys :)
I watched this video first 6 years ago that set me on my interview preparation path. Before this video, I considered these top tier companies out of my reach considering my grades and university. Through the preparation, I got an internship at one of the big 4 and came back to work full time. It's been instrumental in my career path and life. Thanks for this video. This is personally one of the most impactful videos I've ever watched.
Rainman Honestly, if it meant more relevant work experience, then it was hardly a stain on his résumé. Almost no employers will give a shit how long it takes you to graduate, regardless of how long the program is supposed to take traditionally.
yeah, at around 37:20 in the video he tells the story of how he failed data structures/algorithms and software engineering, which are both core courses
Okay, thanks. Did he ever state his overall GPA? I don't know how it works at UBC, but at my university, you needed to get about a 2.8 GPA among core classes in order to declare a CS-minor or major. So perhaps he didn't truly fail, but he merely didn't hit the cutoff GPA? I
Most of the advice here is true to any professional/competitive job. Opportunity exists for those who have put in the preparation without knowing when they're going to succeed.. and in this journey perseverance through the darkest times prevails. :)
I just got a call and was told I'm going to be an intern @Amazon! Thank you so much for the motivation and information during my application stages. Much appreciated, great talk!
I love this guys talk. It is so inspiring to see when somebody has to struggle through something and they 1. don't give up or get discouraged 2. keep it up and look at the big picture and eventually succeed. Awesome talk!
The best advice in this video is about perseverance. Thanks for being totally honest by disclosing all of your failures along the way. That speaks louder than credentials ever will.
Tim Foolery, I have a question for you. Do you actually believe that having a 5 month interview process actually attracts top talent to google/facebook/amazon? Given that the top talent can likely find other offers within 2 weeks?
I was in this room and was greatly inspired by this guy. I just got a job at MS as a PM and his words definitely helped me along the way. Don't fear failure. Thanks Sean Lee
This video is pretty old now so I recently made a follow up one: ruclips.net/video/6790FVXWBw8/видео.html I revisit some important issues, and address some things that have changed since 5 years ago.
at 37:08 when you admitted how many times you have tried and failed to get into the big 4 and saying that you're not smart, that was amazing. it is one thing to show-case your achievements, but it takes a tremendous amount of personal power to admit your failures. Respect 💪
I watched this video 7 years ago, and after completing my degree and graduating I got an offer for a Big 4 company. I can't believe watching this video have helped me so much, and something that sounded like a dream a couple years ago is now a reality. Thank you so much for opening the doors for me for interview preparation , leetcode, CTCI, and resumes, and portfolios. My 8 year's ago self would be proud of the achievements of my present self and would not believe this was possible. Keep trying and keep working, because it is possible.
Amazing video. I followed your advice 2 years ago and I was able to get an internship and full time position at a FAANG company. For anyone reading this comment, listen to this videos advice. IT WILL WORK
I have worked 30+ years in software / system engineering. His speech is still very inspiring. Those big 4 companies and other high tech companies tend to hire newly graduate students, who have higher successful rates to pass those academic questions. In my 15+ software development experience, I don't deal with algorithms as much, but other environmental, tools, packaging issues. So, the mid/late career software engineers actually have a harder time to pass those academic coding interviews. Not that we are not good programmers, but the experience often didn't get considered in those first step academic 45 min interviews.
I love this guy. Not for his tips but more for the last 10 mins of Empathy and talking about himself openly. For getting emotional and wishing from bottom of his heart.
Lol which means that GPA are bs !!! It’s more about skills. The education system in the whole world is a true waste of time when it comes to building really good engineers. I Hope this will change in the near future
Wow! Thanks for the inspiration, Sean Lee!I have been out of school for over 10 years and only worked 3 of the years in the computer industry, and it was only a computer operator job that I didn't need a B.S. in Computer Science for! I never felt confident. I didn't know how to start. (Well, I had the degree, but felt so inept I didn't want to pursue the necessary course of action that you have stated here.) My GPA is about 3.2, so what you told us about your GPA was inspiring! (I failed Ordinary Differential Equations twice - took it 3 times and got an A)Also, what you told us about (major) companies not really caring about your GPA was inspiring!Thank you very much! I have laid out a game plan based on this video, and I am going to do what you have outlined here! I will report back with the good news! You rock, buddy! Thank you!
Thanks for posting this. I followed his recommendations and got a job with one of the big 4! Your tips were super helpful and they were what made the difference for me getting the job.
