Some Advice for New(ish) Developers

#advice #beginners #management #positivity

There are professional developers out here who weren't born when I started, so I've been around a while. I have worked on some incredible systems and even built many of them from scratch. I have worked for non-profits and governments. I have worked with startups and multinational conglomerates. I have helped build organizations from the ground up. Suffice it to say people who know me professionally don't consider me incompetent or inexperienced.

I still spend a ton of time looking things up on Google. I still make mistakes and get stuck on silly things. I still ask other developers for help because:

It's okay not to know how to do something
It's okay to be wrong about something
It's okay to make mistakes
It's okay to ask for help

Anyone that tells you otherwise is a fool, a jerk, or both.

Be kind to yourself.

You got this.

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