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If you didn't new already, last summer I had a job as a web developer for 3 months
It was at a local startup
You can read more about how I got it from here
Now let's continue with what I learned
1. Communication is key
In the beginning, I was afraid to ask questions and that was a huge mistake
Why?
Because I spent one day on a problem I could solve in 4 hours
Once I started asking more questions I become more productive
And people love to see that you ask questions
2. Learning Git is a must
I never really understood how important Git is until I worked at this job
In those 3 months, I worked with Git every single day
So please take the time to learn
It will save you a lot of time and struggle in the future
3. You need to test your code
I had no idea what testing was but after one week I realized how important it is
It saves you a lot of time of finding bugs and all that
It's simply not worth it to push code without testing it
4. Everyone has Impostor Syndrome
When I joined this startup my impostor syndrome was huge
I felt like a loser but I realized that I'm not the only dev that feels that
One dev I worked with made me understand that this is normal and I shouldn't worry about it
5. Reading the docs is a life hack
One day I had to work with a new technology I never worked with before
I didn't read the docs and just jumped into writing code
Huge mistake
I wasted a lot of time that could be saved by reading the docs for one hour
The end
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