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Most important things to become a developer

Daniel Silva on December 01, 2020

I know, this sounds like I have the secret formula to becoming a developer, but it's actually what I, in my experience working with teams and my pe...
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Narasimha Prasanna HN

"3. We are a community"
Exactly!

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Daniel Silva

This is the part that I believe it's hard to understand, but it's important to know that we are a community and we have to help each others!

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In many cases or better yet "on many projects" 1. is "You're developing system for people to make their lives easier not to look smart". I've seen that learning all those patterns, FP principals, theoretical physics and math is mainly to talk about it and look smarts. Computers were made to automate stuff not to gather limited number of IT people so they brag about who knows more. You can really feel this importance when you work in non software company. Yeah non-software companies still higher people to develop some of their own ideas and then all your talks about "immutable" or "builder pattern" go through out the window and the only important thing left is can you deliver something when users "clicks button".

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Alex Delgado

Great lecture, Thanks a lot, i really enjoyed it

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Daniel Silva

Thanks, man!

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J.P. Solano

Love the image 2b || !2b ... nice...

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Daniel Silva

Hahaha thanks!

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Carmen Amengual

this is so useful, I really needed to read something like this, Great Article, will share this asap.

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Daniel Silva

Thanks! <3 Appreciate the comment! :)

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Daniel Silva

Yeah I know right? But stated after to talk a little about the good things to pass to the not so good about it and why you should love this career

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Venkatesh KL

Point 6 is just so true!!!