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A day in the life of a Professional Software Engineer

Sometimes, it's important to gain perspective over what it takes to run a successful career in your industry of choice. Growing up and in college, I didn't know very many people doing Computer Science in industry. I managed to meet a few during my internships at Microsoft and Qualcomm where I got a taste of life in Computer Science and Engineering. These were the early days of blogging, YouTube, Facebook, Android and the iPhone. Things have moved rapidly in this industry and life today looks very different from life just a decade ago.  Before college, I was taking some monumental decisions in my life - where do I go study? what do I study? what happens after college? How do I know I'm taking the right choice?   I'd wished then that I knew some people who had an understanding of life as a professional software engineer. I was pleasantly surprised when Jaeho (from SJSU) approached me to give perspective to life as an experienced Software Engineer in Industry. Ou