Version Control! This would have saved me hours of work -- and stress -- back in the early days. Admittedly Git wasn't around much back then, but SVN was going strong. Why did no one tell me these incredible tools existed?
Always Ask 'Why?' I used to just blindly dive into work that came my way. This lead to a lot of dead-end projects -- unused and unloved. I could have saved myself this pain by asking 'why', and really understanding the requirements early on.
Hahah, 2nd one actually correlates with the 1st one ;)
If you mess something up due to lack of information, you have a safe back-up to get back on track, where both parties agreed..
Two things spring to mind:
Version Control! This would have saved me hours of work -- and stress -- back in the early days. Admittedly Git wasn't around much back then, but SVN was going strong. Why did no one tell me these incredible tools existed?
Always Ask 'Why?' I used to just blindly dive into work that came my way. This lead to a lot of dead-end projects -- unused and unloved. I could have saved myself this pain by asking 'why', and really understanding the requirements early on.
Hahah, 2nd one actually correlates with the 1st one ;)
If you mess something up due to lack of information, you have a safe back-up to get back on track, where both parties agreed..
Very true! This might explain why I was stressed when I was younger ...