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Production of work
When starting out as a software dev, don’t get into the mindset that production of code is all that matters. It is also really important to continually invest in your knowledge portfolio. This in turn can make your production of work more efficient and thus higher. At the same time, it is easy to justify…
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Hunches are sometimes good
Today, we had a peculiar bug show itself at work. It was one of those bugs that only appears intermittently, and is pretty challenging to replicate. Luckily the bug was replicable on certain accounts. I had a hunch as to what was causing the bug so I started looking in that area of the code.…
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Take a breath! Otherwise you will suffocate.
It’s important to take responsibility for the mistakes you make. It’s also important to take a breath if you introduce a bug into production code. I often find myself panicking in these situations and then realizing that if I don’t relax, I won’t be able to solve the issue. It’s important not to dwell on…
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Celebrate The Complexity
Here I am, a new software dev. Started working about 5 months ago at a startup. Still don’t know when to use an interface in go. But thats okay, i’ll probably figure it out someday. Sometimes I forget to look up from my computer screen and take in the coolness thats around me. For example,…