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Xander • Edited

-- Learn agnostic things

ReactJS, Laravel, Symfony, Angular, Spring, TypeScript, Redux, Gulp, Webpack etc etc are just logo's.
They will disappear. None of it will matter in years. I've been through a list of 60+ logo's in the last 15 years. Most of them do not matter anymore.

A developer's life may take up to 45 years, so learn things that can be applied in future frameworks and all programming languages.

-- Learning is something you do, for you

Your boss might want you to work in Macromedia Shockwave for internal programs for the next 20 years. It is up to you to explore the landscape and see if there better things to learn.

-- You will never stop learning

And you will never rest before you understand the problem that you are trying to solve. You need to learn about business and systems. When the going get's tough, the tough get going.

-- Tips won't help you get motivated

Motivation in this profession comes from an deep feeling of wanting to explore and try-out many things. You can not help it to find something that is a great sollution for your current problem. That stuff makes you come out of bed in the morning and will keep you motivated through you working life.

-- Motivation comes and goes

There are many times that you are doing other things, like holidays or having a good time offline. This will make sure that you stay fresh and motivated. Life is what happens offline.