Thanks for encouraging me. I struggle with depression and motivation every day because I see how everyone is smarter and ahead of me. I'm a cs grad, 32 years old, couldn't get a job so I've got no development work experience, working as a cashier clerk... My classmates who got F in their programming classes are now working at big companies making 6 figures, and I , who got all A's, still have no programming job few years after. Sad reality... But I'm still gonna keep trying
@@musqitonebeats2129 well, I studied, had a tutor also. 2 years went by since my original comment, and I do have a small consulting company job that a friend referred me for but I'm not doing programming, only like support stuff and a little bit of database. I'm still struggling with my depression though and can't pass the real interview... No one seems to like me, maybe I give them weird/awkward vibes... I don't know. But I'm getting by for now. Hopefully one day I'll succeed in getting a better job.
@@EvgeniyaJZ just practice fake smiling an d awkwardness will go away, I have been there and struggle with it sometimes hopefully you can do leetcode too in free time and get your dream job good luck man
I love this guy. He put himself out there and made himself vulnerable. To convince us we all have whatever it takes to fulfill our dream. He got really emotional by the end. Such a great person. This talk made my day! Thanks Tiana, Joseph and Sean Lee.
When I got an offer from Amazon everybody was asking how did I do it and I share this video along with the resources he mentioned. There is no other way I would have done it. I think I have way more failures than him. I was not applying for an internship but it really helped me to stay motivated. Thank you, man! And thank for an excellent job recording and sharing it.
i was seriously considering not doing comp sci anymore but I'll try to stick through it, especially when he said he failed 2 comp sci courses and has a low ass gpa
I have never programmed in my life. Never a single line of code yet I was able to sit through this entire lecture without getting bored and actually extremely interested. Massive Props.
I watched this back in late July 2021, unmotivated, complacent with returning to my current company after interning there for 3 years. This video popped up. I watched through the whole 42 minutes, it left me with weird feelings. I started the grind then. At first it was really tough, can't even solve leetcode easy, now I can solve a medium 50/50. I have a final with microsoft scheduled in 3 weeks. If I pass it, part of it owns to this video that motivated my ass to grind.
Good Talk! He makes a very important point: treat interview prep not as a prep for interviews only, treat it as prep for your professional life. This will be your job! People often just study coding questions before interviews hoping to make it in. Let's say you got lucky and got in with that prep, what happens next? You need to prove your worth everyday for the rest of your career to stay at whatever company you got in and to move to better companies. It has to be a regular part of your life. The athlete analogy was perfect.
Hey, Ryan here. Maybe the real question is not why you should believe me now, but why you don't believe in yourself. There's been a gangster inside you all this time, you just have to unleash it, G.
These are honest. These companies need talent. They express over and over how many seats are empty at these companies because the education system isn't producing enough talented youths.
Hands down one of my favorite speeches. Particularly for the end. Thank you for letting people know you don’t need to be a guru to be a software engineer.
This video session is probably the best video on the internet regarding this topic. Thank you so much for posting this classroom presentation here. I will come back one day here to comment about my offer on one of these top 4 FAANG company. Mark my word! This is my public commitment.
Excellent sharing: "the interview only limits you for 45 minutes of taking the test but it cannot limit how much time you prepare for it." "The good thing about resume is that you don't have to put down how many times of failure into a resume (only successful ones after multiple attempts)."
I'm exactly like that guy. 7 years for a 4 year degree. Academic probation and 2.3 GPA and failed game design even though I make games. Love the story.
He mentions how interns get paid $8,000-$9,000 per month, but forgets to talk about how rent in some locations is over $3,000 a month for a 300-500sq ft apartment.
Many top companies provide housing stipends in SF/Bay area. Although they don't cover the complete cost (usually around $1500-$2000 a month), it definitely helps a lot.
Came across this video AFTER successfully completing my internship at Microsoft. I graduated from University and now have a position at Amazon! Looking to move up in Amazon. Fantastic company to work for! From UK.
because japan/korea genetic overlap...japanese people are more pure toward this race and looks significantly better than korean people... korean people are basically mixture between japanese+chinese...
I've failed 4 courses and currently have a 2.0 GPA. You goof once, then slowly snowball into a huge degenerate, give up and play League of Legends 6 hours a day while putting in just enough work to still be enrolled. I don't know if I'll ever get hired by anyone at this point, and I'm already 3 years into undergrad with no extra-curriculars, no side projects, and no internships. I get anxiety from constantly having thoughts like "What if I give this effort and still fail?" Still though, I'm glad I watched this video because hearing about how you landed these seemingly impossible internships on academic probation has taught me that at every point in my life when I thought I was completely screwed and gave up, I really did still have a chance. If by some miracle, I manage to get even an interview, it will be all thanks to you for inspiring me to keep on hanging in.
