Most Important Skills for a Software Engineer at Redemption Games
Cameron, a Software Engineer, emphasizes the crucial importance of "the ability to learn and be willing to struggle through things," highlighting a self-taught approach to mastering programming languages like Python. This continuous learning, adapting between languages ("it's just grammar at that point"), is key to their success in the field.
Coding, Problem-Solving, Resilience, Learning Agility, Self-Motivation
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Cameron Witz
Software Engineer
Redemption Games
Northwestern University
USC MS computer science
Engineering - Industrial
Technology
Product / Service / Software Development and Management
Video Highlights
1. The ability to learn and teach yourself new skills is crucial for success in software engineering.
2. Cameron emphasizes the importance of struggling through challenges and figuring things out independently.
3. Proficiency in multiple programming languages is valuable, as the core concepts often transfer between languages once you understand the underlying principles of one language
Transcript
What skills are most important for a job like yours?
For software engineering, the most important skill is the ability to learn and be willing to struggle through things. You have to teach yourself as you go, and that's how I got to where I am.
I started with R and didn't know what I was doing at all. I just had to struggle and slowly figure things out. The same thing applied to Python.
Once you know a few programming languages, you kind of know them all, with some exceptions. For the most part, it's just grammar at that point. It's figuring out how to do something you did in one language in another.
So, being able to learn quickly, contribute, and bring yourself up to speed is crucial. Not being afraid of learning new things and being exposed to them is the most important quality, for me at least.
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