Things I Learnt The Hard Way - Beware of Toxic People

You'll find people that, even if they don't small talk you, they will bad mouth everything else -- even some other people -- openly.

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Things I Learnt The Hard Way - You'll Learn About Yourself The Hard Way

We get frustrated with code that doesn't compile. We get angry with customers asking things back and forth. We get upset when upper management can't make up its mind. And we lash out on others when that happens.

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Things I Learnt The Hard Way - People Get Upset About Code And Architecture Quality 'Cause They Care

At some point, you'll describe some solution/decision about some piece of code or some architectural design and people will seem annoyed/pissed about it. When people care about a product/code, they do that.

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Things I Learnt The Hard Way - Pay Attention On How People React To You

One way you can learn about yourself is to pay attention on how people react to your actions.

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Things I Learnt The Hard Way - Code of Conduct Protect YOU, Not THEM

When you're beginning with any language/library/framework, check their CoC; they will protect you from being harassed for not immediately getting what is going on instead of blocking you from telling them what you think.

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Things I Learnt The Hard Way - Don't Tell It's Done When It's Not

You are tired of running the same thing over and over again. You kinda remember that something weird may happen, but because you're tired, you tell everyone that "It's finished". Don't.

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Things I Learnt The Hard Way - Take Responsibility For The Use Of Your Code

This is hard. Very very hard. It's the difference between "freedom" and "responsibility".

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Things I Learnt The Hard Way - If It Doesn't Run On Your Computer, You Have A Problem

I've seen a lot of systems that would never run on a isolated computer, like the developer tool, 'cause the system requires running on a specialized environment. Those things are wrong.

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Things I Learnt The Hard Way - Learn To Say No

Sometimes, you'll have to say no: No, I can't do it; no, it can't be made in this time; no, I don't feel capable of doing this; no, I don't feel comfortable writing this.

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Things I Learnt The Hard Way - When It's Time to Stop, It's Time To Stop

Learn when you can't code anymore.

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