A Day in the Life of a Software Engineer

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  • Опубликовано: 23 апр 2019
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    A day in the life of a software engineer. I worked really hard on this video and I hope y’all enjoy it! This is a fairly typical day in my life as a software engineer. I understand I may have glossed over a few things, so please, leave your questions below!
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Комментарии • 756

  • @tubeyoului
    @tubeyoului 5 лет назад +2000

    Totally unrealistic....he plugged in the USB cable on the first try!

    • @invisibleimpostor299
      @invisibleimpostor299 5 лет назад +17

      Lol, you've got a sharp eye

    • @Adarsh-mn7pl
      @Adarsh-mn7pl 5 лет назад +2

      Lol, what's unrealistic in that

    • @arwahsapi
      @arwahsapi 5 лет назад +15

      Wow you've got sherlock holmes level of observing people!

    • @Luka-sf3vu
      @Luka-sf3vu 5 лет назад +13

      @@Adarsh-mn7pl r/woooosh

    • @Adarsh-mn7pl
      @Adarsh-mn7pl 5 лет назад +2

      @@Luka-sf3vu ja ja ja ja ja

  • @anuarmukhanov6321
    @anuarmukhanov6321 5 лет назад +1347

    Wow, the first video where they talk about their actual job. Not just eating and staring at the screen. The best one I’ve seen! Love your content!

    • @fknight
      @fknight  5 лет назад +51

      I'm glad you enjoyed it!

    • @ismailefetop
      @ismailefetop 5 лет назад +5

      So True

    • @Aljannnn
      @Aljannnn 5 лет назад +10

      This video ended alot of softdevs youtube careers. lol

    • @friedrich1277
      @friedrich1277 5 лет назад +5

      Maybe i am watching day in the life videos just because of the food?

    • @ShibuHara
      @ShibuHara 5 лет назад +10

      I just scrolled down to the comments to say this! The rest of these videos are so pointless I almost didnt even click on this one. What a pleasant surprise.

  • @J0hn.R
    @J0hn.R 5 лет назад +1413

    Finally a Software Dev/Engineer that actually showers. I thought I was alone in this world...

    • @bhoot1702
      @bhoot1702 5 лет назад +35

      Every Engineer/Developer showers it's just a stereotype that they don't shower

    • @danxry1829
      @danxry1829 5 лет назад +3

      Matt Fenlon you shower once a week...thats gross

    • @arwahsapi
      @arwahsapi 5 лет назад +1

      @Danxry How about you?

    • @danxry1829
      @danxry1829 5 лет назад +3

      Arwah Sapi everyday.

    • @ravenofcode8072
      @ravenofcode8072 5 лет назад +9

      @@danxry1829 r/woosh

  • @HandsomeBelugaWhaleGaming
    @HandsomeBelugaWhaleGaming 5 лет назад +1046

    1:30PM - Wake Up
    1:31PM - Go onto stack overflow
    2:30AM - git push
    3:00AM - sleep

  • @domagojples9312
    @domagojples9312 5 лет назад +332

    He wakes up and gets off the bed immediatey. When I wake up I need to roll on bed for 10min and then complain about getting out off the bed and then I can get off the bed.

    • @Uknowjusticemill
      @Uknowjusticemill 5 лет назад +5

      He did all that why setting up the camera lol, nobody escapes the early morning

    • @insitakaya1672
      @insitakaya1672 4 года назад +1

      @@J90JAM I literally run out of bed the moment I hear the alarm go off

    • @talaverajr391
      @talaverajr391 4 года назад +1

      @@insitakaya1672 I power jump of the bed.

    • @liamsteadman6224
      @liamsteadman6224 4 года назад

      At least he gets to wake up an hour before I have to. I set my alarm as the one that pisses me off the most.

  • @rissandimo
    @rissandimo 5 лет назад +490

    I have watched a ton of "day in the life of software engineer" videos that other RUclipsrs have created and not to talk bad about other ones, but this one is the first one that I have encountered that has been realistic and informative. I really enjoyed this video, keep up the great work and videos Forrest!