Usually I wont sit through 40+ mins presentation in a single watch. But this is too awesome to ignore. Great talk with facts for every software engineers out there.
This is probably the best video about getting job at the big 4 or generally in technical roles. I am so thankful to you man. I just moved to America with my wife from Pakistan and I am a computer engineer but I worked in non-tech fields back home because I was always afraid to do programming but now I have embraced it. I am doing a lot of self-learning, learning SQL, python on my own and your video has motivated me to learn more. Thanks for this! I will pray for your health, success and happiness.
I watched this video about 6 months ago. I have interviews with Google and Amazon at the moment. It was really inspirational, now I have a week to study LC and hopefully land one of them. Also, I have a 2.5 gpa and no experience prior to last semester. But I got a research volunteer spot, then another part time data analyst spot and here I am. So, just work hard guys
Probably one of the best talks I have ever watched. I've seen it two times now and will continue to watch it once a month until I get an offer at a big 4.
I have watched the complete video. But I accurately know the answer to the question. Improve your topcoder-github-kaggle performances and try to befriend/impress the present employees of such tech companies to get referral to get a job. Simple. All the other ways to get jobs at such companies are super long and super uncertain. All the printed papers like school and college degrees have lost their value in the computer engineering industry.
I'd add "If you're an Engineer" A lot of the anecdotes are applicable to other areas but 44mins of time should be respected if this isn't general info.
It's awesome, but it's a bit different here in the UK. I have worked in the United States and had job offers which are way easier to get than in the U.K. Recruitment Process for Amazon in the UK: 1. Online Application + Cover Letter + 3 questions with 300 words each 2. Online Tests (Numerical, Analytical, Business Reasoning) 3. Telephone Interview 4. On-site Visit (Not an interview) 5. Interview 6. Offer That's it
+Nguyen Le Those are the "Big Four" professional services firms. The ones he is talking about are the "Big Four" technology companies. Definitely stole the name and the general concept.
Step1: - personal projects .. what are interested or wanna work on - coding challenges from companies - referrals (very useful) Step2: - cracking the coding interview (ctci) .. a good resource : 1- all data structures & algorithms 2- no behavioural questions 3- glassdoor.com to know interview questions for jobs u apply for 4- leetcode is a bit more challenging - get used to white board coding - practice interviews with 2 to 3 friends max
Great motivational presentation by Sean! Congratulations at landing a job at the Big 5! My son is studying at UW, I am sending him a link to this presentation so that he can remember the recommendations.
You have inspired me. It is my vision to work at the Big Four Software Engineering companies, to contribute to the technological development of human civilization. From this day onward, this is my main goal, and I will do whatever I need to go there. I have recognized that it is possible for me to get a job at the Big Four. It's not something which is unattainable. You just have to commit to it and work hard. That's it.
The way he took me out of fear of knowing nothing is incredible ...and i am so much thankful for that.... and i am sure very soon i'll be working at big 4.....and congrats to all commentors who got job at big 4.
I have a job lined up for September, it's not in one of these companies and I don't do a degree in computer science or programming. But I still watched the whole video!
3:00 why the 4?
try to start with working for a big company
5:00 pay
6:10 roles
Getting a job IS obvious
step 1: get an interview
concise resume that focuses on impact of your work
work on projects that concern with what you wanna do. You won't be happy with every one. Keep doing em anyway
GPA ain't everything
you won't get an interview if you don't apply
another way to get an interview is to participate in coding challenges
try to get an interview with the help of an existing employee's referral
step 2: the interview
20:30 - 22:15
cracking it: 22:50 - 24:30
behaviour: 24:35-24:52
list of questions: search on the internet for questions for your prospective role in the company
practice: 26:00
mock interview: 26:30-29:32
find patterns in different problems 30:03
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39:11
40:31
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This isn't a talk about how to get a job at the big 4, this talk is much grander, it is about how to take yourself seriously as a professional.
literally, I'm a math major, I want to be an academic, but this this still so amazing.
Also, Sean Lee seems like one of the rare and wonderful people who organizes communities and produces a group of people who all climb and lift as they go.
