I completed 12 years as a software developer last week.
Few honest takeaways about my experience with the job and the software engineering industry.
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1. No one can stop you when you master the basics
- You can start with any technology you want.
But if you’re struggling, take a pause & restart your tech journey.
- Remember all new & fancy frameworks are based on the basics.
- Master basics you can code in anything.
2. “What's more important to you: Quantity or Quality?”
- Your answer might be: it depends.
But until you do an experiment in your core areas, how do you actually know about the quality.
Go & take calculative risk & be the change.
3.Professional Relationship (Create your bridges)
- We all are humans behind code
It’s also about making connections & professional relationships
- Don't just always consume, help others as much as possible, time will return the favor
- Don't burn your bridges, Always create
4. Years of experience won’t make you qualified for a job.
- Everyone looks for a genuine experience
- People have different learning curves.
The only time we get a chance to be qualified is when we act.
Don't stay in your comfort zone.
Look outside, world is moving faster.
“To be an expert in a field that changes from one day to the next is akin to placing your hand in a running river; you can trap a small bit of water for the moment, but once you lift your hand again the river rushes on”
- Kelly Ripley Feller,
5. Coding game is really challenging
- There are no short cuts.
-You need to find a balance between coding & your health.
-Coding is mentally demanding.
-Depression is a real thing, always look for help.
-Look for mentorship, Talk your best friends.
Job security is a myth.
6. Always be a team player
"We win as a team, we lose a team."
- Software development is a team game.
- You need to act & take responsibility as per your role.
7. Always respect diversity
- Everyone talks about diversity.
Sometimes humans talk a good game, but don't follow through on their promises.
"A diverse IT team is an asset that can help to drive innovation."
People of different backgrounds can have ideas for new products and services that would be of interest to a broad audience or even a niche sector.
Those are good business reasons for seeking a diverse workforce.
However, there's an even better reason, and it's a human reason.
8. Don't try to learn everything, YOU can't.
- Find your NICHE, Master that one
- Look for another area, again master that one & so on...
If you like this might be you are interested in my eBook as well.
I have written a book for developer growth & shared my 12+ years of experience.
Whether you're self-taught,
a Bootcamp grad,
or have a college degree,
When you're a fresh-faced web developer, landing that first job can be tricky.
1- Getting started into programming can be very scary, and there are a lot of misconceptions out there that make people think that programming is a skill they could never learn, or that landing a job as a web developer is almost mission impossible.
Things I Wish I Knew Before My First Full-Time Job.
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Your 20s could be your most defining decade
You’ll have more freedoms & more choices than you’ve ever had in the past or will ever have in the future.
It’s going to be a great adventure.
The “real tech world” that everyone tries to scare you about is actually really awesome.
But you know:
-Don’t be afraid to learn on the job.
-Don’t pretend to know more than you actually do
-You're responsible for your career, not your employer
-Everything is negotiable
-Live to work, but the right Way
-Working late is overrated
-The grass will always be greener
- Why is learning JavaScript so hard?
- How long did it take you to learn JavaScript?
- Why is JavaScript so popular?
- What is the best way to practice Javascript?
Let's deconstruct this ⬇
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In my learning journey,
I realize that a majority of resources available for learning JavaScript - books, PDF, courses, are not learner-friendly.
I felt that the tutor was in a hurry to get to the end of the course and was not educating the rationale behind the code.
The content quality of such tutorials is questionable.
Since JavaScript runs in IE, Edge, Firefox, Chrome, Brave, Safari, and a dozen other environments, great care must be taken when teaching & coding anything in JavaScript!