    • @svllol
      @svllol 5 лет назад +4

      no like for real he literally talks about his job and not just a dry overview of like them at a keyboard fast fowarded really cool!

    • @126644
      @126644 Год назад

      Have you seen a day in the life of a Japanese video game developer?

  • @manjindermultani1998
    @manjindermultani1998 5 лет назад +17

    It's pretty much to what I'm doing at my company during my internship. I'm really glad that we have a pretty similar day 😍! Good job!

  • @johnwig285
    @johnwig285 5 лет назад +380

    Fake! This isnt a day in the life of a software engineer. Where is the multiple coffee breaks? No fake-ass-typing-keyboard pretending to code? Why is there so much work? Wait, a breakdown into the process of ur work? This is unreal
    Finally a real A Day In A Life Of A Software Engineer. Thumbs Up!

    • @garynico9872
      @garynico9872 5 лет назад +6

      it's because everyone else copying mayuko

    • @vegetaz1532
      @vegetaz1532 5 лет назад +24

      as a person working software, it is true I do sometimes pretend to code and then browse on my phone when no one is around

    • @arwahsapi
      @arwahsapi 5 лет назад +2

      It's true, when I've got no idea what to do I pretend to type

    • @firmman4505
      @firmman4505 4 года назад +1

      John Wig ok

    • @TrifectaMonkey
      @TrifectaMonkey 4 года назад +2

      This made me feel better because I do some of that fake ass typing when I'm frustrated with a piece of code and have to take a break.

  • @luumaven
    @luumaven 5 лет назад +5

    Thanks for actually showing what you do unlike other software engineers! This is much more informative and gives me great insight. Definitely earned a subscriber.

  • @nospill_kunai6192
    @nospill_kunai6192 5 лет назад +3

    Thank you for making this video. I plan on becoming a software engineer when I grow up(I have a lot to learn though). Discovering this channel and video has inspired me even more.

  • @jayroow9560
    @jayroow9560 5 лет назад +9

    Thanks love your vidoes always great !! You’re a main reason why I changed my major to computer science and been loving it since I found your videos last year keep it man much love from Cal Poly Pomona !!👍🏾👍🏾

    • @fknight
      @fknight  5 лет назад +2

      I'm happy to help. I appreciate the support and good luck with CS!

  • @TrollForever00
    @TrollForever00 5 лет назад +446

    Open the video.
    See *Wake Up: **6:50*
    Close the video.

  • @89elmonster
    @89elmonster 5 лет назад +336

    I'm gonna do this but it's gonna be "A day in the life of a Mcdanolds employee"

    • @daniellima5954
      @daniellima5954 5 лет назад +44

      I would watch it

    • @bopboopbeeb
      @bopboopbeeb 5 лет назад +7

      Impossible to film yourself if you aren't a drive thru worker. I work at McDonald's and you can't use your phone during the shift. Only during break times. :P

    • @RussianBot69420
      @RussianBot69420 5 лет назад

      McDan

    • @Noface678
      @Noface678 5 лет назад

      Is it better than this lol

    • @michaelwilliams9038
      @michaelwilliams9038 5 лет назад +2

      The horror

  • @husseinal-odwan4317
    @husseinal-odwan4317 4 года назад

    Finally, a vlog where you actually show what you're working on. You have a new subscriber, cheers buddy!

  • @JakeDevYT
    @JakeDevYT 5 лет назад +1

    This vid showed up in my recommenced and I liked it so much I went back and watched like 50 of his other vids. Extremely useful if you’re interested in computer science

  • @morethanprogrammer7594
    @morethanprogrammer7594 5 лет назад +81

    It has arrived 👏👏😅
    Love the fast paced editing style.

    • @fknight
      @fknight  5 лет назад +5

      Much appreciated!

