Don't fall for it. Nobody in tech actually knows what they're doing.

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The video offers relatable advice for people starting in tech, framed as a personal anecdote and a lesson learned from a prestigious company. The speaker's direct address and promise to answer questions encourage engagement.

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The speaker shares advice on software engineering, emphasizing the importance of setting up a safe testing environment to learn from failures. She explains that this approach, learned from her manager at Goldman Sachs, is crucial for iterating and developing software effectively.

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1Nobody in tech knows what they're doing; they've just seen the problem more than you.
2Experience is equivalent to rep count; set up systems to fail safely.
3The importance of local and dev environments for testing and iteration.
4Advice received as an intern at Goldman Sachs about testing and failing.
5The speaker's role as a senior software engineer and developer advocate sharing advice.
6Call to action for questions and future video topics.

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The speaker mentions her experience as a senior software engineer and developer advocate, and the advice she received from her manager at Goldman Sachs, implying that her content is related to software engineering and career advice in tech.

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Experience is rep count. Learn how to fail fast and iterate faster. #computerscience #softwareengineering #engineering #Tech

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So leave a comment if you have any questions and I will make a video on it in my next video.

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Don't fall for it. Nobody in tech actually knows what they're doing. They've just soon the problem more than you have, and they've gotten really good at failing fast. Experience is equivalent to rep count. Of course you wanna set up a system that allows you to fail safely and in a non detrimental way. That's why setting up your local environment or a dev environment is so incredibly important. And that was the best advice I received from my manager when I was at Goldman Sachs and I was starting out as an intern. Told me, software engineering is all around setting up a way to test and fall over and over and over until you get the piece of software that you want to do what you want. Of course, you have to learn from what doesn't work and learn from the errors. Otherwise the whole exercise doesn't make any sense. So if you're starting out in tech, step one is a testing environment, your local environment, dev environment. How can you reproduce this? How can you test this? My name is Sophia. I'm a senior software engineer and developer advocate and I'm sharing everything I wish I knew when I was starting out in tech. So leave a comment if you have any questions. and I will make a video on it in my next video.

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Don't fall for it. Nobody in tech actually knows what they're doing. They've just soon the problem more than you have, and they've gotten really good at failing fast. Experience is equivalent to rep count. Of course you wanna set up a system that allows you to fail safely and in a non detrimental way. That's why setting up your local environment or a dev environment is so incredibly important. And that was the best advice I received from my manager when I was at Goldman Sachs and I was starting out as an intern. Told me, software engineering is all around setting up a way to test and fail over and over and over until you get the piece of software that you want to do what you want. Of course, you have to learn from what doesn't work and learn from the errors. Otherwise the whole exercise doesn't make any sense. So if you're starting out in tech, step one is a testing environment, your local environment, dev environment. How can you reproduce this? How can you test this? My name is Sophia. I'm a senior software engineer and developer advocate and I'm sharing everything I wish I knew when I was starting out in tech. So leave a comment if you have any questions and I will make a video on it in my next video.