so as you can see my office is basically
back to where it was before whereas last
video this area was completely
downstairs because I didn't want any of
those tornadoes lightning storms or
hurricane Florence or whatever to come
in and I don't know how strong that is
so I don't want to take any chances but
I'm not too sure I'm gonna keep this set
up like this don't get me wrong I like
it how it is but there are a few things
that I may want to change just to change
things up because I'm never satisfied I
just kind of like to change things up a
little bit so basically how normally the
camera is right here and you have that
directly in the background I'm thinking
of taking this desk right here to where
the green thing is moving the green
thing and everything on top of it right
along this wall not this wall but this
wall right here
so it's the green thing will be right
where I'm pointing this desk will be
where the green thing is and butt it up
against this desk will be that desk
right there in the corner my main setup
but I think I'm gonna set up my main
setup onto this desk and I'm gonna keep
that standing desk as just a blank desk
for me to put stuff on and maybe I don't
know I don't know I just really liked
this setup for my monitor and everything
on this desk the height of it was
perfect and I never used the standing
desks in fact I didn't even have the
standing desk electronics plugged in so
it's basically looked at the current
position it's it's that's why I think I
want to move this set up over to that
desk so I can actually plug that back in
and not have to worry about all of these
wires back here getting yanked up if I
ever want to make this standing again
you see what I'm saying I don't know
maybe that made sense and all that would
make this kind of the normal camera
angle from here on out because my setup
would be directly behind me and that's
just kind of how I like to run things so
for this Q&A video we're gonna keep the
camera angle just like this see how we
like it
cool for those you don't know I gathered
these questions for my youtube post
thanking everybody for hitting 25,000
subscribers and I asked you guys to ask
questions for this particular video so
if you didn't see that
next time I'm actually going to be
hosting it over on Twitter so for those
of you who follow me on Twitter your
questions are going to be answered first
and foremost in this Q&A so be sure to
follow me on Twitter links are down in
the description to all my social medias
but let's get started
our first question is the most popular
question on that post and that is how
much did you know to get entry-level job
as a software engineer so basically what
you need to know to get an entry-level
job as a software engineer is to
understand what kind of software
engineer you want to be general speaking
software engineer will program in Java
C++ or language similar to that or maybe
you want to be a full-stack developer
an iOS developer whatever determine that
first and that is your first step to
actually becoming that type of software
engineer the second thing you should
know is actually how to work with the
tools languages frameworks that they're
using so if you want to be a software
engineer Java engineer then maybe you're
doing Java development using the spring
framework you need to prove to this
potential employer that you can actually
fulfill the tasks that they need at a
level equal to or better than others who
are applying for the same job generally
speaking if you're coming out of college
with a computer science degree you have
these skills under your belt at least
enough to get an interview at an
entry-level software engineer position
and then third you need to make sure you
know what they're going to ask you at
this interview process you want to make
sure that you ace the interview process
because if you have the skills the only
thing keeping you from getting the job
is that entire interview you wanna make
sure that you know your stuff and that
you're compatible with their team
meaning you're personable you're
friendly you're not going to get it on
anyone's case you're not going to bring
a negative energy into the company
that's what people look for when they're
trying to hire somebody on akhom it says
congrats man thank you sir where do you
see yourself in your career with your CS
degree do you always want to code or is
there something else you want to become
within the tech field oh also which do
you prefer front-end or back-end all
right so let's jump back to the first
question and that is essentially where
do you see yourself in the future within
the tech field for me I would like to
progress in my current position as
software engineer my programming skills
aren't as high as I would like them to
be to want to make sure I continue to
fulfill all requirements that are asked
within this current position so I get
better and better and better and then
potentially move up to a senior role as
the company I'm currently working for
grows and people come in under me and
they are essentially taking the jobs
that I'm doing and I'm able to take a
more senior level role and then from
there I would really like to see myself
go into something along the lines of a
say a Solutions Architect
or a project manager and although
different I definitely see myself
fitting either role and a Solutions
Architect I think that would challenge
me more but as a project manager I think
that will allow me to be more busy based
