Fast track your CAREER as a backend SOFTWARE Engineer

If you're starting off as a fresh graduate or self-taught developer, it's important that you spend time on setting a strong foundation to fast-track your software engineering career.

In this video, I share 8 tips that can help you learn how to fast-track your backend software engineering career. These are based on my personal experiences which have worked wonders for me. They are applicable to those looking to land their first job and for those who are already in the early stages of their careers.

Looking to learn API development? Check out my playlist where I do a crash-course on API development that every backend engineer should know.    • Web API Design Series  

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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
2:12 - Tip 1 - Pick one language
3:56 - Tip 2 - Learn version control
5:08 - Tip 3 - Learn OOP
7:48 - Tip 4 - Learn concurrent programming
8:49 - Tip 5 - Learn memory management
9:42 - Tip 6 - Learn design patterns
11:13 - Tip 7 - Learn basics of databases
13:56 - Tip 8 - Learn REST APIs
15:18 - Wrap up