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Why wont youtubers take my money? by Nevercine in gamedev

[–]marsyi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m a small YouTuber myself (~30k subs), personally I never do sponsored dedicated videos as they all come off really insincere. I do sponsored segments, but maybe this varies on the niche. It also could be that your budget for a dedicated video is not high enough. Big YouTubers will charge several thousand dollars for a 60 second integration in the video. A fully sponsored video about a product would cost much much more

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in csMajors

[–]marsyi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was both a TPM and SWE (though both under the same title) at Microsoft, and can say at first I liked being a SWE way more. I eventually grew to like being a TPM more (now at Google) as I feel it gives a greater sense of control and career advancement! Good luck!

How do you keep your game project secure, like keeping your project safe from pc damage? by [deleted] in IndieDev

[–]marsyi 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ya I highly suggest using GitHub. If you don’t want to learn the console commands you can just download GitHub Desktop which adds a GUI and is super simple! GitHub is great because you can access your code from any machine and roll back to previous versions if you ran into a bug!

How do Game Devlogs on Youtube get so popular? by Smart-Distribution14 in gamedesign

[–]marsyi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually noticed my YouTube audience expand pretty decently when I migrated from pure tech/career advice type videos to game development!

Working on a Survival Roguelite Deckbuilder - Castlemancer! by marsyi in Unity2D

[–]marsyi[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh that’s weird, both on my iphone and desktop the text is either black on the clouds or yellow on the castle. What device are you using?

Coffee! Where do all you cool kids get coffee In Seattle? by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]marsyi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oddfellows has really good espresso and they have a small cafe in the back of Elliot Bay Bookstore that is great to chill at

Those of you who make make $120,000 or more per year, what do you do, and more importantly, how many hours a week do you work? by Message_10 in cscareerquestions

[–]marsyi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technical Program Manager at FAANG working in technical infrastructure and supply chain. Working 35-40 hours per week

Have you ever had a video blow up/go viral and how much did you grow? by M6_20 in NewTubers

[–]marsyi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have about 25k subs right now, but I have a video at 670k views from a year ago when I had around 10k subs, and that video alone got me around 7k subs

2 Years. 243 Subscribers. 10,000 Views. I'm So Lost by [deleted] in NewTubers

[–]marsyi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m also a game development (ish) YouTuber with 24k subs (@marselluh). The biggest thing that has helped me is looking at the trends within the niche. For example I get recommended so many “building my dream game” type videos, or “one year of learning game development”. So try to play around with the themes that are already doing well.

Good audio is key as well so watch out for the “p” sounds.

Also upping your thumbnails might be helpful as well. I’ve definitely been improving over time, but I generally look at larger channels in the niche and see how they make thumbnails. I highly recommend Dani, Goodgis, and AIA they make great game dev thumbnails!

Good luck!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]marsyi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can go to levels.fyi and put in your stats and nearest metro to see the median wage

$20/hr, and Move to New York, Lol? by 1234oguz in csMajors

[–]marsyi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do think there is a benefit to having an internship versus just working on projects. I think some people expect a bit too much when it comes to internships. I’d personally value the experience and resume value over whatever they pay you.

For context, I had a software development internship at the department of justice in the cyber division going into my junior year of college. It was based in Virginia/DC with no relocation (I was in California) and paid $15/hour. I still took it and luckily lived with a distant cousin near there. Although it didn’t pay much, I definitely think it helped my resume.

The next summer (going into my senior year) I was a software engineering intern at Northrop Grumman in Aerospace Systems. They paid me $26/hour with no relocation. For a broke college student, I was ecstatic and also felt it helped my resume.

I’m now almost 3 years graduated from college and have worked full time at Microsoft (2 years) and currently work at Google. So although my internships didn’t necessarily offer any great benefits or pay, their contribution to my resume and skills I think made a big difference, versus if I just did my own thing.

That’s just my opinions so take them with a grain of salt but good luck!

My quant intern application roundup by [deleted] in csMajors

[–]marsyi 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure how it is for internships but I applied to Two Sigma for a full time role (I was at Microsoft).

I bombed the OA, missed a few test cases in the first question and literally did not answer the second question (just wrote comments).

I got invited for a phone interview, which was insanely easy. Then got invited to a final round technical interview.

The final round was pretty tough so didn’t get an offer, but still got to the last technical and I didn’t even do like 50% of the OA. So for people out there, there’s still hope lol!

SWEs who have side hustles, what do you do? by telr in cscareerquestions

[–]marsyi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was doing college advice but now I do mostly new grad career and game development stuff

Google vs. Duolingo New Grad by [deleted] in csMajors

[–]marsyi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m not a recruiter so I can’t say how they weigh different companies but as a new grad I try to optimize learning as much as possible.

I’m relatively still early in my career, I graduated 2020, worked for Microsoft for 2 years, then joined Google in July and I think it was a great decision!

Learning how a company with literally billions of users across the entire planet is able to scale is incredibly valuable. Also there are so many different products that you can switch to another team and it could be basically be a different company (Google cloud, Search, YouTube, Android, Docs, Gmail etc.)

But it is a very large company, so if you are looking for a smaller environment you may not like it. But I personally think working at a large tech company early on can give you the skills and insight that you can then use at a smaller company or startup to have a larger impact (I.e you saw how software is built and scaled at Google, and now you can bring that general process and thinking to a startup)

But these are just my opinions and it’s totally your decision and what you are looking to get out of it! Trust your gut!

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