It seems like he's describing a frat
Lol. He's a fraud. Here's a video explaining why. https://youtu.be/hNKCXpgbAEk
Some people just don't get sarcasm. Usually the less smart ones. Lol.
I learned a little bit from watching some of his videos. If you’re open minded you can learn from anyone. He’s pretty funny. Nobody is perfect guys.. I wish him the best.
Both joma and techlead's earlier videos were good. Unfortunately, they both gave into sensationalism which caused their demise. I'm sad that the top tech YouTubers are terrible. They're practically a joke on blind now. Maybe they decided to change their target audience from current swe to wannabe swe. From this lens, both channels content makes perfect sense. Algorithms products, interviews with people claiming ridiculous salaries, etc. I just want the old techlead and joma. I might have even bought something if they made something good. Part of me believes that being at Facebook changed them and their ethical compass. This led to things like the domain name issue, being more clickbait, making it more of a popularity contest instead of quality content. Also, I believe Facebook caused both of them to really burn out - leading to techlead's divorce and joma's breakdown. But, I've never worked there and this is based on what I read on here - so 🤷 This is just my opinion based on what I've seen on YouTube and is pure speculation. The real story only techlead and joma can tell.
You really need to learn to how to go beyond blind. Ask any of your many colleagues that are here now. I don't regret the move. Google like other companies has issues too.
Being in fb changed their morale compass? Seriously? I think you take things too seriously, he was there for only a year - he was probably just getting the hang for things and no one gets influenced like that I suggest you follow the tip above, dont pay so much attention to blind there are strong trolling/depression/assholeness biases on threads here
I find his videos interesting and he gives distilled pragmatic advice that isn’t so common. But lately like others have said I found his videos to be a little repetitive.
I used to like Joma and techlead, until they ran out of content and started to scam kids with leetcode questions.
TL has loads of good advice to make it as a SWE. I agree with most things he’s said about the industry, how to excel, etc
Is tech lead also some sort of official title at Facebook?
At Google. Not a title though.
Sadly, what he's describing is all too true. There are some variations by team but the general culture is as described
Used to like his humor but the wife stuff was a bit too heavy for me, tuned out. Also, repetitive.