DEV Community

Discussion on: I've been a programmer for over 20 years, watched the internet the grow up, ask Me Anything!

Collapse
 
mortoray profile image
edA‑qa mort‑ora‑y

Important for career?

I consider diversity to be extremely important. This relates a lot to learning those underlying concepts. If you don't try different tech, different languages, different domains, you don't be able to find those underlying patterns.

Sticking with one language, one technology, one domain, I think is a guarantee of stunting one's career.

Taking the time to try things, and fail at things, is also important. Failure is a big part of programming, and we need to be able to deal with, and make sense of what happened.

Stress relief is vital. Find a way to relax. Find something else to do. Pushing yourself at programming is hard work on the mind and body. If you don't have a way to reduce stress you'll suffer.