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Discussion on: Do you have any career regrets? What are they?

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Eljay-Adobe

When I went to the university, I was advised not to go into computer science because "there's no future in computers." I now consider that to have been some rather stunningly bad advice.
I also wish the first time I was in a bad work environment, I would have disentangled myself from it a full year sooner. At least I had learned my lesson, and the second time I was in a bad work environment, I did disentangle myself from it just at the right time.

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Michelle Tan

The internet is taking over the world now :D I hope you're at where you want to be. Do you mind sharing how to know if you're in a bad work environment? Is there a certain type of indication?
Maybe it's a bad example: No codebase was ever documented type of environment

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Eljay-Adobe

I'm where I want to be now. I'm at a great company, with a great boss (and an entire management that is great), working on a great product, with great people. My dream job, really. :-)
Hmmm, how to know if you're in a bad work environment. Hmmm. Are you stressed out? Is work-life balance out of whack? Are you miserable? Those are some good indicators.

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Michelle Tan

That sounds great. Thanks for sharing, those are indeed good indicators.