Yesterday, there's a discussion (here at dev.to) on "What is your best advise to a junior software developer".

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I responded with 15-item, somewhat, tounge-in-cheek, list. Apparently, some people liked it. So, here it is now in post form, shareable and all.

Ted Hagos • Oct 4 '18 • Edited

If I have Doc Brown's DeLorean, this is what I would advise my younger self

Keep your head down during code reviews. Humility goes a long way. They're not criticizing you, it's your code they're after. It's not personal
Do the required reading before you get knee-deep in the code. You have a propensity to shoot from the hip, curb that enthusiasm. Don't read the manual only when you're in trouble
Design patterns are nice, but you don't have to use all of them, all the time in every code you write
Learn Python early. Get to the Python REPL and type import this. Learn it by heart, then read no. 3 (above) again
Coffee, pizza and chips are nice now, but 20 years from now, you're gonna wish you didn't eat those
In a couple of years, social media is gonna be big. Stay out of it
Those math subjects you hated, better get more comfortable with them. There's gonna be a thing called "machine learning", it's gonna be big, you're gonna need them maths
Stop wondering when you will graduate from being a junior, you'll know it when you're out of it. When you start making technical choices and you recognize that there are choices to be made; then you're not so junior anymore
Be polite when asking questions. If you don't want to get the RTFM response (a lot), read Eric Raymond's guide on how to ask smart questions
When you go to a meeting, always bring a pen and paper. Write your notes
If it's taking you more than 3 hours to figure out something, ask for help, tell your tech lead what's eating you up (but make sure that before you do this, you've read no. 9 above)
If you promised your tech lead (client, coworker or boss) you will deliver the thing on Friday, and you're not gonna make it, tell them early. Don't tell them on Friday
Exercise. You're brain (and your blood pressure) will love you for it
When the book "Pragmatic programmer, journeyman to master" comes out. Read it
From time to time, write a program in LOLCODE, don't lose your humor

There's a lot more, but these are my big ones

Don't forget to visit the original post by Sergio Tapia, there are other comments in there; it's still going, I think.

If I knew then what I know now

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