Simple Programmer Podcast

Learn Programming By...Doing? I tell you guys that the best way to learn something is by doing, right? For me, it doesn't matter how many books you read per day, how many times you get in front of your computer watching online courses... Unless you start practicing your knowledge, it will serve you nothing. However, there are some people who disagree. In today's video, I received an email from a r...

► Why Did I Quit Pluralsight To Focus On Simple Programmer? ◄ A lot of you guys ask me why have I quit Pluralsight in order to focus on Simple Programmer. As you might already know, one of the first millions I have made in life was teaching courses in Pluralsight. I have managed to create more courses than anyone else there and most of my courses were successful, which led me to earn A LOT of reve...

► Got A New Job...! I Won't Be Paid For A Year! ◄ If you're a software developer, you've probably been approached by a great number of startups by business owner who wanted you to work for free for a certain amount of time in exchange of something. In this case, this guy that emailed me said that he was approached by a startup to work for free for an year, in exchange of a 50/50 split in the next...

► Lack Of Hope... What Happened After I Got Back From Europe ◄ If you were watching my YouTube videos while I was back in Europe, you've probably seen a lot of motivation shifts inside me. There were some videos while I was on fire and I really wanted to talk and record videos and there were other while I was doing just because I needed to. The thing is: I lacked hope. I really lacked hope. Since...

► Should You Compare Yourself To... Weaker People?◄ Remember when I talked about comparing to other people and how it can be a damaging thing to do? Comparing yourself to other people will only make you feel bad. You can't compare yourself to other people's successs and your only goal should be to compare yourself to who you were before. However, this is when we talked about comparing yourself to...

► Commit To Something And Give Your 100%! (Don't Fall Back) ◄ Sometimes we need to set goals for our plans and dreams. However, more than goals, we need to effectively create a proper plan in order to make our goals achievable. The trap that most people fall into, sometimes, is that they don't commit 100% and they, at some point, fall back. They give up. They don't create the optimum circumstances...

► Antonio Cucciniello On Getting A BETTER Programming Job ◄ Today I decided to engage on a talk with the amazing Antonio Cucciniello. As I've talked before, what can be better than showing you how to do it than bringing someone who has put into practice everything I teach here in Simple Programmer. Antonio Cucciniello will guide you through the steps he wen through in order to get a better (and hi...

► I Don't Want To Set A Higher Bar For Myself ◄ What happens after you achieve a goal? You set another goal, right? Usually, those second goals are harder and demand you more time than an easy goal would. However, what if you didn't want to set this higher bar for yourself? What if you didn't want to push yourself further? Should you always make and set harder goals? Watch this video and find out!...

► The God Complex: My Ego And Failing ◄ God Complex. A god complex is an unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility. The person is also highly dogmatic in their views, meaning the person speaks of their personal opinions as though they are unquestionably correct. Someone with a god complex may exhibit no regard for the convent...

► Software Development Career Paths: Starting Out ◄ For those starting out in software development, there are a lot of questions that should be answered. From learning to a former developer at its peak, there are a lot of questions that need answer that most newbie developers are still unexperienced. One of these questions is: What type of developer should I become? If you follow me, you've probab...

► How To Accept And Deal With Aging? ◄ Aging can be such a difficult thing for most people to deal with. There are a lot of nuances and variables that come into play when it comes to aging, but, timing is definitely one of them. While we won't talk about the biological aspects of aging, we need to talk about the feeling of wasting your time without doing what you really wanted. In this video, I'm...

► My Whole European 2017 Tour Balance ◄ As you probably know, I'm finally back from a full 2-month trip around Europe. I must say it was a wonderful experience for me, I've met a lot of cool places and I had some amazing new experiences. However, I couldn't see the time I would come back. This is why I decided to record this video to show you my whole European 2017 Tour Balance, what I would do di...

► How To Get Started In Programming? ◄ I know I get this question a lot. Day after day new aspiring programmers enter the workforce. People from all around the world and, mostly, that comes from different fields, aim to become or learn programming. "John, how do I get started in software development?", "John, how do I start coding?", "John, how can I start my career as a programmer?" Before I say...