on my own self-awareness of my skills
and how I would perform in either role
based on my understanding of those two
roles I also think both those roles will
allow me to take those skills into what
I would like to grow as my own business
because if you're running your own
business you need to know how to operate
and how to determine who does what and
just kind of well manage people in terms
of web development what I like better
front-end are back in front-end for sure
it allows me to be more creative whereas
back in I've never really enjoyed it
that much do you have any hobbies maybe
surfing yes and yes I do enjoy surfing
that is one of my main hobbies when we
actually get waves over here on the East
Coast so yes definitely surfing
snowboarding fishing hunting playing
video games and making these videos
although YouTube channel has really
grown out of the hobby phase and gotten
more into the business aspect of things
which I'm actually really enjoying what
is your favorite vacation spot I would
have to say Costa Rica play going has to
be exact I've been there on two separate
occasions and that was for a surf trip
because they have good waves they have
good weather the water is nice and warm
there are a few different breaks along
the coast at least where I went it was a
lot of fun when it comes to vacation I
don't like to just sit there hang out on
the beach to drink in although I do like
to do that a little bit I don't want my
whole entire trip to just be that I like
to be doing especially one of those four
hobbies that I talked about I'd like to
go on a surf trip or a fishing trip or a
hunting trip or snowboarding trip so
when it comes to vacationing I'm going
to do at least one of those four things
how much computer signs do I need to
know to get my first CS internship in
college well luckily for you a lot of
those computer science internship
listings actually say we want
to be at least a sophomore in college or
we don't want you to be a senior because
sometimes a co-op wants you to come back
you know every other semester so they
won't allow seniors to apply for that
position they want you to be maybe even
a freshman or sophomore or a junior so
look in the actual listing for what that
requirement is if it's listed and
that'll give you a good knowledge based
on what your experience these jobs that
are offering these internships
understand you're not going to be coming
in and being a programming whiz whether
or not you are because you're
essentially just going to be a freshman
or sophomore in college a lot of these
jobs depending on if it's specific or
not you know if it's just computer
science you can expect a lot of
different things but if it's software
engineering or if it's a systems analyst
position or if it's a data scientist
position then you can kind of expect
what to do but you will also be doing a
lot of I'll say typical intern work I'm
not necessarily talking about going to
fetching coffee for the whole entire cup
office I'm talking about heavily
utilizing Microsoft Office as Word Excel
PowerPoint you'll be creating those
powerpoints for higher-ups to present to
even higher higher-ups so that's a lot
of the work that I actually did at a
various different internships so that's
to be expected a lot of these
internships will also give you kind of
like a one semester trial run especially
if it's labeled as a co-op and that
trial run will kind of see if you work
out if you fit in and you'll be doing a
lot of that grunt work but then when
they bring you back the next semester
where you do a semester of work a
semester of school another semester of
work that's the internship co-op and you
actually have a particular project that
you work on at that company all semester
long so that was really just a
long-winded way of saying you don't need
much computer science know-how as long
as you're a student at a college
majoring in computer science
you'll be likely to be considered for
that particular internship what
programming languages do you use at work
and which one is your favorite and do
you recommend learning that language I
use Java mostly at work those are my
incredibly busy days that's why I can't
really document any of that type of work
on the channel so I would definitely say
yes I highly recommend using Java that
be my favorite because that is probably
when I'm best at but I have been using a
lot of different web development stacks
depending on what the client needs
because a lot of work that I'll be doing
isn't necessarily building things from
scratch it has taken an existing product
and making sure it works properly for
them for the client so whatever they
have that exists that's what I need to
adapt to that's what I need to learn and
that's what I need to develop an
engineer into something that actually
works for them so there are a lot of
random languages and tools frameworks
technologies that come into my
wheelhouse but Java is definitely my
most use on this current job I have and
that is it for the QA let me know what
you guys think about this office setup
idea that I had the beginning of the
video do you think I should have it like
in the corner I don't know I think we
want to test it out and then just see
how it goes if everybody hates it and
then maybe I'll change it back
maybe I won't I don't know but if you've
made it this far in this video I'm
assuming you liked what you heard
so be sure to subscribe because I'll be
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