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Mirat

I was going to write a post about that but writing a comment here will be more beneficial I think.

tl;dr: Don't take too much responsibility at work in the first year.

The first year will be filled with sleepless nights. You will be constantly tired, because of sleep deprivation your mind will be foggy. My advice is taking simple issues instead of going to big epic developments.

In my opinion first year is a defence year. Defend your position do not try to expand the frontier. Do not try to learn new technologies or programming languages. Because of that, I postponed my promotion request to be team leader in my first year. I wanted to stay as only a developer.

Just focus on using your existing knowledge efficiently. Mostly this efficiency comes from finding place and time for sleeping. For example, I've always carried a pillow in my bag and slept in a bank in launch breaks. Sometimes on the bus while I'm going to work.

You and your wife will be exhausted and some marriage crisis can appear. Hold your breath until the first year passes.

I know that I've displayed a dark scene to you but Gandalf will come from the east when you hear his/her first laughter. You will have your best friend until age 3.