  • @jonorr5747
    @jonorr5747 3 года назад +6

    As a 20 year old in his first year as a CS student, you are my hero. These videos are amazing

  • @ejk425
    @ejk425 5 лет назад +13

    My exact Panda E order every time I go. Subbed.

  • @JoshuaSamuel309
    @JoshuaSamuel309 5 лет назад

    Awesome video! Best video of “a day as a software developer” I have found. Thanks for actually sharing the details of what you actually do at work.

  • @sofuno863
    @sofuno863 5 лет назад +8

    pretty balanced life I would say which is not easy, good job dude!

  • @alexandrodisla6285
    @alexandrodisla6285 5 лет назад

    Just loving it. Realistic! Great music. Learn a lot. Studying software engineering. Thanks for the headsup

  • @gross8901
    @gross8901 2 года назад

    This is great. Finally an explanation of what really happens in this line of work! Thanks man👍👍

  • @BusinessBuzz
    @BusinessBuzz 5 лет назад +50

    I remember a couple of years ago when I was choosing my major, I searched for day in the life videos of software engineers and they all sucked. This one is actually realistic and good! Glad you made this!

  • @VanessaGonzales-gv3jx
    @VanessaGonzales-gv3jx Год назад +1

    I use to watch your videos when I was working a regular job and going to college. Now I work the 9 to 5 as a IT. Thank you for your videos

  • @xZ0LiD
    @xZ0LiD 5 лет назад +10

    Great video! I liked how you played with the camera in a CaseyNeistat-like way! Keep it up dude

  • @darellarocho5729
    @darellarocho5729 5 лет назад +1

    Awesome video! Beautiful sights on your way to work!

  • @DrAdnan
    @DrAdnan 5 лет назад +8

    I liked the editing and realistic perspective 👏👏

  • @franconahuelcapurro2264
    @franconahuelcapurro2264 4 года назад

    I was losing motivation on my job as a software engineer but your video somehow made me realize I like my job and what I do, so thanks a lot for this! (I am definitely going to share this video to whoever asks me what my work is like.)

  • @mera.codeplay
    @mera.codeplay 5 лет назад

    I like how you have done it properly, wished I could have seen your video before making one. great job!

  • @jthomasaurus
    @jthomasaurus 5 лет назад

    Indian River Road! This is by far the best DITLO video I’ve seen yet. Realistic. Appreciate your content Forrest!

  • @Dennis-Ong
    @Dennis-Ong 5 лет назад

    Wow ! Great insight! Thanks , this is so much better than 99% of the day in the life software engineer video!

  • @rigobertogomez1219
    @rigobertogomez1219 5 лет назад

    Awesome video, great editing! Keep up the good work pal.

  • @ryanblackwell6402
    @ryanblackwell6402 4 года назад +2

    I think software engineers are amazing! I can’t even begin to think about all the skills you would need to acquire to do that work!

  • @douglasanderson1151
    @douglasanderson1151 4 года назад +1

    Signed up for skill share! Thank you for the info and you have a new sub.

  • @christianludwig1074
    @christianludwig1074 5 лет назад +1

    That was the best way I’ve ever heard anyone on RUclips ask you to subscribe. Didn’t sound pushy, lame, or annoying. 👍🏼

  • @nickhanson4323
    @nickhanson4323 4 года назад

    Thanks for making this video man! By the way, the style of your house looks really cool!

  • @sofianebm7492
    @sofianebm7492 3 года назад

    great content i really liked it , keep going bro !!!

  • @QazJer
    @QazJer 5 лет назад +1

    I've also been working as a software engineer for a year, sitting at a desk inside all day is also getting to me! It's something you know but you don't actually realize until you get there.

  • @Github_tech_with_ty
    @Github_tech_with_ty 5 лет назад +20

    Thank you for actually showing your screen

    • @fknight
      @fknight  5 лет назад +3

      Sure thing! I did as much as possible but of curse had to blur/cover at moments.

  • @diegomarrero9558
    @diegomarrero9558 5 лет назад

    Best "day in the life of software engineer" video I've seen. Good work!

