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Victor Velazquez
October 09, 2019
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Things Nobody Told Me About Being a Software Engineer
Inspiring the new generation of Software Engineers
Victor Velazquez
October 09, 2019
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Transcript
Things Nobody Told Me About Being a Software Engineer
You’ll need to fail fast and fail often if you
want to get ahead
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It was okay to ask questions
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Everyone learns differently
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You have to talk to people quite often
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You really do learn as you go
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Imposter Syndrome is normal at every stage
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Is normal to have more lines of tests than production
code
Writing code is only a small part of what goes
into shipping production software
You'll typically not start a project from scratch
When you are starting, there is no best tutorial
How to read backtrace error
The importance of open source
Test All Things
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Understand Design Patterns
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Learn English
Learn Git
Is not a joke learn Git
Side Projects
As many as you possibly can
Improve Soft Skills
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Have Fun
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Who We Are
What We Do
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What else? Open Source Write Blogs CodeKatas Speak at Conferences
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Still More?
Gracias! Víctor Velázquez Director of Engineering at MagmaLabs @vicmaster @zazvick
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