How I became a software engineer without a CS degree

I landed my first software engineering job in 2021 after self-studying for over half a year. In this video, I share my story and talk about some important lessons that I learned along the way.

📃 Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - My background
02:02 - My study plan
02:56 - Independent study
03:39 - Getting practical experience
06:37  - Job applications
07:28 - Interview tips
09:58  - Summary

👉 Resources I used
- FreeCodeCamp: https://www.freecodecamp.org/
- UCSD Data Structures course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-s...
- Stanford Algorithms course: https://www.coursera.org/specializati...
- Recurse Center: https://www.recurse.com/
- Collab Lab: https://the-collab-lab.codes/
- MLH Fellowship: https://fellowship.mlh.io/
- Grokking the System Design Interview: you can probably find a free PDF online
- System Design Primer: https://github.com/donnemartin/system...
- Cracking the Coding Interview: section V. Behavioral Questions

🎵 Music
Sunshine (feat. LAYNE, Ben Jamin & Junior Dollar)
Lukrembo - Highball - SoundCloud: highball
chromonicci - Afterglow - https://chll.to/8a80ff1c
Lukrembo - Empty - SoundCloud: empty

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