  • @nelfimoya8747
    @nelfimoya8747 5 лет назад +1

    Wow this is the most sincerely video of a software engineer it's not only eat and go to walk like the others videos on RUclips, greetings from Dominican Republic

  • @summat2286
    @summat2286 4 года назад

    This was awesome! Thanks for uploading

  • @kylewubz8713
    @kylewubz8713 4 года назад

    It's really cool how similar our day-to-days are. I'm working on Integration testing for PLM and just had a meeting about our GIT flow workflow.

  • @gavinoxiousg5761
    @gavinoxiousg5761 5 лет назад

    Love your videos dude!

  • @bmejia220
    @bmejia220 3 года назад

    Thanks Forrest for making some of the best software development content on RUclips.

  • @ahrifox8568
    @ahrifox8568 5 лет назад +3

    Thanks for reminding me why I chose my major. Only a few semesters left.

  • @simopr09
    @simopr09 5 лет назад

    Thanks Forrest for this great vid!

  • @z3r0byte
    @z3r0byte 5 лет назад +1

    Yes, Panda! Sold. Good video dude, great editing, keep it up!

  • @jayb.4899
    @jayb.4899 5 лет назад

    I like vids of this kind.I like your editing too.Good job sir

  • @eliasreyes6236
    @eliasreyes6236 5 лет назад +6

    thank you so much for the skillshare link! I have finals coming up and I want to get an internship at Google and I know this will help!

    • @fknight
      @fknight  5 лет назад +2

      Thank you for the support! Good luck with getting the internship!
      Edit: Oh, and finals of course.

    • @eliasreyes6236
      @eliasreyes6236 5 лет назад

      ForrestKnight thank you😂 I’m gonna need it

  • @anmolthedeveloper
    @anmolthedeveloper 5 лет назад +4

    Quality stuff keep it up, and i'm studying software engineering and i want to know what kind of software process does your company work on and what kind of software testing you do? I'm very bored with the theories of the subject "Software Engineering" 😐

  • @nikkothegreat7839
    @nikkothegreat7839 5 лет назад +1

    Thx my dude this is the career I wanna follow but I was nervous to be stuck u seem good tho I'm going for it jow

  • @DizzyTurtle77
    @DizzyTurtle77 5 лет назад +8

    I have never seen a drive-thru Panda Express before. Neat.

  • @Virlo
    @Virlo 5 лет назад +2

    If you didn’t work and didn’t need that VPN to connect to the thing. Would you still code in Linux Ubuntu or just in macOS or Windows? Environment?

  • @dknorr8
    @dknorr8 5 лет назад +1

    Hey Forrest, love the content! just a quick question, what platform do you host your VM on? Thanks!

  • @jp-hh9xq
    @jp-hh9xq 4 года назад +2

    This is my day EXACTLY. I'm also a software engineer. Except I get interrupted by like 3 meetings a day minimum. Can't get shit done in the office so I end up working late at night to do any actual work. Blows.

  • @MrJake.Campbell
    @MrJake.Campbell 5 лет назад +12

    Nice Video! I've only just recently found your channel and it's awesome! Keep it up :)

  • @joehsiao6224
    @joehsiao6224 5 лет назад +1

    Hey I learned from this video one way to arrange git branches for a project. Subscribed!

  • @brennangonnermann5434
    @brennangonnermann5434 5 лет назад +1

    noticed the ODU tumbler, glad to see another monarch doing great :D

  • @francoseguellucero
    @francoseguellucero 4 года назад

    Good video! Greetings from Chile!

  • @rty1955
    @rty1955 5 лет назад +1

    When I was developing almost 50 years ago (before pcs) I worked on several projects at once. I would arrive at work, read some core dumps, wrote up patches and submitted them to keypunch for correction.
    When machine time became available I would walk down the hall into the data center and ran a few assemble jobs. I wrote strictly in assembler as the machine only had 48k of main storage. Reviewed output and sent corrections to keypunch. Ran several jobs for testing and reviewed output for correct results. Wrote up run time documentation for the operators.
    Scheduled time at night to install vendor updates to operatiing system. I would arrive at night when time was permitted to update the system with correct patches and build new system disk packs for operation.
    Sometimes other programmers would come in at night for large sysyem integration tests and verify proper operation.
    Our facility would process approx $20 million in credit card transactions.
    One data center I was responsible for had 13 different vendors of equipment in a 200x200 foot raised floor data center.