As a full time employee at a company he mentioned I don't know why I watched this video from the beginning to the end, and I have to say, I am very inspired, and very motivated in a general sense of life
+牛力 thanks for your comment, it's double inspired !! :)
Same here. Great video.
of course you are asian, just like the audience and the speaker himself lmao
@@Golden2Talon qualifications and skills > physical appearance.
he said, " I never worked at Microsoft" and now he's working in Microsoft as a Software Engineer! damn!
…and now he’s a Software Engineer at Google. 😂
@@sanjay3291 and now he's a software engineer at Tesla 😂
And he's a software engineer in Coca cola
And now he's a software at engineer 🙃
now he
Wow, I never thought I'd gonna go through the all 42 minutes but his attitude kept me there. Great talk, precious and I agree on aaaall you said! Thanks Sean!
IKR
wait. This video was 42 minutes?!
@@josephrenteria9667 that's what I said as I was reading this lol
same.. i got a job offer already but i really enjoyed this video ! and i actually learned a lot !!
that guy has AMAZING public speaking skills. I'd hire him just for that!
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+Eslam A. Hefnawy lol you hv high standards. must be an engineer.
haha yep I am :)
+Eslam A. Hefnawy are you a boss at a company?
he reads to much and doesn't know the info.
GREAT talk. What a personable, humble guy. Usually speakers on this topic can come off as arrogant, but he countered that by minimizing his talents and magnifying his failures in a humorous way. He appears to keep the audience engaged while providing relevant resources and strategies.
Silicon Valley is filled with Arrogarnce
love this literary analysis
I agree but I think he failed courses it wasn't because he was stupid. It was because he prioritized his interviews over his school work at Columbia. Not mention going to Columbia automatically makes you smart.
I normally don't comment. And this comment is going to be put at the bottom of the 746 already existing comments. But, Sean Lee, thank you. This was incredible. I'm struggling with all of this and watching your presentation has given me newfound hope.
Since when did Ryan Higa become a software engineer? He's smarter than I thought.
what??? Ryan Higa?
do you really mean NigaHiga
who is ryan higa? you mean nigahiga
wait who the hell is ryan higa? You talkin about Niga Higa?
Ryan Higa? I think you meant NigaHiga
LoL I love the comments above mine! hehe xD
The value of this video is probably more beneficial than the 5 year education I have done from UBC LOL. Watched this video from time to time when I started to feel unmotivated. Me and a group of friend (Computer Engineering undergrad at that time) followed his suggestion from the video, everyone actually ended up in big tech companies 1 year later (Google, Amazon, SAP ...etc). I also got a chance to interned in Amazon and received a full time return offer from Amazon. Trust this video and good luck guys :)
Ted Wu, that's awesome man! Keep rocking the show ❤
He should do this as a TED talk
Taylor Simpson This speech is better than a TED talk, it shouldn't be formatted for that
I watched this video first 6 years ago that set me on my interview preparation path. Before this video, I considered these top tier companies out of my reach considering my grades and university. Through the preparation, I got an internship at one of the big 4 and came back to work full time. It's been instrumental in my career path and life. Thanks for this video. This is personally one of the most impactful videos I've ever watched.
Wow! Congrats 🎉🎉 that's my future goal as well
Took a lot for him to admit how it took him 6 years to get a 4-year degree. Very humble
Rainman Honestly, if it meant more relevant work experience, then it was hardly a stain on his résumé. Almost no employers will give a shit how long it takes you to graduate, regardless of how long the program is supposed to take traditionally.
well i'd also assume it's from the fact that he failed multiple core courses lol
Do you know he actually failed multiple core courses or no?
yeah, at around 37:20 in the video he tells the story of how he failed data structures/algorithms and software engineering, which are both core courses
Okay, thanks. Did he ever state his overall GPA? I don't know how it works at UBC, but at my university, you needed to get about a 2.8 GPA among core classes in order to declare a CS-minor or major. So perhaps he didn't truly fail, but he merely didn't hit the cutoff GPA? I
Most of the advice here is true to any professional/competitive job. Opportunity exists for those who have put in the preparation without knowing when they're going to succeed.. and in this journey perseverance through the darkest times prevails. :)
"If you know python , that all you know
They have a position for you"
That gave me a boost!
I just got a call and was told I'm going to be an intern @Amazon! Thank you so much for the motivation and information during my application stages. Much appreciated, great talk!
Congrats. Good luck on your internship, and get that return offer!
I love this guys talk. It is so inspiring to see when somebody has to struggle through something and they
1. don't give up or get discouraged
2. keep it up and look at the big picture
and eventually succeed. Awesome talk!
