A (Realistic) Week in My Life in NYC | working in tech

[Music] [Applause] [Music] okay heat [Music] okay portugal portugal [Music] portugal dr [Music] kia all right guys so it's about time for me to make an adjustment to my desk setup i do think that this is a nice setup but I've been going with this maple wood inspired desk setup for a long time and I think it's time to switch my setup so I've been using this Steam app called Furnish Master which is Mac compatible and it's just an easy way for me to play around with different design ideas based on the size of my room and the type of desk setup I want to have instead of making a major commitment like getting a whole new desk and not liking it so instead I can just mock whatever design I want through this app not going to lie this app is pretty relaxing and I don't know if addicting is the right word but I feel like I could be playing around and designing this home office for hours but a part of that is because the learning curve it's not too steep but I was having a really hard time trying to figure out how to create these floating shelves but I finally figured out that if you just remove the grid snapping property it'll allow you to freely move your objects to your liking so now you can see here that I can move the floating shelf anywhere which took forever to figure out but we finally figured it out which was one of the hardest things so now we can freely move whatever furniture we want [Music] preview and look what happened in the code the code [Music] Heat heat [Music] all right good morning guys so really the point of this video is to show you all what my life looks like after working in tech now I did make a video talking about why I left tech and ultimately becoming a full-time tech creator and I know that that disappoints some of you all and I appreciate everyone's support of course I would love to be able to make more videos focused on software engineering and how they relate to technology but I'm just one person and with this being such a new phase in my career I'm still trying to learn the system the workflow the business and I'm only one person i have hobbies and things that I like to do outside of creating videos and sitting at a desk so it can just be very difficult to get those videos out and with making so much tech content especially on my short form platforms I've had the really amazing opportunity to work with a lot of the biggest and best brands in the space and there's always new products being released so it can be hard for me to fit in the software engineering tech videos along with the tech consumer videos or at least those videos where I blend them together because I no longer make those hardcore software engineering videos anymore because honestly they're pretty boring to make and on top of that I'm no longer in that space working in tech so it doesn't really make sense to do that to be honest with you guys it really is my fault as to why I haven't been doing any week in a life videos and to be pretty vulnerable with you all the main reason is because since I left software engineering I just felt like I couldn't do work week in a life videos because I didn't have a 9 to5 but I'm still working and this week I'm going to be working on some coding projects with the M4 MacBook Pro and depending how much time I have I want to compare that experience with the Mac Mini since I have some more time on my hands I want to work on iOS development it's something I've always been interested in and dabbled in a little bit when I was a front-end engineer working at Progressive i did a lot of like Android Studio type of programming and I did more Xcode development when I was in college but I spent most of my career focused on web applications building with Vue.js Angular and React and the reason why I haven't really started any web projects is because it's not even because I'm burnt out i'm just not as interested so this week was actually pretty fun because I can tell that the tech consumer space is starting to pick up as we're getting closer to Q2 i did an Adobe event for the first time ever which was really fun in a very cool space in Chelsea that I've been to before for General Motors but that was for the launch of Photoshop and I got a chance to get hands-on with the Photoshop mobile app before released to the public i also got a chance to hang out with some other creative friends so that's always good i'm also working on a potential partnership like a long-term partnership for spring summer that I'm really excited about and I think you all are going to enjoy it too and it is a more unique campaign and product although the product isn't that unique I think everyone would be interested in this product personally but there aren't a ton of campaigns for this specific niche in the tech space this week I don't have any creator events but I am starting my half marathon running program with Bandit Running i'm really excited about that i've never done a structured marathon half marathon running plan with a actual running club and I got a couple friends who either work for Bandit are pacers and then another friend of mine is actually going to be a part of the program like me so today is a speedrun and I'm really excited about that my favorite thing about running honestly outside of the gear and the races is the community so that'll be exciting the weather's starting to break i think it's like almost 60° today so this is the perfect day to have a speedrun at McCarron Track and then tomorrow I actually have an event with Apple for the launch of the iPhone 16e this is my second pre-launch event with Apple here in New York City outside of the events I mentioned the priority for this week has been really two projects and it's been with Apple the Apple Find the world's thinnest foldable device i've had my hands on this for like 2 weeks now and this phone is amazing the video I'll link it down in the description box and then also we finally released the General Motors Chevy Equinox 2025 campaign that I've been working on for months these are the type of projects that get me so excited i know so many of you have been watching my videos because of software engineering content and breaking into tech but those of you all who have been following me before those videos would know that or have just consistently watched all of my videos or most of my videos you would know that I've always been passionate about cinematography storytelling and technology my first videos were not software engineering focus it's just what took off and it was a big part of my life so it made a ton of sense to create and also they provided a lot of value helped a lot of people understand tech get a glimpse into tech and also break into tech so I am still using to-d doist to plan out my day and I did a read and cycle so I want to read more books this year and the easiest way for me to do that is to read before going to sleep and also to read while I cycle in the morning it's a good way for me to burn calories get some blood flowing in a morning but also a chance to read interesting books like How to Tell a Story and then I want to post more on Instagram still trying to refigure out that algorithm i'm supposed to do that right now i also was supposed to fold clothes like an hour ago but I'm going to fold clothes first and maybe spend some time doing some Instagram inspiration i