    • @rty1955
      @rty1955 5 лет назад

      @@bilaltariq7819 I still have some of my code running to this day! Way before "shared libraries" i developed a method for COBOL to call subroutines dynamically. IBM said it couldnt be done, but I managed to get it done. IBM called them transient phases.

  • @MrJozny
    @MrJozny 5 лет назад +1

    Good Job Forrest!! Love your videos! Keep up the good work!!! Btw, a question, do you prefer what operating system? Windows, Linux or MacOS? Do you use MacOS for programming or for terminal stuff?

  • @uxiogarciaandrade7140
    @uxiogarciaandrade7140 5 лет назад +2

    Literally the first day in the life video in which I actually learned something (while also enjoying the content) Keep it up man!

  • @keilonrobertson8165
    @keilonrobertson8165 5 лет назад +1

    It's finally here!!

  • @WoodrowWoods2007
    @WoodrowWoods2007 5 лет назад +6

    Wow. We have the same Panda order. I felt that

  • @Wailuku43
    @Wailuku43 4 года назад +51

    #1 - Wake up with GoPro fixated on head
    Cool Vid!!

  • @sudhanj9975
    @sudhanj9975 5 лет назад

    New to your channel it's just awesome

  • @MalySports
    @MalySports 5 лет назад

    About to be going into college for computer science/programming. This was a great video man, thank you!

    • @Innacton
      @Innacton 5 лет назад

      I’m sorry be strong

  • @kaichenghu3826
    @kaichenghu3826 4 года назад

    Nice video. Good that you talked about what you actually do as a sde

  • @zachcarroll4779
    @zachcarroll4779 5 лет назад +1

    Sweet video man! I landed a dev job for after graduation in a few weeks, and am excited to get started! What type of dev are you currently working as?

  • @J_prath
    @J_prath 5 лет назад +9

    Lmao you didn’t stand up during the stand up boi you wild

  • @dark_evil77
    @dark_evil77 5 лет назад +1

    THE GREATEST VIDEO AND CHANNEL ON RUclips !

  • @arbazkhan8320
    @arbazkhan8320 5 лет назад

    Good quality video man👍

  • @vaishnav8910
    @vaishnav8910 4 года назад

    I like ur vedio. And so subscribed it. Me too an IT engineer and I loved that u shared us that is the day of software engineers. I always love the technology, and I love what I did and choice the right path. Do your great job I luck best for u. Lots of lov

  • @CaptainToshiroRF
    @CaptainToshiroRF 5 лет назад +3

    Nice! I've heard that exact JRE podcast

  • @MeshTheSnake
    @MeshTheSnake 4 года назад

    this beat is fiiiiire!

  • @pradeepkumar-pd8493
    @pradeepkumar-pd8493 5 лет назад

    Thank you for this amazing content . Really appreciate it. Could you please reply how you manage your time in self learning like understanding a new technologies or programming languages etc etc ..
    Please reply

  • @JMS_Hunter
    @JMS_Hunter 5 лет назад +2

    I'm sure agile is an amazing way of working when used correctly...
    But on my work I'm getting tired of constant and multiple daily meetings that got way off topic. Sorry for the rant. Amazing video. Subscribed.

