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Don’t be afraid of failure.

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Could you elaborate on that advice?

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Oops replied to wrong comment.

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Sometimes code doesn’t do what you want or the end product isn’t what is needed. Iterate till you get it right.

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Network. Lots of great opportunities can come from other devs, who you’ve developed a mutual respect with.

Don’t neglect your personal projects.

Learning architecture, and how to document it, is absolutely invaluable and can get you the big bucks.

Don’t overengineer in an attempt to predict the future, and instead build deliberately and flexibly.

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Ask questions

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Would you agree that you should typically make an earnest attempt on your own before asking for help?

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What I agree with: show some interest in the people around you and what they do. Ask them for feedback when you feel you could use some. Every person can provide feedback, even through rubber ducking.

Find the courage to ask questions in meetings.

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Finish projects: this will teach you how to set reasonable goals and expectations and how to break down large problems into smaller steps.

Whenever you are facing something you don’t know how to do yet, recall a previous time you were faced with something you didn’t know how to do and that you learned how to accomplish it and moved forward: this helps me a lot with blockers and imposter syndrome–it shifts my mentality from being lost and not knowing how to keep going to one of “I’m capable of learning, that’s gotten me this far, and will continue to advance me.”

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Organize your knowledge. Identify where you have gaps, and address those. Establish a study plan, make it realistic, and follow it. Know which form of learning works the best for you (e.g. books vs videos)

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