Simple Programmer Podcast

How To Compete With Cheap Programmers? It is no doubt that the job landscaping is going through profound changes. The internet has linked all continents and people can now communicate all around the world. However, this didn't come just in forms of communication, but it has also changed the way people hire and work. It is no news that now, despite being locally limited, you can now compete with pr...

We Wanna Show People We Are In Pain Have you ever went to the gym and saw how some people wanted to make a look and show how much in pain they were? This is a very common thing and its roots can be found in human psychology. This time, I'll invite you to think with me. Are you relying on pain? During your day to day tasks, do you act in a way that will make people have mercy of you? We usually do...

Google Ads To Finance A Blog? Building a new blog raises a lot of question for everyone who is willing to start a new blog and go through that road. "How do I make money with my blog?" is one of the questions I receive the most. I've talked about the 10 ways to make money with your blog but I often receive questions about Google Ads. Is this a good option for people willing to build a new blog? Ar...

Do You Feel Like A Fraud? The Programmer Impostor Syndrome is one of the most popular syndromes programmmers face each day. I receive a lot of emails from people telling me that they got a job but they feel like they can't deliver. What is the root of this fear? During my career, I've applied for several jobs which were beyond my current knowledge at the moment and it made me really trained for th...

Success Story: Mitch Tabian On Building Online Programming Presence Mitch is one more of those awesome success stories I like to share with you guys to show that, once you start to put everything I teach you in this channel, the chances of success are close to 100%. Here is part of how his life changed one he started applying what I teach in this YouTube channel: " I think you will probably rememb...

Where To Fit The "25th Hour" Of The Day? Nowadays, one of the biggest struggles of people is finding time. When we need to do more and more stuff, time becomes a scarce and valuable asset. 24 hours start to become insufficient. Where do we fit the 25th hour of the day? In this video, I'll share with you my latest and most powerful productivity techniques so that you feel like a productivity beast...

Do The F ** Work! So, a lot of people complain about not being able to achieve their goals. "John, I want x...", "John, my dream is being able to do y"... What most people don't realize is that "want" without "action" is absolutely nothing! So, if you want something in your life, you must commit to action. You must do the F ** work! My FULL Workout Routine (Is 2 Hours Too Much?): https://www.youtu...

Should I Stick To An Old Programming Language? Programming languages change everyday. If you follow the latest trends in the programming industry, you'll see a lot of programming languages appearing and disappearing everyday. One of the biggest fear of software developers is staying irrelevant when it comes to work. "Will my programming language be relevant in 5 years from now?"... "Will I become...

"Give Me Nothing But The Ability To Earn It" I've tweeted something that most people did not get about something I consider very important and that all human beings should be able to do: "Give me Nothing But The Ability To Earn It" In our lives, we should not expect things to come easily, but to be able to conquer them. Wanna know moreabout my tweet that got people thinking? Watch this video and f...

Be Busy: Controlling Anger & Self-Doubt One of the most difficult things that us, as human being, must learn, is how to deal with emotions. I receive emails every day from people complaining about problems with anger, self doubt, etc. How do you deal with all this stuff? Is there a simple solution for that? One thing I've learned that really helps me with that is staying busy. Lately, I have so mu...

How To Be A Well-Paid Programmer In 1 Year? Climbing the corporate ladder is not always difficult. I know programmers that have spent almost 10 years building his careers in order to gain knowledge and become an well-paind programmer. However, what if we took it to the next level? What if we decided to become a well-paind programmer in just 1 year? Is it possible that, withing this time frame, bec...

Interview With Denis Noble On How To Change Your Limiting Beliefs "Denis Noble (born 16 November 1936) is a British biologist who held the Burdon Sanderson Chair of Cardiovascular Physiology at the University of Oxford from 1984 to 2004 and was appointed Professor Emeritus and co-Director of Computational Physiology. He is one of the pioneers of Systems Biology and developed the first viable mathe...