    • @maleekfishbones7119
      @maleekfishbones7119 5 лет назад +1

      j m same, shit makes me want to nut in my own eye socket

  • @evelynanda-murillo868
    @evelynanda-murillo868 5 лет назад

    Love this video! Just subscribe

  • @mohammed_haddad
    @mohammed_haddad 5 лет назад

    Can't wait to see the new setup
    And i have a ques. about the Open source CS degree... Can you divide the courses into 4 sections, and tell what should we study with what... like semesters ... i'd appreciate that a lot

  • @One_Deeper_
    @One_Deeper_ 5 лет назад

    How you feel about agile? sometimes i find between grooming, planning and stand ups it takes away a lot of time from work. But sometimes those meetings can be useful

  • @bradlylewis9317
    @bradlylewis9317 3 года назад

    I have those same leather Vans! I only say something because it took me a month to get them in size 12 because they were sold out everywhere and had to ship them from another state.

  • @diaz2634
    @diaz2634 5 лет назад +5

    00:00 You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there.

  • @fferreira93
    @fferreira93 5 лет назад +9

    "I love you!"
    "Bye."

  • @Sally-nr5wm
    @Sally-nr5wm 5 лет назад +1

    Thought i wasnt gona like it since i didnt like most other videos. But this is real and genuine. ♡
    9:27 i know this has nothing to do with the purpose of the video but for some reason i clicked like once i saw that lol
    Love your videos
    Keep up the good work!

  • @manukashyapuv
    @manukashyapuv 5 лет назад

    Sir, can you tell the configuration of your computer and can your VM handle the heavy workload??

  • @0dyss3us51
    @0dyss3us51 4 года назад

    Hi forrest great vid! Was just curious if Ubunto on the dev enviroment was your or the employers choice, and any particulair reason? Best J

  • @gslvqz8812
    @gslvqz8812 5 лет назад

    Hi, thank you for sharing. May I ask what camera you use?

  • @king554
    @king554 4 года назад

    Finally a day in the life video with actual work!

  • @dw5259
    @dw5259 5 лет назад +1

    Oh mein Gott! It's an engineer/dev with a RUclips channel instead of a RUclipsr with an engineering/cs degree! Subbed and recommended to my friends.

  • @timdawg7720
    @timdawg7720 4 года назад +5

    My routine is pretty similar go in at 9am take 30min walk lunch leave at 5pm and I got fired...

  • @Aperez78
    @Aperez78 5 лет назад

    Its funny how accurate this is, we even use the same tools at my job lol
    Lucky you can alter your desktop setup we have to use company laptops and use their given duo monitors but i dont hate it as its all smooth!

  • @MoMo-206
    @MoMo-206 4 года назад +1

    Most realistic one I’ve seen so far

  • @sam.holmes
    @sam.holmes 5 лет назад +1

    I work from home. I would love an office environment mainly to have a trigger in my routine for my brain that lets me know I'm "at work". What's an affordable (free?) solution for me do you think?

  • @Ryukishi_Raigo
    @Ryukishi_Raigo 5 лет назад

    Really helpful video!
    It seems really stressful sometimes.

    • @fknight
      @fknight  5 лет назад

      Yea, it can be.

  • @ThePrince2cool
    @ThePrince2cool 5 лет назад

    I saw in ur previous videos u were using Mac OS. I wanna know why u switched . I also wanna become a developer and get into data science and machine learning.. wanna know why u think is best should I switch to windows or remain on Mac OS.

  • @markopetrovic3802
    @markopetrovic3802 5 лет назад

    If you don't mind me asking, what is that notebook that you use during meeting? At 2:55 mark in the video? Thanks in advance!

  • @ckv59
    @ckv59 5 лет назад

    Hello! Thanks for the video! I have one question: how do you connect 2 monitors to your laptop?

    • @Soul2311
      @Soul2311 5 лет назад +1

      Docking station

  • @sabaiftkhar4270
    @sabaiftkhar4270 4 года назад

    Not a s/w engineer just passing by. I didn't notice that ring untill the phone call, I guess I was too focused on the face😂. Great video

  • @teamLeaderOP
    @teamLeaderOP 5 лет назад

    At last, a 'day in the life of SE' video where one is actually showing what they do in the office and not how they live, travel, eat and hangout all day...😍😍😍