The best advice in this video is about perseverance. Thanks for being totally honest by disclosing all of your failures along the way. That speaks louder than credentials ever will.
I watched this video 10 years ago and now, I'm the CEO of Google. Thanks, Sean!
CEO?? what about sundar pichai
Prabal Das r/wooosh
Prabal Das this is sundar
Tim Foolery, I have a question for you. Do you actually believe that having a 5 month interview process actually attracts top talent to google/facebook/amazon? Given that the top talent can likely find other offers within 2 weeks?
Lmao
I can't believe I skipped on this video so many times because man this was so inspiring; Sean Lee is the man!
Ricky Solorio same, I saw this video pop up 2 years ago and now I just watched it🤦 great info and advice too!
I was in this room and was greatly inspired by this guy. I just got a job at MS as a PM and his words definitely helped me along the way. Don't fear failure. Thanks Sean Lee
How is the pay?
I followed your advice and landed a job at Google 2 mins ago. Thanks!
really?
XB plays no, he was just replaced by me.
How is your career going? Do you pledge allegiance to Mao every morning? Enjoying the destruction of our nation?
People should watch this vid on a regular basis. It just helps to get over the fear of interviewing!
when is this video going viral?! i am 44 years old, getting to be 45, i learned a thing or two from you. kudos for putting this video.
This video is pretty old now so I recently made a follow up one: ruclips.net/video/6790FVXWBw8/видео.html
I revisit some important issues, and address some things that have changed since 5 years ago.
Proud to see another UBC CPSC student talking about this! Great presentation
@@santhoshgugulothu5167 হ যহ৷৷৷ "যহ! হ!হহ্যহভহভহহহহক্সক্সহক্সক্সক্সহ্যহ্য যক্স্য৷ এক্সহক্সক্স্যয যহহ্যহহহজছক্যহ্যহজক্সহ্যছ্যযহহ্যহহকচক্সভহ্যক্সহ্যহ্যহভহগছ্যহহ্যক্সহক্সক্সক্সহ্যহহক্সহক্সক্সহহ্যচক্সক্সচক্সচভচক্সহক্সহচক্সক্সঝহ্যছক্সক্সহভ্যহহক্সহহ্যহগক্সহ্যহ
at 37:08 when you admitted how many times you have tried and failed to get into the big 4 and saying that you're not smart, that was amazing. it is one thing to show-case your achievements, but it takes a tremendous amount of personal power to admit your failures. Respect 💪
it may be old but it still bring the fire within me.
Not a bad speech. Even though I'm not a software engineer a lot of these tips are a great reminder of what I need to do to get a career in the future.
I watched this video 7 years ago, and after completing my degree and graduating I got an offer for a Big 4 company. I can't believe watching this video have helped me so much, and something that sounded like a dream a couple years ago is now a reality. Thank you so much for opening the doors for me for interview preparation , leetcode, CTCI, and resumes, and portfolios. My 8 year's ago self would be proud of the achievements of my present self and would not believe this was possible. Keep trying and keep working, because it is possible.
From someone who interviewed with one of these companies several times and didnt get an offer, this is fantastic!
Amazing video. I followed your advice 2 years ago and I was able to get an internship and full time position at a FAANG company. For anyone reading this comment, listen to this videos advice. IT WILL WORK
I have worked 30+ years in software / system engineering. His speech is still very inspiring. Those big 4 companies and other high tech companies tend to hire newly graduate students, who have higher successful rates to pass those academic questions. In my 15+ software development experience, I don't deal with algorithms as much, but other environmental, tools, packaging issues. So, the mid/late career software engineers actually have a harder time to pass those academic coding interviews. Not that we are not good programmers, but the experience often didn't get considered in those first step academic 45 min interviews.
Do you think they even give you a chance if you’re not from those prefigured colleges?
I love this guy. Not for his tips but more for the last 10 mins of Empathy and talking about himself openly.
For getting emotional and wishing from bottom of his heart.
I couldn't believe it when he said his GPA was 2.3!! My GPA is 4 on 4.3 and I don't have half of his knowledge..He's really great at motivating us!
Lol which means that GPA are bs !!! It’s more about skills. The education system in the whole world is a true waste of time when it comes to building really good engineers. I Hope this will change in the near future
This is an inspiring presentation. Sean's qualities as a speaker tells me he'll go far in his career.
Watched this video and now I own all 4 companies! Thanks Sean!
