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<h1 style="text-align: center;">what i wish i knew when starting out as a software developer</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp; Matt @saucecode.com - reflects on his 20+ years as a professional software developer to provide some advice. Inspried by an article with similar title but with the advice being provided being more towards career development, Matt weighs in with his thoughts on the software development side..</li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li><strong>] READ THE FULL ARTICLE</strong></li>
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<li>] <a href="http://blog.salsitasoft.com/what-i-wish-i-knew-when-starting-out-as-a-software-developer-slow-the-fuck-down/" target="_blank">http://blog.salsitasoft.com/what-i-wish-i-knew-when-starting-out-as-a-software-developer-slow-the-fuck-down/</a></li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>] 2015-01-25</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2>
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<li>] But we are blessed to live in the age of the Alpha Nerd, where software developers (at least good ones) are a scarce and highly marketable commodity.</li>
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<li>If you don't feel like your current job allows you to get ahead through hard work and sheer coding prowess, don't respond with Machiavellian scheming. Just change jobs</li>
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<li>] that <strong>timeframes that seem absurdly bloated beforehand tend to look reasonable, even respectable, at the end of a project</strong></li>
<li><strong>] </strong><strong>projects fail far more often because the software never really works properly than because they missed a tight market window</strong>.</li>
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<li>+ quote re: we tend to overestimate what we can accomplish in a short time frame, underestimate what we can accomplish in a long time frame</li>
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<li>] the vast majority of developers still seem relunctant to spend time on unit tests, design documentation and code reviews</li>
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<li>] We need to recognize that our job isn't about producing more code in less time,</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<strong>it's about creating software that is stable, performant, maintainable and understandable</strong></li>
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<li>] what I wish I knew when I started out in this business: slow the fuck down.</li>
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<h2>[HOW-TO]</h2>
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