Been using UNIX since the late 80s; Linux since the mid-90s; virtualization since the early 2000s and spent the past few years working in the cloud space.
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Education
B.S. Psychology from Pennsylvania State University
(More junior) teammates often wonder why I'm so verbose with my status-reporting. I can't count the number of times where I've sent out a "I've been banging my head on , here's everything I've done - did I miss something trivial" only to have a reply, a few minutes/hours later, saying something as simple as "line 24 of your problem-description".
Doing this one right now. Completely borked the local database for one my apps today. Shut down my machine and went home. Going to play some video games and deal with it in the morning
Been using UNIX since the late 80s; Linux since the mid-90s; virtualization since the early 2000s and spent the past few years working in the cloud space.
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Education
B.S. Psychology from Pennsylvania State University
Always amazes me when I run into people that claim to know, with absolute certitude, that what they're doing is the correct, best way to do a given thing.
Usually, such certitude does not bear up under even the most casual of scrutiny.
At my 30s I found out that there was a developer inside a Political Science Graduated.
I've been COO an CMO for 4 years but I decided to persue my dream and become a Front-end developer:)
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Elche, Alicante, Spain
Education
Certificate of Higher Education for Web Applications Development & Degree in Political Science
+1 Yes, life is too short to be in a crappy job. You can be a team of one but be realistic as well and explore your options. There comes a time when all your pleading and convincing will go to waste if the executives/management don't value your opinion. You deserve to be happy! :)
Lead Developer, business owner, US Army veteran. I build things for the web. My website is a bunch of HTML pages that didn't need a framework. Yours can be too!
Full-time web dev; JS lover since 2002; CSS fanatic. #CSSIsAwesome
I try to stay up with new web platform features. Web feature you don't understand? Tell me! I'll write an article!
He/him
Just graduated with an Associates of Applied Science in Web and Software Dev. B.S. in Mass Communication holder.
Looking for my first dev job and working on learning more languages.
Lead Product Evangelist @Kentico, Founding partner @craftbrewingbiz. love to learn / teach web dev & software engineering, collecting vinyl records, mowing my lawn, craft 🍺
When challenged, try to understand the other person's perspective.
Challenged in this sense doesn't just mean direct conflict, but also when a customer request completely breaks your notions of how the software you wrote is supposed to behave.
Speaker & Tech Explorer DevOps @Omniplan. Developing in mainly in Angular and WebAPI. Loves learning, reading, music, cars and my family (not in that order!). MVP Developer Technologies
Been using UNIX since the late 80s; Linux since the mid-90s; virtualization since the early 2000s and spent the past few years working in the cloud space.
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Education
B.S. Psychology from Pennsylvania State University
The most soul-crushing part of a job is when you just continually pile frustration upon frustration without ever getting the "high" of achieving a success.
One of the best parts of my prior life as a short-term consultant was that I got that success-high at frequent intervals. It could be as frequent as every couple days but never longer than a month or so. Compare that to long-term consulting... You can go quarters to years with no wins to offset stresses/frustrations. And, yeah, the constant travel sucked (I'd achieved lifetime double-platinum with Marriott after three years of racking up 170+ nights/year with them), but never underestimate how stress relieving regular wins can be.
I empower people to become software developers, especially those with kids/family responsibilities, full-time jobs, or who feel too old to start over. 🥰👩🏽💻
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Washington DC
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Duke University | The Firehose Project (coding bootcamp)
Sasa is a highly driven full stack software developer with background in finance and accounting. A relentless problem solver who is passionate about finding elegant solutions to problems at hand.
Equal parts higher-ed IT, web dev and support; with a dash of freelance consulting thrown in for good measure. (Oct/19: Seeking change of pace. Not afraid to take a step back in order to move ahead!)
Software dev at Netflix | DC techie | Conference speaker | egghead Instructor | TC39 Educators Committee | Girls Who Code Facilitator | Board game geek | @laurieontech on twitter
I'm from Aguascalientes, Mexico! now based on New York. Most of my experience is related to code websites and applications, using JavaScript stack-based.
A London Web Developer. A lot of my professional experience is in digital agencies and I enjoy helping new front-end developers learn how to code websites.
Java Web Developer with a passion for Spring and cloud computing. Know a thing or two about AWS. Trying to learn NodeJS lately with the help of TypeScript.
Max is a startup software engineer. He seeks to use what he has learnt as a startup founder and tech community leader to solves hard problems with innovate products or services.
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Sleep and tackle the problem tomorrow with fresh eyes.
A colleague's eyes are always fresher than your own.
Too many times has a colleague been able to immediately pin down a problem I'd been pouring HOURS into.
(More junior) teammates often wonder why I'm so verbose with my status-reporting. I can't count the number of times where I've sent out a "I've been banging my head on , here's everything I've done - did I miss something trivial" only to have a reply, a few minutes/hours later, saying something as simple as "line 24 of your problem-description".
Second that
Doing this one right now. Completely borked the local database for one my apps today. Shut down my machine and went home. Going to play some video games and deal with it in the morning
Don't worry, nobody knows what they are doing.
Can confirm. Don’t know what I’m doing.
Always amazes me when I run into people that claim to know, with absolute certitude, that what they're doing is the correct, best way to do a given thing.
Usually, such certitude does not bear up under even the most casual of scrutiny.
