All professions have occupational hazards and risks, and software development is no exception. While it's true that we rarely have to deal with man-eating sharks or explosions, ignoring some of our profession's challenges can lead to lots of trouble.
The good news is that most of our problems are the
Let's take a look at some other things I wish I'd known when I started
You can find the first article in the series here.
Do you know what's one of the best ways of polishing your software writing skills?
Sitting down and writing your
Learning to program is a long journey, and it can take years of constant effort to become good at it.
When I started writing my first lines of code, I felt super excited that I could make a machine do things. Granted, they were very simple things, but I felt