Learning Web Development? Skills to Make You Stand Out
Adding to this: learn soft skills:<p>- check yourself before blaming others, it might eventually be an issue in your code<p>- beware of premature optimization. Spend that time on defensive code, comments and tests. Optimize based on measurements, not feelings<p>- take notes when getting tasks and make sure you don’t miss anything<p>- ask questions when stuck but don’t ask things before at least googling them once<p>- under promise and over deliver<p>- be nice and never argumentative<p>- be humble when getting criticism and be merciful when giving one<p>- count to ten before sending an angry / escalation email<p>- understand that some people need to have things explained to them slowly and more than once, be patient<p>- have some backbone eg, if your manager is wrong, tell them (in private!) but accept if they don’t agree, they have the final word.<p>- be proactive and communacte your status and plans even if not asked to<p>- don’t work yourself to death, have limits