I mean, we all now this job is not a 9 to 5 one. All the day in life of a swe videos on YouTube make it look like a perfect job. They all sit there relaxed and (like they were scrolling on Facebook) do the work. Check ✔️ the work done at exactly 8 hours. Where is the stress, where are the energy drinks, where are late hours needed to fix critical things, where is the on call, where is leetcode grinding? And the majority of these people are working for FANGs... I want to see the day in life of an Amazon swe to see for real all the crazy overtime the people is complaining here on blind.
It's content by Hogs for hogs. Neither the youtuber is interested in lowering their 'prestige' by showing their actual shitty life. Nor are viewers interested in being shown reality of their supposed future 'awesome' life.