Wow! Thanks for the inspiration, Sean Lee!I have been out of school for over 10 years and only worked 3 of the years in the computer industry, and it was only a computer operator job that I didn't need a B.S. in Computer Science for! I never felt confident. I didn't know how to start. (Well, I had the degree, but felt so inept I didn't want to pursue the necessary course of action that you have stated here.) My GPA is about 3.2, so what you told us about your GPA was inspiring! (I failed Ordinary Differential Equations twice - took it 3 times and got an A)Also, what you told us about (major) companies not really caring about your GPA was inspiring!Thank you very much! I have laid out a game plan based on this video, and I am going to do what you have outlined here! I will report back with the good news! You rock, buddy! Thank you!
How's everything going on now, brother?
Thanks for posting this. I followed his recommendations and got a job with one of the big 4! Your tips were super helpful and they were what made the difference for me getting the job.
The Bibles: 22:50
Websites with solutions to questions: 25:34
Thanks
I know why he got hired now... amazing dude!
This information is still as valuable 6 years later.
Thanks for encouraging me. I struggle with depression and motivation every day because I see how everyone is smarter and ahead of me. I'm a cs grad, 32 years old, couldn't get a job so I've got no development work experience, working as a cashier clerk... My classmates who got F in their programming classes are now working at big companies making 6 figures, and I , who got all A's, still have no programming job few years after. Sad reality... But I'm still gonna keep trying
LIFE!
how did you get all A's
@@musqitonebeats2129 well, I studied, had a tutor also. 2 years went by since my original comment, and I do have a small consulting company job that a friend referred me for but I'm not doing programming, only like support stuff and a little bit of database. I'm still struggling with my depression though and can't pass the real interview... No one seems to like me, maybe I give them weird/awkward vibes... I don't know. But I'm getting by for now. Hopefully one day I'll succeed in getting a better job.
@@EvgeniyaJZ just practice fake smiling an d awkwardness will go away, I have been there and struggle with it sometimes
hopefully you can do leetcode too in free time and get your dream job
good luck man
I love this guy. He put himself out there and made himself vulnerable. To convince us we all have whatever it takes to fulfill our dream. He got really emotional by the end. Such a great person. This talk made my day! Thanks Tiana, Joseph and Sean Lee.
When I got an offer from Amazon everybody was asking how did I do it and I share this video along with the resources he mentioned. There is no other way I would have done it. I think I have way more failures than him.
I was not applying for an internship but it really helped me to stay motivated. Thank you, man! And thank for an excellent job recording and sharing it.
i was seriously considering not doing comp sci anymore but I'll try to stick through it, especially when he said he failed 2 comp sci courses and has a low ass gpa
It's been 3 years. What's your status update?
where's our update, bro? can't just leave us hanging
@@glaivx3821 prolly too successful and busy for peons like us
@@fl333r Or he decided to not go through with it. Either way, hope all is well?
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I have never programmed in my life. Never a single line of code yet I was able to sit through this entire lecture without getting bored and actually extremely interested. Massive Props.
Mythstriker86, did you try coding after watching this video?
Man that was inspirational. Especially when he told us he failed CPSC 221 and CPSC 310. You're awesome dude!
I watched this back in late July 2021, unmotivated, complacent with returning to my current company after interning there for 3 years. This video popped up. I watched through the whole 42 minutes, it left me with weird feelings. I started the grind then. At first it was really tough, can't even solve leetcode easy, now I can solve a medium 50/50. I have a final with microsoft scheduled in 3 weeks. If I pass it, part of it owns to this video that motivated my ass to grind.
did you pass
@@mouminali1380 unfortunately I passed 2/3 rounds ,but I got another offer that I am very happy with
I thought I was only going to watch like 10 minutes of this. I watched the whole thing! More motivated than ever. This guy is good.
got internship at Microsoft by following his instructions
Good Talk! He makes a very important point: treat interview prep not as a prep for interviews only, treat it as prep for your professional life. This will be your job! People often just study coding questions before interviews hoping to make it in. Let's say you got lucky and got in with that prep, what happens next? You need to prove your worth everyday for the rest of your career to stay at whatever company you got in and to move to better companies. It has to be a regular part of your life. The athlete analogy was perfect.
You don't need to know how to invert a binary tree on the job lmao
Hey Ryan, I followed your advice on "How to be Gangster" on your video a few years back and it never worked for me.
So why should I believe you now?
Hey, Ryan here. Maybe the real question is not why you should believe me now, but why you don't believe in yourself.
There's been a gangster inside you all this time, you just have to unleash it, G.