How comes you can only like a comment once?
Some people do, learn from them.
I know what I'm doing: trying to figure out what I'm supposed to do
If you are not happy, do something. Life is short.
That’s how I felt after I got my first job my degree trained me for.
I sort of knew how to code and that looked like a lot more fun so I quit and figured out my happy path.
+1 Yes, life is too short to be in a crappy job. You can be a team of one but be realistic as well and explore your options. There comes a time when all your pleading and convincing will go to waste if the executives/management don't value your opinion. You deserve to be happy! :)
Maybe life is too long to be unhappy.
Never stop learning.
Just ask the bloody question!
Good one
Haha .. yes! Just ask, already!!!!
Don't be afraid to admit when you're wrong.
Technology is ephemeral; people are not
I have a bad feeling some COBOL code is going to outlive us all.
Love that
Drink less coffee, drink more water
I really want to give up my coffee dependency
I don't.
Heresy!
😱
Don’t go to bed if you haven’t learned something new today [repeat every day]
Depending on what you consider as "learning something new", you may ruin your sleep really badly :D
"Get enough sleep" would be my no. 2 advice!
while(isAlive())
That's why programming is so great. Two paragraphs of explanation condensed in one function! Awesome! Thanks 😄
Any tips on keeping up this discipline?
Ask the question, someone else is probably wondering it too.
Definitely!
Failing is better than not trying.
You've never tested bulletproof vests for a living.
Surround yourself with nice people.
You can't be more right! Good one.
Don't forget to commit
Don't commit directly to master until you're absolutely sure!
Work hard.
Build relationships.
Find opportunities.
Take chances.
Be kind.
Experience is overrated over knowledge, and knowledge over motivation to learn.
Take chances and standout. I wrote about it here:
Take chances and standout
Nick Taylor ・ 5 min read
The best worst advice I can give is "Don't work on other people's dreams, work on your own"
I truly believe in that line, but it's not viable for most people so it's terrible advice.
When challenged, try to understand the other person's perspective.
Challenged in this sense doesn't just mean direct conflict, but also when a customer request completely breaks your notions of how the software you wrote is supposed to behave.
Totally!
Work is part of life, so make work worth living.
Mistakes are the best thing that can happen to you.
I motivate myself through mistakes by thinking about how much I’ll learn by working through the pain and consequences.
Don't stop learning, take breaks, learn from mistakes.
Keep experimenting. Technically, your way of working and communication.
Sometimes helps to close your mouth and open your ears.
"Find a job where you can get regular wins."
The most soul-crushing part of a job is when you just continually pile frustration upon frustration without ever getting the "high" of achieving a success.
One of the best parts of my prior life as a short-term consultant was that I got that success-high at frequent intervals. It could be as frequent as every couple days but never longer than a month or so. Compare that to long-term consulting... You can go quarters to years with no wins to offset stresses/frustrations. And, yeah, the constant travel sucked (I'd achieved lifetime double-platinum with Marriott after three years of racking up 170+ nights/year with them), but never underestimate how stress relieving regular wins can be.
You are probably wrong. Review.
They are probably wrong. Review.
Be kind to yourself and others.
I’m cheating with two separate pieces of short advice.
Good ones
"He whose life has a why can bear almost any how."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
If you dislike your job - start looking for a new job.
Know your worth.
Ask the questions.. share the answers
Be proactive, curious and finish what you started.
Don't wait to be an expert - put yourself out there.
Connect with people
"It's not THAT important, life matters more"
I think/feel like you should care more about you and less about the work
Some people will disagree but I have found that being more focused on me have helped me on being a better developer.
Sometimes you just have to suck it up.
(This is also when you should probably start searching for something new...)
Your relationships are everything--cultivate them wisely.
Results matter, do yourself a favor and focus on them.
Protect your eyes. You need them.
Be humble when someone asks you "obvious" questions.
Authenticity + Skill + Diligence + Wisdom + Patience = Career Success
Check your privilege.
Be humble.
Keep learning.
Practice self-care.
It's not what you say, it's how you say it.
Money isn't everything.
Learn to speak up. Ask questions when you are stuck.
Don't worry if you don't have all the listed requirements
don't panic
Reality is negotiable
Don’t trust that others know better. Speak up. Ask questions.
Be careful what you wish for.
Never stop being curious.
from an ex-manager: work hard and don't be an asshole
Keep calm, find ways to be happy with your job.
"Go where you can do the most good."
— A former mentor of mine who had been a manufacturing engineer and art teacher.
"Plastics"
Work for a company that does what you do.
Nice take on the format 😊
Don't overthink, and just build what you like.
Accept that you’ll always be learning. But question things if you never return to those skills and use them.
"Success" is the marriage between competence and opportunity.
Be persistent and never stop learning!
Believe and keep investing in yourself. Period
Find motivations instead of excuses.
Push yourself to beyond your perceived station; accept failure is natural.
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Fake it until you make it (within reason)
Learn from your mistakes. No really... LEARN!
Your word is your reputation and your reputation is your word.
-This is not as trite as it first appears-
If you have the opportunity to challenge yourself, go for it!
(11 words, but it is within the margin of error)
Always be Learning!!!
Learn what your gut feels like when it’s really excited.
Break your problem into small chunks, It will get easier.
Knowledge is Life. It increases when you spend it.
Technologies come and go. Principles stay.