Things Nobody Told Me About Being a Software Engineer

Inspiring the new generation of Software Engineers

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1. Things Nobody Told Me About Being a Software Engineer
2. You’ll need to fail fast and fail often if you want to get ahead
4. It was okay to ask questions
6. Everyone learns differently
8. You have to talk to people quite often
10. You really do learn as you go
12. Imposter Syndrome is normal at every stage
14. Is normal to have more lines of tests than production code
15. Writing code is only a small part of what goes into shipping production software
16. You'll typically not start a project from scratch
17. When you are starting, there is no best tutorial
18. How to read backtrace error
19. The importance of open source
20. Test All Things
22. Understand Design Patterns
24. Learn English
25. Learn Git
26. Is not a joke learn Git
27. Side Projects
28. As many as you possibly can
29. Improve Soft Skills
31. Have Fun
35. Who We Are
36. What We Do
37. MagmaCode
38. What else? Open Source Write Blogs CodeKatas Speak at Conferences Travel Remote Work Podcasts UX/UI Design Quality Assurance Project Management Celebrate Career Paths
39. Still More?
40. Gracias! Víctor Velázquez Director of Engineering at MagmaLabs @vicmaster @zazvick