Dear new developer, I was at a lunch a few weeks ago and asked some senior engineers and managers what advice they'd give to a new developer. One said: "never stop learning". I thought this was a perceptive answer and wanted to expand on it. I learn something new every day. I'm going to talk … Continue reading Never stop learning
Tag: boring
Help, I can’t learn/do something because it is boring!
Dear new developer, Sometimes you have to learn or do something boring. I know there are times when I've had to schlep, whether that is data entry, learning a technology that I'm not thrilled about, or tediously manually replicating a bug many many times to try to debug it. A couple of tips on how … Continue reading Help, I can’t learn/do something because it is boring!
