fix a broken computer parts.

That the demand for web developers is high.

That everyone makes an assload of money. Not true.

That you must know as many programming languages and frameworks. One year into my professional journey my top key takeaway has been that design patterns and paradigms are the most important thing. All code is the same as long as you know the fundamentals of programming, can read docs and be willing to spend your day 'crying' while searching error messages on Google. I was convinced that language/framework A is the best tool and you can't achieve this on language/framework B. Today I'm open minded about the best tool for the job and also being in a software development agency start up for 6 months, I have been forced to get out of my shell and work with tech I once considered unworthy or languages I thought I'd never work with professionally .

That you need to work for companies that make you work 60-70 hours a week to make ends meet.

Just developer stereotypes, like an assumption that I don't have soft skills and would be happy spending my life coding in a dark basement.

I think it's so interesting how a job title completely changes how you're seen. Going from marketing to development was like whiplash.

I always thought that you need to be skilled in order to get a good job, but sometimes you just need to lucky.

That you know everything. It's impossible for us to know everything - that's why we have Google. Don't feel like you're expected to know everything all the time, knowing what to Google is the most important thing.

That you should always be coding. Burnout is a real thing, it sucks, and it can be prevented.

Taking breaks, don't code all weekend, have hobbies outside of code. All good things to help prevent burnout.

That we have unhealthy habits, we eat junk, we this, we that...

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