might push that off to later in the afternoon maybe when I'm at a coffee shop and then focus on some iOS development and I want to do a good portion of the iOS development here in the office just because we have more screen real estate with the 27in Mac Studio display and also it's been so long I feel more comfortable just being in my own space watching a tutorial because I know I'm going to need to watch a YouTube video in order to get started but with AI who knows maybe I won't even need to do that just going to chat while I wash these dishes and and also make myself a glass with liquid hydration tablet so the internet is a funny place because I was really excited about this very tiny pet project I was working on where I wanted to see what it was like using the OpenAI API and basically build essentially it was just a wrapper for chat GBT but nonetheless I built it with Nex.js which is a JavaScript library so it was like getting hands-on experience using Nex.js which is a really popular JavaScript framework for single page web applications blog posts and so forth and then also reaclimating myself to some back-end development with the open AI API and I got cooked because as an ex software engineer on Tik Tok they just said all I did was build a rapper that was ugly and it's 2025 like I should do better but I guess they ignored the fact that it only took 2 hours to do that i don't have a ton of Nex.js experience it's been a year since I've programmed and I've never used the Open AI API and I did all that without even reading any tutorials or YouTube videos just giving chat GBT prompts like if I had this in college that's why I think YouTube's peak because the platform gives you much more time to talk about these things opposed to just glimpses and then people are assuming all these things about you but yeah that's just a little rant i'm still trying to keep some structure to my day so I still use My Fitness Pal to track my macros and what I eat in a day i think that's really important i don't fast as much as I used to and that's because I'm trying to put on more muscle and eat more calories which is hard to do because I still eat relatively late and even if I didn't it's hard for me to hit my macros and my calories for the day when I fast so I don't mind having coffee with creamer in the morning that's not going to be the reason why I don't have hard uh six-pack hard ripped abs and the Apple Watch Series Ultra has been my go-to fitness watch smartwatch for the last couple months shout out to Apple for sending this to me i have used the Series 10 a ton and I switched to this and I feel like it's going to be hard to go back because with all the traveling I love this because let's say I go somewhere for 2 days 3 days and I don't charge it during the whole trip this thing would literally last the entire trip versus my Series 10 just doesn't have the battery life it's not even really the size or the display it's more just the battery life if you guys are wondering I'm using the Liquid IV hydration multiplier electrolyte drink mix strawberry and golden cherry and I think golden cherry is better but I think this is one of the best flavor combinations you can get and I'm pretty sure we got this at Costco [Music] oh you love me [Music] i love you heat heat [Music] all [Music] right I'm back from Manhattan and I basically put up all the groceries away just had a couple things that I needed to pick up we really need to make a Costco run or do a Costco delivery because since I've been eating so much more the food just doesn't last like our meats don't last that long and Lee made a really really good curry the other day so when she makes curry I mean that never lasts very long but if you're curious what curry we were using for our meal a few days ago is this tikka masala simmer sauce so technically it was chicken tikka masala and it was amazing and this is from Target all right so I'm going to basically try to replicate what she made it's probably not going to be as good but it's okay cuz it's going to be tastier than just eating regular chicken breasts or chicken tenderloins but yeah it's a pretty gloomy day but it's been so warm that even with this Uniqlo trench coat I felt like I was starting to overheat and it's just because this coat specifically has a vest built inside of it that makes it a little bit more warm and adds a little bit more weight to the coat you're probably wondering well you have a trench coat why are you looking at more trench coats i've been really interested in that Uniqlo C block trench coat because it's thinner than this coat the fabric of that trench coat is also more water repellent than this coat and it just looks sicker because the Uniqlo C designer if I'm not mistaken is the same person that designs for La Mer all right so hopefully this doesn't take too long i don't have to thin the chicken because it's already very thin i just have to cut it in cubes and I'm thinking this buttery garlic herb will be good some black pepper garlic powder and then maybe even some red peppers but this is just a quick meal we already have rice and I've been pairing my chicken breast meals with lentils cuz it's a great way to get fiber it's filling and it's healthy so and I prefer like more creamier meals like that's always my go-to is something creamier soupy but that's what I'm going to make for lunch very very late lunch and then I'm going to try to finish up that Xcode coding tutorial because I have a weather app specifically centered around running that I'm interested in working on so I know the best way when it comes to programming is to just start building and it's good to watch tutorials and since I haven't done any iOS development in so long part of me feels like I need to watch like a 14-part series when I don't think that's necessary the best way is just through trial and error and failing fast but I'm also going to need to learn how to build some 3D animations so I'm going to need one of those 3D animator desktop applications so I can also include them into the mobile app if you guys have been wondering why I've been so chatty in this video it's one because this is kind of a good way for us to catch up it's easier to do it when I'm just cooking two I've been making a lot of tech consumer focused videos where I'm not able to really catch you all up on life and fitness and health and nutrition such a big part of my day-to-day that I figured why not include more of it in this video i would like to do more fitness videos so what I was thinking about doing is creating a video centered around the new Beats um what are they called studio Pro you know the headset that like hooks around your ear the open ear versions of the Beat Studios whatever they're called but everyone's going crazy about that headphone and it's mainly because of the heart rate tracker but I haven't seen a lot of actual athletes talking about those earbuds and if the heart rate tracking is consistent and reliable it's just been a lot of tech people which is like fine to talk about the technology and they haven't released these in like 3 4 years but I want to know what an athlete has to say i think I've seen one blog post from I'm sure there's more but from what I remember there was one specifically a Runner Focus review about the earbuds so maybe I could fill that lane because I do tech videos but I also am an athlete [Music]