► Hard Work Does NOT Guarantee Success... ◄ Okay, okay... So, don't get me wrong here. If you've been following me for the past year, you already know the importance I give to hard work and how I believe it is something that helps to build character and how it works to make you achieve your dreams. However... Hard work does not guarantee success at all? Do you think I'm contradicting myself? Watch...

► How To Learn EFFICIENTLY In Software Development◄ If you follow me for quite a while you've probably heard me talking already about learning and how I believe that learning is a big part in anyone's road to success or failure. In software development, it is not different. There are a lot of new technologies, new frameworks, new programming languages that come out every day and we need to make su...

► Are You "Planning" Too Much? (ZERO Action!) ◄ People Plan. We've all been there, right? When it comes to starting a new project, we tend to plan. And we plan. And we plan. We plan a lot. We do A LOT of planning. And this is where things go wrong. If you're like you're failing with your projects... Maybe are you planning too much? In this video I'm going to talk about too much planning and zero a...

► My Boss Said I Was 1 Minute Late! ◄ What do you do if you find yourself in a situation where your boss complains about you being 1 MINUTE late? This is exactly what happened. I've received a question from a reader where he asks me for help, basically saying that he was at in a shitty job. What do you in a situation like that? How do you escape from a shitty and cursing job like that? Watch this...

► Dishonesty: Does It Pay The Price? ◄ Today we are going to talk about dishonesty. Dishonesty could be defined as: "Definition of dishonesty 1. lack of honesty or integrity: disposition to defraud or deceive 2. a dishonest act :fraud" As you might have imagined, you, just like myself, have encountered a lot of dishonest people during our entire lives. They prank us. They made us believe in someth...

► Eli QUITS YouTube...! What About Me? ◄ Recently it came to my concern that Eli has just quit YouTube. People emailed me A LOT about this event because it was quite a big mark in the software development YouTube world. Eli is definitely one of the biggest channels in the software development world and it is quite shocking to see that he has quit YouTube. In this video, I'll address his quitting Y...

► Tabs Vs. Spaces: Using Spaces Will Make You... Richer?◄ Developers who use tabs to indent their code, developers who fight for truth and justice and all that is good in the world, those developers have a median salary of $43,750. But developers who use spaces to indent their code, developers who side with evil and probably spend all day kicking kittens and punching puppies? Their median salary i...

► I Always Get What I Want... How? ◄ Some of you really admire the fact that I always seem to get what I want in life, whether it happens to be projects, the launch of a book or some goal I've mentioned before. While this seems like a natural thing for me, it kind of feels natural but a lot of people don't seem to get it. "John, how do you manage to get everything you want? What the hell happens t...

► Data Science: Viable Career? (2018 & Beyond) ◄ Data Science is definitely a field that is rising in popularity and some software developers are starting to pay attention to it. Essentially, data science is about using the massive amount of data organizations are collecting to gain new insights, identify trends and find ways to streamline business practices. When you consider that in 2020 the wor...

► Tyler's Success Story And What You Can Learn From It! ◄ I often get a lot of emails from people saying some good and some bad stuff too. The last one that really impacted me was a video telling me how Soft Skills sucked and, as you know me, I HAD to do a video about it. However, I receive some inspirational stories from people that are serious about programming and the stuff I teach here in Simp...

► Should You Help Your Employer When Things Go Wrong? ◄ Things can go wrong no matter where you are: whether you're in the corporative world or just working for yourself. They say that when things get fucked up it's when things start to get excited, but I tend to disagree. The big thing that happens when things go wrong is that clients might end up cutting their paychecks to the company, which can...

► On Planning And Taking Action... ◄ Planning takes time, we all know that. And this is the first step towards your goals and dreams. I like to say that there is no execution without, at least, some level of planning. However, what happens when you're stuck in the planning mode forever and you NEVER take action? Do you feel trapped like this? Is there any way to avoid it? Watch this video and find...