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Discussion on: What Not to Do as a Programmer - My List After 2 Years of Working In Teams

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Ana Liza Pandac

In my personal experience, there were times where the answer came from a different source. For example, there was a time where we experienced several server downtime in a day, our backend engineers initially thought it was caused by an unoptimized code and so they optimized it but still the problem keep occuring. It was not until I suggested that maybe it is a DDOS attack and it was actually a DDOS attack.

Another time was when I was the one facing a problem on the frontend, our iOS engineer came up to me and suggested me "why don't you do this instead". He came up and suggested me a brilliant idea which we used to come with the solution. I was really grateful to him for that, it saved me a lot of time.

Build on each others ideas.

And speaking of that, here's a quote from Isaac Newton which I believe is relevant to that idea.

"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."

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Lyriczonna

Hmm... Word! @Newton's quote.

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Haseeb

Yep, this is a very good example. I am sure your confidence and the feeling of belonging to the team went high after participating in something that was out of your job description. It's these little things that help us stay motivated and move forward!

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Ana Liza Pandac

You're totally right, participating in those kind of discussions also add some sense of camaraderie among our team since I know that I can always rely on them and they can rely on me during challenging situations.