Sean Lee on a different level 😂😂😂
Sean Lee Love the video by the way very good advice
I regret why I did not apply to any of these big 4 tech companies for so many years!!! Your speech inspired me and many!!! Thanks.
This was a great talk, you are great at public speaking man
OMG! What an extremely open minded, positive, intelligent and kind person! Huge Respect!
Yahoo built the Internet around business, Google made the internet around search term, Facebook transformed it to be around people.
I feel so inspired and motivated. Lowkey my eyes almost got watery lol I didn't expect to be moved by this
These are honest. These companies need talent. They express over and over how many seats are empty at these companies because the education system isn't producing enough talented youths.
What do you mean by talent? What kind of talent?
Hands down one of my favorite speeches. Particularly for the end. Thank you for letting people know you don’t need to be a guru to be a software engineer.
I am so inspired and I don't even want a job at the Big 4. I just want to find a babysititng job.
This video session is probably the best video on the internet regarding this topic. Thank you so much for posting this classroom presentation here.
I will come back one day here to comment about my offer on one of these top 4 FAANG company. Mark my word! This is my public commitment.
The last 7 minutes of the video really inspired me to give the FANG companies a go doesnt matter if I pass their interviews or not !
I was so dumb when I was his age. Sean displays amazing leadership potential. Truly inspiring.
Excellent sharing: "the interview only limits you for 45 minutes of taking the test but it cannot limit how much time you prepare for it." "The good thing about resume is that you don't have to put down how many times of failure into a resume (only successful ones after multiple attempts)."
I'm exactly like that guy. 7 years for a 4 year degree. Academic probation and 2.3 GPA and failed game design even though I make games. Love the story.
Oh my God
Saw this in my recommendation.
You don’t know how much I need this video .
Thank you for inspiring!
I think I'm gonna set this to autoplay in the morning, so motivational :')
Although I am not interviewing with the big 4,but i think watching this video can calm me down,thank you.
He mentions how interns get paid $8,000-$9,000 per month, but forgets to talk about how rent in some locations is over $3,000 a month for a 300-500sq ft apartment.
Many top companies provide housing stipends in SF/Bay area. Although they don't cover the complete cost (usually around $1500-$2000 a month), it definitely helps a lot.
I didn't know that. That would be a good deal then. Even $1000 housing assistance would be pretty helpful.
I wonder if they do offer housing stipends in microsoft.
Yeah met some kids from Toronto interning at Nvidia in SF and they get these rent stipends lol
some also even give you corporate housing
Very powerful statement!! "If you are not getting this year, you are preparing for the next year!" Love your video friend.
Thanks for this! Starting Software Engineering next year and while its still early, this is really inspiring!
Came across this video AFTER successfully completing my internship at Microsoft. I graduated from University and now have a position at Amazon!
Looking to move up in Amazon. Fantastic company to work for!
From UK.
He looks like nigahiga from the side.
son tran thanh you're stupid, u know
so true
because japan/korea genetic overlap...japanese people are more pure toward this race and looks significantly better than korean people... korean people are basically mixture between japanese+chinese...
I've failed 4 courses and currently have a 2.0 GPA. You goof once, then slowly snowball into a huge degenerate, give up and play League of Legends 6 hours a day while putting in just enough work to still be enrolled. I don't know if I'll ever get hired by anyone at this point, and I'm already 3 years into undergrad with no extra-curriculars, no side projects, and no internships. I get anxiety from constantly having thoughts like "What if I give this effort and still fail?" Still though, I'm glad I watched this video because hearing about how you landed these seemingly impossible internships on academic probation has taught me that at every point in my life when I thought I was completely screwed and gave up, I really did still have a chance. If by some miracle, I manage to get even an interview, it will be all thanks to you for inspiring me to keep on hanging in.
"A quick presentation"
No, that was not quick. It was "short presentation"
I don't know how many time I've watched this talk. This is amazing.
Got the job at Microsoft. Thank you for the inspiration!
Usually I wont sit through 40+ mins presentation in a single watch. But this is too awesome to ignore. Great talk with facts for every software engineers out there.
He has amazing presentation skills!
This is probably the best video about getting job at the big 4 or generally in technical roles. I am so thankful to you man.
I just moved to America with my wife from Pakistan and I am a computer engineer but I worked in non-tech fields back home because I was always afraid to do programming but now I have embraced it.
I am doing a lot of self-learning, learning SQL, python on my own and your video has motivated me to learn more. Thanks for this! I will pray for your health, success and happiness.
