Discussion on: 10 years of web development; 10 life lessons.

It took 3 years of self-study from my small town and it took moving to a non-English speaking country contributing lots of free work upfront to break into the industry.

I had tried getting a job in Toronto, didn't have the CompSci degree when that's all they looked at for hiring. Toronto is behind the times, and still kind of is.

I myself feel that I repeat the advice that I have learned in my 15-year dev career so I've been outlining and documenting at it all. Just a sneak peek:

1. Eat Shit And Ask For More
2. Ship Mistakes
3. You Don’t Scrum? You’re Dumb
4. Ignore You Parents
5. You Don’t Have To Like The Person You Work With
6. Get Infront Of The Problem
7. It's Not My Job To Convince You
8. Business Is Personal
9. Volunteering is Mandatory
10. Don’t Guard Your Time, Be Available
11. You’re Already Late
12. Nobody Asked For Your Help
13. Listen To Me I Am The King
14. Do What You Hate And Be the Best At It
15. Doing The Work Only Half The Job, The Other Half Is Telling Others You Did The Work.
16. Putting A Leash On Your Enemies
17. Copying Other People Mistakes
18. The Roulette Strategy to Keeping Traction
19. Not Having The Luxury Figuring Out What I Want To Do
20. Consistency and Adjusting to meet your goals is the Hardest Thing
21. You Have Time, You Just Don’t Want To Give It
22. Lack of Trust Is A Death Sentence
23. Saturdays Are For Rich Kids
24. Value Cannot Be Automated
25. To Go Faster, You Must Go Slower