A Day In The Life Of A Software Engineer (MANAGER - EFFECTIVE & MINDFUL) - NEW YORK

Engineering Manager at FAANG based in Brooklyn, New York.
Join me for a day in my life as an engineering manager at big tech.
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I have a pretty optimized morning and night time routine (you'll see 😅) because I've been prioritizing mindfulness and balance more over the past couple of years.


⏰ Timestamps
00:00 Waking up
00:17 Intention Setting
00:20 Red Light Therapy (use your FSA! https://amzn.to/3Gm0r1H)
00:30 Breakfast
01:15 Gratitude
01:20 Workout
01:40 Walk & Talk & Chai
02:00 Grocery Shopping
02:22 Getting Ready
02:28 Wim Hof (   • Guided Wim Hof Method Breathing  )
02:38 Getting Ready Part II
03:04 Ice Tea
03:12 Work Day Starts
04:04 To-Do List
04:34 Lunch + Work Talk
06:20 Clean Clean Clean
06:37 Meetings
07:20 To-Do List For Next Day
07:35 SHAKE IT OFF
07:51 Music, Tea 😎
08:20 Personal Projects
08:24 10k Step Walk Continued
08:32 Dinner (Airfry, salmon, shishito love)
09:27 Wind Down
09:40 Evening Mindfulness
09:51 Getting Ready For Bed
10:18 Read & Good Night

🏡 Links to things from my apartment!
AMAZON STOREFRONT: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mariabigtech

Linen bedsheets - https://amzn.to/3GSVL5f
Bedside vase - https://amzn.to/3XdQ3jD
Window vase bedroom - https://amzn.to/3CtwDPD
Pillows - https://amzn.to/3GIRm4q
Planter - https://amzn.to/3vHMkyU
Ripple Glasses - https://amzn.to/3IskD4N
Zwilling Kettle - https://amzn.to/3GGgB7E
Zwilling Knive Set - https://amzn.to/3GIsUA9
Zwilling Toaster - https://amzn.to/3QlilGo
Soap - https://amzn.to/3X0zRCa
Food Chopper - https://amzn.to/3Gm0afb
Food Storage Containers - https://amzn.to/3GJhvjL & https://amzn.to/3jIYK6T
Standing Desk - https://amzn.to/3IsjvOs
Office Chair - Herman Miller Aeron
Water Filter - https://amzn.to/3ZcoLfc
Roborock S7 - https://a.co/d/aozBhzw

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🧖‍♀️ Skin Care Routine
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MY FAVORITE GEAR
📸 Sony A7R3 - https://www.techmentormaria.com/sony-...
🖥 Desk Set-Up - https://www.techmentormaria.com/desk

MY FAVORITE TOOLS
🖼 Canva - How I create and edit images - https://techmentormaria.com/canva

📲 Also find me on TikTok for shorter videos -   / mariatechtok  

Books to learn:
Head First Learn to Code: https://techmentormaria.com//book-hea...
Head First Python: https://techmentormaria.com/book-python
Head First Programming: https://techmentormaria.com/book-prog...

ABOUT ME
🙋‍♀️ I’m Maria, an Engineering Manager at a big tech company and I’ve been coding since I was 13 years old. I love working in tech because building new things and being creative is something that makes me really happy. While on this journey, I realized how lots of questions I receive in 1:1s get repeated a lot so I decided to upload short and simple Q&A videos on TikTok which grew to a small amount of followers. For some questions, I wanted to dive deeper with longer answers which is how this channel started. Thanks for being here – my goal is to help some people out and make their lives at tech jobs more effective.

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