So, you want to be a programmer?

To those who are seeking to create a new project and don't know what to do, pick anything! A majority of stuff you learn on one project will carry over to the next. Making gui applications do carry from desktop to mobile, embedded does carry over to games and other low level apis. Don't worry and just start!

This guy a year ago literally said programming will be dead in 5 years now hes pitching how to become a programmer. The grift is real 😔

I took my courses and ended up being a dev for one of my state government departments. I get paid less than devs in private but my health insurance, guaranteed vacation/sick/personal time, retirement options and... most importantly... JOB SECURITY are all top notch. I work remotely 50% of the time, and am giving my family a better life than I ever expected coming from a pretty low income family growing up.

Already half way through my computer science degree and I hate to admit it, but I'm one of the people whop doesn't do much coding outside of school(I work full time along with taking classes so I dont have much time), but that changes right now. I'm gonna start trying to do at least some bit of a coding a week. Even if its just one small part of a bigger project at least its something.

I applied to 100's of remote positions, never heard back. I switched up and started going to job fairs locally and applied to mainly local companies. That got me my first offer lol. Software Engineer Intern. First role out of Full-Stack Bootcamp. Don't give up people. Stay the course. You are worthy!

Man, I am so tired of these "tech influencers" regurgitating the same 'advice' other 'tech influencers' have already given a million times while at the same time trying the best they can to sell their sponsors, courses, notion templates and more. All they care about is milking all the new people coming into the world of programming, this is so lame.

Idk why this was suggested to me. But I been programming since..... idk I'm 33 and I started at 13 so, 20 years? Something like that. I almost went to prison for a program I wrote at one point. To all the kid's out there starting. If you wanna learn rev engineering. Don't do it to a company worth billions of dollars and expect them not to show up at your front door. Just some life advise.

5:00 only 5 min to grow back his beard.

Very informative! Thanks for literally spilling most of the important stuff in 20 minutes ^^

I left the CS field for a few years, haven't seen a Forrest knight video in a long time. Came back to this video and suddenly Forrest's voice is way deeper than I remember. Epic style.

me who feels I can learn and conquer every corner of this modern software realm. realizing programming is not a hobby or job or something you just do for the sake of doing it programming is much more than that. is a way you express yourself way to embrace and unleash your creativity and knowledge for others to use this field made me know my purpose and helped me a lot to surpass tough times in my life. makes me realize everything within my reach and I am ready to dedicate my life to fulfilling this purpose. i hope you all guys found your ultimate motivation to achieve your desires.

if you are watching tutorials dont only copy the code, try to change the code just even a bit to make it suit for you better.

This is a good video to have out there. Also, really enjoy your take on it all! Especially the part on the importance of enjoying it.

we can do this dont give up

Man I love your videos so much. Holy crap. Great work as always Forrest.

Thank you a lot! I don’t usually comment but this is so solid! You gave me such a boost to continue what I’ve already started! 💫

I would kill for a job offer at $80k, some people might view that as lower compensation but as a student only just starting out I would absolutely be over the moon at an offer like that

I've seen ALOT of videos about beginner programmers and this is the best guide literally perfect!

Damn you've give the best advices on the spot and if people follows your advices he will be a great programmer for sure. I have experience of programming but gotten lazy lately in building my projects and it does damage the skill progress. So stay determined, motivated, and keep on practicing. If you don't practice, you will rust.

Greetings! New subscriber here!! And a total tech newbie. You had me at several points you spoke about.... like putting to practice what is learned... the REAL tech job stats.... and what seems as your transparency & honesty about the industry. I really appreciate all the support!!