Simple Programmer Podcast

Change Your Friends, Change Your Life! This is a frequent question I receive and it is also a question that I often cover on my YouTube videos. It all started when I covered a concept extract from "The Personal MBA" Book which stated that "Your Setpoints Determine Your Reality". After that, I've received a lot of questions from people asking me how they could change their setpoints. I did a video...

John Sonmez... Are You Happy? In today's podcast I've received kind of an interesting question. A viewer from the channel asked me if I was happy. While this may seem like a very difficult question to answer, I tried to answer it. A few months ago I'd probably say that "I don't know". But today, things are quite different than they were a few months ago. In this podcast episode I discuss a little...

Switching Jobs As A Fresh Programmer... Is It Viable? Some Programmers have the dream of switching jobs. They want to start a new career or even, switch jobs to earn more income. What is the best way to do it? Is it viable? Is every programmer capable of switching jobs and getting a better offer? This is exactly what this podcast is about. Hit play to find out!

Will Apple Destroy Bloggers By Making AdBlocks Easy To Install? Apple recently made it super easy for iOS users to install AdBlock programs on their devices, whether it's on desktop or mobile. Basically, Apple is trying to start a war with Google, which revenue comes basically from ad selling. Due to that fact, bloggers are literally stuck in the middle of this war. With Ad Revenue as one of the m...

I Want To Start A Company With 3 Friends... Is It A Good Idea? In today's video I've answered a question about starting a company. One of my readers asked me if it was a good idea to start a company along with 3 of his friends. They're just graduating students and they have this ambitious idea of building a company. Should they aim for it... Or should they give up and look for a corporate job at a...

Drinking In The Morning Will Ruin Your Fasting Diet? If you follow this YouTube channel, you're probably aware that I fast until 5 pm every day and I usually have only one meal per day. I received a question from a friend asking me if he should drink some flavoured drink in the morning. Will this ruin his fasting diet? Will this 10 calories of the pack make his fasting diet ruin down? Listen to th...

Why are you procrastinating to take action on your projects? In today's podcast, I'll answer a question from a reader of the blog. He says that he wanted to start creating online courses but he is unsure about what is the best way to start. Should he record his face? Should he use chroma key? Should he record only his screen? While these questions are indeed important, I think this might not be hi...

What Is The Most Efficient Way To Read Books? Most people think that only reading books will change their lives. However, most people don't even absorb any information of the books they read. So, what should you do in order to read books efficiently? Watch this video and find out! Visit: http://simpleprogrammer.com/

How To Write A Professional Weekly Repot For Your Manager? Whether you are an employee on a corporate job or a freelancer, you need to have an excellent relationship with your employer or client. Communication is one of the most important things you should have in order to continuously build trust and make your work valuable. Writing a weekly Report is one of the simplest and easiest things you ca...

What is the best way to start building an app? Do you know how to start building a mobile app? Do you know what you need in order to build an app? Most software developers don't even know how to start building an app. Should they plan all the way down or should they start building and change things as they get feedback? Should you develop for android or for iOS? Should you sit down and plan the en...

Visit: http://simpleprogrammer.com/ Xamarin Evolve Conference 2016: http://simpleprogrammer.com/xamarinevolveconference Android Vs. iOs: Which One Is The Best? And... Which is the best if you're a software developer? I get this question a lot and I felt like creating a video to answer this question. Android and iOS are basically the biggest mobile platforms, now, in 2016. Both Android and iOS have...

Do You Have To Be An Entrepreneur To Be Successful? I often get this question from my readers, asking me if they need to be entrepreneurs to be successful. Well, this is a tough question do answer. Although you may be successful doing whatever you want, it is necessary and mandatory to understand why entrepreneurs have a higher chance of being successful. Can you still be successful as an employee...

Visit: http://simpleprogrammer.com/ Do you lie to yourself? If you do, then you're about to destroy your entire life and career! Lying to yourself is one of the worst things you can do to yourself. Most of us don't actually seek out truths. Instead, we try to avoid even finding them out. There are places in your life that are screwed up. There are insecurities which you have inside that you don't...

Visit: http://simpleprogrammer.com/ You feel like you can't go on with your life. You feel trapped and nothing that you do seems to work. You're trapped inside of your own life. You have work, school, family and friends to deal with. And you don't see a way out of this... WHAT SHOULD I DO JOHN? Well, there are a lot of factors that play a role into this whirlwind of disasters... And one of them is...

Do you want to create value and wealth for your life? If so, you need to follow the 70/30 rule. What is this 70/30 rule all about? Well, most of us spend more time-consuming content and learning new stuff instead of producing. If we really want to be successful and start creating value to other people, we need to make this shift and turn this proportion upside down. We need to start to produce 70%...

Do you have a blog? Does your blog have readers? If so, then you're almost half of the path to success. But, in order to be successful, you'll need to pass through another path: Engagement. Do your readers engage with your content? Do they comment, like and share your blog posts? If your answer was no, then you're in trouble! Don't worry! in this video I share some techniques you can start impleme...

American Software Developers (and freelancers, in general) are suffering from a newborn of the global economy: outsourcing. Nowadays, clients can hire cheap freelancers in India, Philippines instead of hiring full-time employees and committing to their social rights... This scenario is stealing jobs from American Software Developers and Freelancers... But... Is it really a threat to american softw...

Can You Be Too Old For Software Development & Programming? Is it possible to be an excellent programmer when aging? In today's video, I've answered a question about a reader that asked me about "Programming Till Old". Can Old Software Developers Still Be Relevant On The Field? What Happens To Older Software Developers And Programmers?

Have you ever wondered about working remotely from another country as a programmer? I answer a question from a reader that asks me if working remotely from Brazil as a junior programmer is a good idea. He wants to finish his graduation and move to Brazil to get an advantage of the currency exchange, from Brazilian Reais to US Dollars. But... Is it a good idea? How should he proceed?

Ari Lamstein  is a graduate of the FREE Blogging Course and one of the many who took all the knowledge and advice seriously. When Ari emailed me about the success of his new product I knew I had to interview the guy. About 2 years ago, he was working at a real estate company and had a lot of data. He started working on a software/data science project. Check out the full interview with Ari.

We all have bad days... Bad days are like days when you feel like doing nothing. You feel unmotivated, don't want to do anything... But the problem is that you have a lot of work to do. On this video, I answer a question from a reader that asks me how I've managed to create 30 PluralSight Courses in less than 1 year, with a good time spare... How have I dealt with bad days?

Have you ever wondered why sometimes we feel the need to be someone else? Maybe, because we think that copying others people's voice and actions we will become successful. However, when we do that, we usually forget one very important thing: our personality. In this video, I talk a little about how to find your voice and make it your super power... This is what will make you overcome your competit...

Today I received a question from a reader asking me about listening to music while working. But... Is it a good idea? Or is it a bad idea? Does it affect your productivity? In this video, I talk about different types of music and how each one of them interacts with your attention and the quality of the work you do.

The world landscaping is changing dramatically and we can't stop it. Due to this fact, it's inevitable that some jobs and functions simply disappear. On today's landscaping, are software architects still relevant? Do they still play a major role on software development roles? Are there still planning on this environment? How must software architects plan their future and survive this constant tech...

Does personal responsibility play some role on the road to success? On this video, a teacher sent me a question asking about personal responsibility. She sees a lot of changes happening, especially on this new generation of kids. What should she do in order to teach those kids about personal responsibility?