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7 hard truths about starting a career as a developer

Fahim ul Haq on December 20, 2019

If you’re coming out of your education (whether that is self taught, a university degree, or bootcamp), it’s important to know that your expectatio...
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Jared

Wow. This is such accurate knowledge.

You will not get as much help as you need

That one really hits home. I remember sitting in my "office" at home trying to sort out problems. I had no one but myself and Stack Overflow haha

Thanks for sharing!

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Noman Gul

Same story bro! 😁

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Michael Mather

This is a fantastic write up that sums up my experience starting in development perfectly.

The world of development is so broad that it's hard to really know what to expect when you're just starting out.

The key is to learn how to learn

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Jason

Really liked this article. I think number one should be 'Tech is only half the game; soft skills do matter', I personally didn't start to realize this until about 10 years in.

Also, I personally felt more satisfied when I started viewing my assignments with the question 'How will this bring value to the company?' When I started asking that to management, they responded favorably. I found that managers had greater satisfaction with me since I was starting to think of 'the big picture'.

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Theo Oliveira

Thanks man. I've read similar tips but it's always good to remember. I am former English teacher and I know already that most of IT don't do this: "the tech industry depends upon mature human conversation to solve real human problems"

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Ben Halpern

Great post

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Arvind Raja

Hello! Loved the article!! Motivated me to start thinking about updating my skills

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DrMandible

Useful for college kids. But started with "whether you're self taught...". Was waiting for the self taught bits.

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Tony Colston

YES YES YES. Soft skills completely matter.

Being able to communicate is huge. You might be 10 billion times smarter than me and everyone else in the room and you might know how to solve all of our problems. But if you cannot effectively communicate what you know then none of that matters.

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// , Even Satoshi Nakamoto, who never had to be in a room with any of us (at least, that we know) had to write a human readable thesis explaining his ideas.

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kolajo

Wow, this piece came from a well prepared experience. I totally agree with this article

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Cristina Ruth

So agree with everything! Great article. 🙂

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Diego

Great article!

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Orel Kanditan

Great read, important to know