18th July will mark two years of my career as a software engineer in the tech industry. Even though I've been coding for a lot longer than that, th...
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Extremely well put. I admittedly, am a straight white male, but I do see the struggle of under represented groups in software development; the wasted talent of women and minorities who are pushed out or who never persue is such a shame.
As for the rest, I also feel like the coding (usually anyway) is the easy part, company leadership can turn what is otherwise an amazing job into a waking nightmare, and people skills are way undervalued by interviewers.
I really like the points about avoiding toxic managers/workplaces. My personal experience has taught me the following lessons in that regard:
I started a new job ~3 weeks ago and it's the first time I've been called a Software Engineer. Before then I was a developer or Oracle Developer. I don't actively make software, I make applications, so I have a feeling of imposter syndrome that I had previously overcome.
When did you start accepting you were a Software Engineer?
On point especially the first and last one.
That's a really good and very accurate list. Thanks for sharing!
What is your idea of doing "some shit"?
Great post 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
"The secret underground women in tech cabal meets every couple of days to discuss the shit y'all do" made me lol 🤣🤣🤣
Great insight. 24th July marks my 2 years in tech industry. Totally agree with your points 👍
This is so fantastic! Thank you for sharing your experience and insight.