What Is It Like to Be a Software Engineer? | Career Crush

What Is It Like to Be a Software Engineer? | Career Crush 22 Jul 2021 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ I am fascinated by coding. Seriously, how does it even work? And what is it like to be the person behind the code — a software engineer? 00:00 Coding is magic. 00:53 Meet Lindsey Redd 01:46 What a day look like for a coder? 02:12 How Lindsey started coding 04:10 What are the different types of software engineers? 05:58 The interview process is a lot 07:28 How do you navigate a predominantly white, male industry? 08:47 Let's talk money 10:11 Don't forget the soft skills! Lindsey Redd has coded for some of the coolest tech companies in the world: Slack, Lyft, and now Stripe. She shares her journey from wanting to be a doctor, to studying computer science at Stanford, to thriving in the top echelons of software engineering. She tells Ascend editor Kelsey Alpaio about some common misconceptions about software engineers, what it’s like to work in a predominately white and male industry, and how to nail an interview for a job like hers. We’d love to hear from you! Tell us about your content preferences in our 10-minute survey: https://hbp.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2ldQ5v6xeoxKHrM?source=social_youtube Produced by Andy Robinson, Kelsey Alpaio, and Eliza Laycock Video by Andy Robinson, Kelsey Alpaio, and Eliza Laycock Assistant editing by Eliza Laycock Animation and Design by Riko Cribbs and Karen Player Follow us: https://hbr.org/ascend https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/hbr... https://www.facebook.com/hbrascend/ https://twitter.com/HBRAscend https://www.instagram.com/hbrascend/ #SoftwareEngineering #CareerAdvice #Coding Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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