In this video, Harkirat will take you through the money and career lessons that he wishes he had known as a software engineer in his 20s. This includes some of the points like having conviction in the company or founder's vision, how taking calculated risks early in your career can be beneficial in longer terms, why you should focus more on learning than earning early in your career, and many more such types of points.
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Timestamps:-
00:00 - Context for the video
00:31 - In this video
00:48 - 1. Initial packages do not matter
01:24 - 2. Everything is golden handcuffs
01:57 - 3. Early in a career, learning is more important than earning
02:31 - 4. The initial trauma of having a package
goes away after some time.
03:56 - 5. Taking care of your health
04:53 - 6. Growing or dying aspects of a software engineer.
06:23 - 7. Compounding effects on career and money.
07:36 - 8. Luck plays an important factor.
09:07 - 9. Whatever hyper-scaled in the past, might
not hyperscale in the future.
10:42 - 10. If you provide value, you can make a lot
of money.
11:59 - Outro