1 thing people need to realize is that you can intern at these companies without majoring in CS.
A true legend. I'm grateful to have been able to watch this. I appreciate you Sean, and Tiana for sharing this with the world
3 years later I will find this exact comment, and reply to it that I've joined The Big 4. K see ya
Best of luck man. I will do the same.
Kazma ok we got ourselves a gentlemans agreement
same dude :D only 2.5 more years to get there!
only 2 years and 4 months left :D
ONLY 2 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS LEFT KEEP GOING BRUH
I watched this video about 6 months ago. I have interviews with Google and Amazon at the moment. It was really inspirational, now I have a week to study LC and hopefully land one of them.
Also, I have a 2.5 gpa and no experience prior to last semester. But I got a research volunteer spot, then another part time data analyst spot and here I am. So, just work hard guys
Shake Spear how did you leverage your experience to receive the interviews??? Congrats btw!!!
How did it go?
Victor Nyamu didn’t get Google or Amazon but got a machine learning job right out of a BS. Good pay so I’m not complaining
@@shakespear7675 i see. You're winning. Way to go.
Cheers
I WATCHED THIS VIDEO 9 YEARS AGO AND NOW IM A BARISTA AT STARBUCKS
Trust the_process I’m kidding jackass
Probably one of the best talks I have ever watched. I've seen it two times now and will continue to watch it once a month until I get an offer at a big 4.
I have watched the complete video. But I accurately know the answer to the question. Improve your topcoder-github-kaggle performances and try to befriend/impress the present employees of such tech companies to get referral to get a job. Simple. All the other ways to get jobs at such companies are super long and super uncertain. All the printed papers like school and college degrees have lost their value in the computer engineering industry.
The dream is not just to get in THE BIG 4 but also to give such a spectacular presentation at my alma matter!!
I'd add "If you're an Engineer" A lot of the anecdotes are applicable to other areas but 44mins of time should be respected if this isn't general info.
Thanks man! You just saved me and other business majors 42 minutes of our lives
yeah no problem. One good mention in the video is glassdoor.com which is another job search site.
It's awesome, but it's a bit different here in the UK. I have worked in the United States and had job offers which are way easier to get than in the U.K.
Recruitment Process for Amazon in the UK:
1. Online Application + Cover Letter + 3 questions with 300 words each
2. Online Tests (Numerical, Analytical, Business Reasoning)
3. Telephone Interview
4. On-site Visit (Not an interview)
5. Interview
6. Offer
That's it
I thought of Deloitte, PwC, EY, and KPMG ...
Nguyen Le same here
+Nguyen Le Those are the "Big Four" professional services firms. The ones he is talking about are the "Big Four" technology companies. Definitely stole the name and the general concept.
yeah have fun starting at 50k with those companies lol
spacebjorn yeah but its easier to get in to them and also they are a great starting point for a finance career
I'm raking in 150k in one of those... Partners many times more
Step1:
- personal projects .. what are interested or wanna work on
- coding challenges from companies
- referrals (very useful)
Step2:
- cracking the coding interview (ctci) .. a good resource :
1- all data structures & algorithms
2- no behavioural questions
3- glassdoor.com to know interview questions for jobs u apply for
4- leetcode is a bit more challenging
- get used to white board coding
- practice interviews with 2 to 3 friends max
I have an interview with Snapchat next week, sooo damn nervous
Great motivational presentation by Sean! Congratulations at landing a job at the Big 5! My son is studying at UW, I am sending him a link to this presentation so that he can remember the recommendations.
lol that guy at 8:09 about to leave that cracked me up
He's a funny one.
I think he's just checking tho :D or am i dumb and deaf? :D
You have inspired me. It is my vision to work at the Big Four Software Engineering companies, to contribute to the technological development of human civilization. From this day onward, this is my main goal, and I will do whatever I need to go there. I have recognized that it is possible for me to get a job at the Big Four. It's not something which is unattainable. You just have to commit to it and work hard. That's it.
Thank you for sharing this! It's actually really motivating for me to study harder everyday instead of last minute.
The way he took me out of fear of knowing nothing is incredible ...and i am so much thankful for that.... and i am sure very soon i'll be working at big 4.....and congrats to all commentors who got job at big 4.
I've got an offer from one these big 4 few months ago, this video would have been very useful few months ago.
this man has the best tips and advice in the world. great power points.
Amazing talk! Informative and interesting to listen! Sean is a legend
I have a job lined up for September, it's not in one of these companies and I don't do a degree in computer science or programming. But I still watched the whole video!