Simple Programmer Podcast

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Gatekeepers... You all know that I absolutely hate gatekeepers, right? One of the most common gatekeepers I see is teachers. Since we were kids, we are taught to listen, respect and obey teachers. They absolutely know it all and, we as simple and innocent kids, should just listen to them and absorb what they have to say. However, some teacher like to limit our potential. Should you let them do tha...

Recently, a fan of SP YouTube Channel sent me an article which made me be in shock. In this article, the writer said how coding should not be treated as a fun thing and how we should act in order to not make it available to normal people. The things written in that article made me think about a lot of things and how we should expect to see it in the future. Should we treat programming as something...

Dealing with managers can be tricky and difficult. A lot of times, I see lots of developers complaining about bad management in their workspace. They feel like they are not being driven to their full potential and it really makes them want to give up. How do you deal with bad managers? Is there an easy thing you can do to fix this common mistake? Watch this video and find out! DEVMOUNTAIN - Simple...

Lately, I've been feeling like my productivity has dropped in ways I couldn't imagine before. I was feeling guilty, I was feeling down. However, over the past few days, I've come to realize that my productivity has gone back up once again and I'm pretty happy about that. I've done a video about how I was able to get my productivity levels back to where it was before but today I managed to realize...

"Computer Science students are constantly getting into trouble for lifting entire blocks of code from the Internet. Yesterday, the New York Times published a fascinating piece about academic dishonesty in the computer science field, which it says is rampant." "It's safe to say that in the academic world, plagiarism is a cardinal sin. There is nothing worse. If you get caught, you face sanction, or...

Some people are eager for money. I've talked with several developers and most of them want to start earning money as soon as possible. However, part of these people that talk to me are students, and they are cursed by having to deal with college, getting a degree and trying to find a job. What are the things you could do in order to earn money as a student? Is it even possible to earn money while...

Open Source software has become widely diffused among software developers. "Open source software is software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify, and enhance. "Source code" is the part of software that most computer users don't ever see; it's the code computer programmers can manipulate to change how a piece of software—a "program" or "application"—works. Programmers who have access t...

HIRED.COM - Simple Programmer Sponsor: https://simpleprogrammer.com/hiredsp I often receive lots of email from people telling me that they are having a hard time trying to understand programming. They have started to study, they've started to practice but they can make the "click" happen inside their heads. Most developers I talk to feel like they suck. What can they do to overcome this feeling? A...

"When you're living in complete congruence, complete alignment, no part of you is conflicting with any other part of you. There is no disagreement. No disturbance. No fakeness. For a long time, I lived my life highly compartmentalized. I was one person when I was with my friends, a different person at work, and yet another person with family or my wife. It's this kind of fragmentation that chokes...

HIRED.COM - Simple Programmer Sponsor: https://simpleprogrammer.com/hiredsp Some people have a hard time trying to find a software development job and this is a common complaint I often hear here at Simple Programmer. What could be the cause of such hardness? Why most developers can't seem to find a good software development job? In this video, I've received an email of a guy asking me if he was o...

Doing you day-to-day tasks can be pretty overwhelming for most people. Often times, it is easy for people to get lost with so many things to do. During my whole career, I have faced some serious confrontations with productivity. I've tried different productivity methods and I'm still trying to improve it. However, I found that by removing my to-do list I was able to take my productivity to the nex...

How To Develop Critical Thinking? (In Life & Career) I get asked how to develop critical thinking a lot from people all around the world. Since I did the video on "Homeschooling Vs. Regular Education", people were interested in critical thinking. How do you develop critical thinking? This is exactly what I'm going to talk in this video... Homeschooling Vs. Regular Education: https://www.youtube.co...

A lot of developers face a very common problem: The Learning Bag. I call the learning bag because this is how most developers face education. They think that their career will skyrocket the more they learn. Then, they start searching and reading and gathering everything they can in order to fill up their bags the most. Suddenly, they have their learning bag full of different programming languages...

Self-Sabotage is something that we all have to deal with. "Self-sabotage is when we say we want something and then go about making sure it doesn't happen." Alyce P. Cornyn-Selby Have you ever stopped to realize how many times you've been part of this looping and sick behavior? There are a lot of strategies to overcome self-sabotaging and, in this video, I'm going to share with you, the most powerf...

Software development is a big big world. Just like any other area, there are a lot of paths you can pursue, with a lot of different specializations and things to do. One of the most common questions from newbie (and even experienced) developers is the different between software and game development, especially when it comes to its career viability. Where is the money? Can you actually make money a...

"A gig economy is an environment in which temporary positions are common and organizations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements. The trend toward a gig economy has begun. A study by Intuit predicted that by 2020, 40 percent of American workers would be independent contractors. There are a number of forces behind the rise in short-term jobs. For one thing, in this digital ag...

People are often confused about which career path to follow. From time to time, I receive a lot questions from people all around the world with several questions on which path in/out development field they should pursue. Today, I received a very interesting question... As you know, I made my career through development and I was able to earn a lot of money doing what I do. However, during my career...

Recently I did a video about the Uber Engineer who have ended his own life. As always, I ended up receiving a lot of nasty comments on the video, saying that I did not have any authority to talk about such subject, that there are differences between depressed people and sad people, etc. Well, while I do not get into this discussion again, I think most of you have misinterpreted the video. My whole...

People see how much effort I put into this SP YouTube channel and they don't hesitate to ask me: "John, why do you keep making videos?" Well, there are a number of different reasons why I keep making videos: money, growth, my life purpose. In this video, I'll tell you exactly why I keep making videos and why this is so important. Answering the Trolls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJBhyNiFCg0 Tr...

Learning a new programming language can seem like a challenging task. However, as it is with all types of learning, there are certain techniques and practices that will help you learn the programming language faster and more efficiently. During my entire programmer career I've been confronted with situations that made me develop some practices that would help me learn new programming languages fas...

We all have something to be embarrassed of and, I must say that, in my case, it was the start of Simple Programmer. I see a lot of you guys really having a hard time and struggling to start something new, due to the fear of it being "bad". At the same if, you can't prevent something from being bad, especially if you're just starting out and you know nothing about such subjects. This is why I decid...

I've talked several times before about the importance of trusting the process. Trusting the process means disassociating the results from your actions, which should be what really matters in that case. However, things do not always work beautifully like that. There are some areas that trusting the process might be easier than other. That's when we get to entrepreneurship... How can we possibly tru...

What Successful People Do Differently (Shoutout To Noah Kagan) I've talked several times here on this YouTube channel about how the mind of successful people is different from normal people. You cannot deny it. Successful people think differently and their thinking ends up being noticed by their actions. Recently, I did an interview with Noah Kagan where I talked about wanting some Apple ear pods....

Recently I did a video about the Uber Engineer who have ended his own life. As always, I ended up receiving a lot of nasty comments on the video, saying that I did not have any authority to talk about such subject, that there are differences between depressed people and sad people, etc. Well, while I do not get into this discussion again, I think most of you have misinterpreted the video. My whole...