I Got Hired as a Software Engineer With No Experience (Here's How)
My day in the life Video: • Working as a Dev While Studying Full Time
If you're trying to figure out how to become a software engineer in 2026 without a traditional path, this video is for you. I switched from business to computer science, applied for a frontend role before I even knew the framework — and learned the rest on the job. I'm still a Werkstudent today, 20 hours a week during semester, full-time in the breaks.
Here are the 4 things that actually got me hired — and kept me there:
1. Build something real — not another tutorial clone
2. Apply before you feel ready
3. Show up as a person, not a tech stack
4. Use AI as an advantage instead of fearing it
Whether you're making a career change, trying to land your first junior developer job, or just figuring out how to start your software engineering career — this is the honest version. No polish.
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00:00 Intro
00:30 My Story
02:25 Working Student
03:30 Is Ai Replacing SWE
04:34 Changing Location
04:55 Job Offers
06:17 Takeaways
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