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Getting started the right way as a developer is tough, so I wrote you a letter I'd love to have received some ten years ago.
Getting a diploma does not mean the end of studying
Holding that shiny piece of paper you worked so hard for in your hands? Congrats!
In reality, you are just getting started. While your official studies are over, it does not mean that you do not need to learn new tricks anymore. Quite the contrary, actually: modern software evolves so fast that you need to learn new things every day to stay current. It's a good idea to come up with a daily routine of checking what's new in your field. For developers, Hackernews and Proggit are good for this. Ask what your colleagues read.
The real gems – and most satisfying lessons – lie in the comments section. When browsing Proggit, I recommend reading the comments before committing fifteen minutes to reading a nicely titled (or click-baited) article. Do this. Do this daily. Even on the weekends. You will thank yourself in a year.
Sound advice?
(Score: 1) by Francis on Monday December 05 2016, @03:32AM
At least your making a decent living, teachers are expected to pay to do that for an embarrassingly small amount of money.
(Score: 2, Funny) by aristarchus on Monday December 05 2016, @07:11AM
Oh, Francis! How am I supposed to be able to mod you down for such a statement as this:
At least your making a decent living, teachers are expected to pay to do that for an embarrassingly small amount of money.
Are you trying to suck up? But in the interest of education, it is "you're", as in "you are making a decent living". This is not a possessive. And I assume you meant that teachers are expected to do this, not "pay to do that", because if you had to pay to be a teacher, and buy supplies for your students, give them hard copies they are to lazy to download the e-text of because they are completely illiterate, not just internet illiterate, then I imagine, but I don't know, I could just be riffing on Franciscan ignorance here, there would be no teachers, at all. Since there are, I can only assume you did not mean what you wrote.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 05 2016, @11:47AM
...they are to lazy to download...
Pointing out grammatical errors is a precarious endeavor. Hence I do it anonymously.
(Score: 2, Funny) by aristarchus on Monday December 05 2016, @06:30PM
Subtle are the ways of the Grammar Notsee!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 05 2016, @10:11PM
Somebody made a typo on the internet. How will the world continue to spin.