8: Tomorrow. It's my first day of the job! A brand new step towards my brand new

15: career. There's so much opportunity, there's so much possibility! I worked so

21: hard for this. Four years of being trapped in the basement of the labs, two

26: internships, studying for so many job interviews! It all amounts to this.

31: I wonder what tomorrow is gonna be like!

34: Ugh, you're so full of optimism. You think you're gonna be able to use your knowledge from four years of school?

41: Gimme a break.

42: But all of our friends said that getting internships are gonna

45: prepare you for the job, so there's no way you're gonna fail!

49: Fail? Of course you're gonna fail. Do you even know what you're gonna be doing?!

54: Of course not! Gosh, you're so negative and I just wish you would stop.

59: Well I'm only trying to be realistic, since they only told us so much and you can only learn so much from four years of school.

66: OOOOOKAY, let's back up here and slow down. So tomorrow's your

73: first day of work huh? The big number one! So this conversation was what was going

79: on in my head the day before my first day as a professional software engineer

83: and I'm here to ease your worries and tell you: it's going to be okay.

89: Everyone has a first-day. First day of work, first day of school, first day of your life, and

95: first day of any relationship. Everybody starts somewhere. You're going to have

100: lots of firsts in your career, but this in and of itself is a big first so you

106: might be feeling nervous or stressed. Well, if you're in this tight spot right

110: now, rest easy; Today I'm going to be taking you through a guide of my tips

115: and tricks to ease your mind and make you feel super prepared for your first

119: day of work. These tips will also help you on other firsts and on other tough

123: days too so feel free to use these tips in any way that's useful to you. We'll be

128: talking about two topics today: easing those first-day jitters and also setting

132: some expectations on what your first day is going to be like.

135: Ready? Let's go.