HOW TO LEARN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING IN 2025 (UNDER 60 SECONDS)

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Software Engineering Roadmap

Why it worked

The video provides a concise, actionable roadmap for a highly sought-after career path, leveraging popular tools and resources. The creator's personal success story (freshman FAANG internship) adds credibility and aspiration, while the clear call to action encourages engagement.

Summary

This video outlines a 4-step framework for learning software engineering in 2025, aiming to secure a freshman year internship at FAANG companies. It covers learning Python, taking CS50P, building projects, learning AI fundamentals, mastering prompt engineering, understanding Git/GitHub, studying system design, and practicing LeetCode, concluding with advice on applying for jobs.

Structure

1Learn Python fundamentals
2Take CS50P course
3Build projects and learn AI/prompt engineering
4Learn Git/GitHub and system design
5Practice LeetCode and apply for jobs

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faang (Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, Netflix): APPEARS - logos shown on screen, does not change video content. Python: ACTS - shown as a programming language to learn, fundamental to the video's topic. CS50P (Harvard CS50 Introduction to Computer Science): ACTS - presented as a course to learn computer science fundamentals. Digicrome: APPEARS - logo and website shown on a graphic about Python's versatility, does not change video content. 3Blue1Brown: ACTS - videos from this channel are recommended for learning AI fundamentals. Claude Code: ACTS - presented as an AI tool for coding. Medium: APPEARS - a Medium article is shown as an example of learning prompt engineering, does not change video content. Git/GitHub: ACTS - presented as a tool for version control. Design Gurus: ACTS - presented as a course for system design interviews. LeetCode: ACTS - presented as a platform for practicing coding problems.

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After getting 3 SWE offers in my freshman year and interning at big tech companies like Amazon, I finally figured out how to land big tech jobs in 2025... Here’s everything I would do so you can copy me 🧑‍💻 Follow + Comment “Roadmap” and I can send all the links I mentioned. #coding #codingforbeginners #learntocode #techjobs #computerscience #softwareengineer #faang #cs #coding

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HOW TO LEARN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING IN 2025 (UNDER 60 SECONDS) FRESHMAN YEAR INTERNSHIP @ fa AMAZON N G First i'd learn python fundamentals Versatility Of Python Web Development Machine Learning Automation Data Science Artificial Intelligence www.digicrome.com I'd start with harvard cs50p completely free course computer science foundation that makes learning any language after Step two build and end projects python-mini-projects Here are 49 public repositories matching this topic. Leah Nguyen Python mini projects A collection of easy Python-email ndleh python-mini-project Code Issues Pull requests Welcome sponsors Python mini-project certifications python-ai-projects python-code-analysis python-friendly python-programming-services newbie-code python-project-beginner python-mini-projects Updated on Aug 15, 2020 Python 10 Lines of Code (50+ projects) Check out this project-based learning git hub repos it step-by-step tutorials that have gone people hired Neural networks 3Blue1Brown - 1/8 But what is a neural network? | Deep learning chapter 1 3Blue1Brown Gradient descent, how neural networks learn | Deep Learning Chapter 2 3Blue1Brown Backpropagation, intuitively | Deep Learning Chapter 3 3Blue1Brown Backpropagation calculus | Deep Learning Chapter 4 3Blue1Brown LLM Large Language Models explained briefly 3Blue1Brown Transforming LLMs | Deep Learning Chapter 5 3Blue1Brown learn ai fundamentals with three blue one brown And i'd master out a prompt ai tools like claude code medium article This skill alone will 10x your productivity in twenty twenty-five Next learn Git and github for version control Then system design with this course leet c code medium a day Will be hard at first but consistency always pays off Software Engineering Internship Roles Back to top Company Role Location Application Age Caffluent Software Engineering Intern Austin, Texas Apply 1d Belvedere Trading Software Engineering Interns Chicago, IL Apply 1d 2024 BNY Summer Internship Program - Software Engineering Developer - Early Talent and University Programs Pittsburgh, PA, Lake Mary, FL, NYC Apply 1d Bank of New York Mellon Tesla Systems Engineer, Software Engineer, Autonomy & Robotics Palo Alto, CA Apply 2d Jump Trading Campus Tech Ops Engineer Chicago, IL Apply 2d HD Supply Information Technology Atlanta, GA Apply 2d Caffluent Software Engineering Intern Toronto, Canada Apply 2d L. Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineering Intern Remote, United Kingdom Apply 2d TikTok TikTok-Plus-Ops RS/MS Mobile Software Engineer Interns - TikTok San Jose, CA Apply 3d You'll fail some interviews that's normal but each rejection something FOLLOW + COMMENT "ROADMAP" FOR 4 STEP FRAMEWORK TO LEARN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING So comment road map and i'll drop all the links i mentioned