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What every newbie developer should know

Princewhyte Dabotubo on June 29, 2022

At some point in our career, we've had to look back at how we started and how we are progressing and then we ask that important question, what woul...
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LogicMirror

All this advice sounds very solid. But I couldn't work out what you were saying in this sentence: "First, no one wants to hire a junior unless you are a senior that's a junior for a lesser pay you get the gist."

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Princewhyte Dabotubo

Thanks for the response. What I was trying to say is getting a job as a junior developer is difficult. When you see a post for a junior role the description is that of a senior just with a lesser payment.

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Ayodele lawrence

You are right absolutely

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jaustinUF

"College Matters" ... Yeah Buddy!!!

  • doesn't have to be an expensive one, or in-person ... but that degree carries a lot of weight!
  • this field takes years to grow into ... why not get that 'piece of paper' while learning it?
  • I suspect that (at an inexpensive, maybe community college) the cost/benefit ratio (for time and income) leans toward that college experience. My opinions, after 60 years of programming and 40-some in software engineering.
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Princewhyte Dabotubo

That's some experience there.
Carry me along sir

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Dendi Handian

I will never suggest software engineering job to my family member and relations because to take this career you need to have strong will to learn it, it need to come from themselves not me suggesting it.

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WISDOMUDO

I really learn alot from this post, thanks for sharing!

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Abhinav Pandey

Very well written 👏

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Sadeedpv🥇

Facts 💯

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Rytis

Another one that I keep telling my students and junior developers: Never copy-paste code, ever! Always type it out manually. Especially if it's from Stack Overflow or another project. This might seem slow and counterintuitive, but it in the long run it will save you debug time and allow to understand the code better.

It also allows you to immediately tailor code to your specific use case on the fly.

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Josefine Schfr

I love this, so many painful truths in here - not easy to hear but nevertheless so important to remind ourselves.

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imonem

The pain is real

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Derrick Teefe

As a newbie, this is great information. Thanks alot

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David Jack

no pain no agin