Should You Follow Your Heart Or Your Head? A lot of people, at some point in life, get stuck in the dicotomy of brain vs. heart. These opposite forces tend to leave people out in nuts. How are you supposed to choose between heart or brain? Heart is what makes you feel... It is the "thing" that brings out the emotions in your. It is what you "want", in its core. The brain, on the other hand, is res...

Don't Let People Live Your Life For You! From time to time, I receive comments on my videos that are very intelligent and instigates me to answer them. Recently, I've received a comment from a reader on the video "You ARE In Control Of Your Life". In this video, a fan told me "John, you're wrong. There is no you can do whatever you want. There are definitely consequences to that". Yeah, he is righ...

Best Diet & Routine For Energy & Focus You all know me for the bizarre fasting diet I'm used to doing. I eat 1 meal a day and I've talked several times before about how it tends to mess up with my focus and how hard it is to keep going. Anyway, today, I've received a question from a reader asking me about the best diet and fitness routine for energy and focus. What could you do, in terms of diet a...

Want To Succeed? Be THE BEST At Something! I often see people talking and complaining about how they are not successful. While success is definitely something you build, there are a lot of things that successful people/things have in common. One of the biggest players when it comes to success is niching down and specializing. You definitely have to become the best at something, if you want to succ...

How To Make THE BEST Investment (With Matt From Engineered Truth) Recently, Matt decided to come to San Diego, where I live, and I called him for a meeting. Hanging out with Matt is always amazing and we always share some amazing and valuable experience. In today's video, Matt asked me about an investment that he is deciding to make. He was asked to provide $10,000 for an investment. While money i...

How To Build A Social Life After Moving? Building a social life is difficult, especially if you're moving from city to city. You have to start over each time. How do you build a social life after moving? How do you build new friends, new relationships? Watch this video and find out! If you have a question, email me at john@simpleprogrammer.com If you liked this video, share, like and, of course, s...

"The War Of Art" Book Review (With Many From 2000 Books) If you reguarly watch this YouTube channel you've probably heard me talking about "The War Of Art" before and how important this book was to my career. This book literally changed a lot of things for me, especially when it comes to getting things done and not wanting everything to be always perfect and realize that motivation comes and goes....

How To Start a "BIG" Programming Project? More and more, people are becoming more aware that entrepreneurship is an awesome road that can bring you amazing results. However, entrepreneurship is not always easy. There are a lot of downsides and challenges that new entrepreneurs HAVE to face if they want to succeed in this field. One of the main challenges new programming entrepreneurs face is tryin...

Making Choices Based On "Scarcity" (BitCoin Related) Lately, someone contacted me about a HUGE opportunity with BitCoin. In this email, he said that the price was going up like 2x in the same evening. Something happened and I couldn't read the email that night.0 Bottom line: I missed the opportunity. At first, I got irritated. How could I miss such opportunity? However, after some time I realized...

How To Prepare Yourself For College? There are a lot of different students that want to become software developers through college and want to know the best way to prepare themselves for college. There is a big difference between preparing yourself for college and entering college without a proper knowledge. Picture this: you want to study something and college definitely won't prepare you. If you...

Stumbling on Happiness was a powerful book that a lot of people have told me I should read. Here is the book description extracted from Amazon: "Bringing to life scientific research in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, and behavioral economics, this bestselling book reveals what scientists have discovered about the uniquely human ability to imagine the future, and about our capacity...

Having An Excuse for the things you do is definitely one of the worst things you can do for yourself. Once we start to create excuses for ourselves, we kind of lose the power that we have when making free choices. We lose the power to be in control of our choices and how it impacts our lives. We become mere hostages of the circumstances. How do you deal with that? Don't let yourself have an excuse...

Becoming an entrepreneur is a dream for most software developers. The dream of having its own business is something that people really give their lives for. However, what if you're still in college? What if you're still in school? How do you develop your entrepreneurial skills? Watch this video and find out! HIRED.COM - Simple Programmer Sponsor: https://simpleprogrammer.com/hiredsp Buy Simple Pro...