So you want to be a programmer? Great! You’re already in a better place than I was when I started. I wanted to be a mechanical engineer back in 2012 but didn’t have enough grades to get admission into a good college. Long story short, I got into Computer Science not by choice, but by fate.

As Steve Jobs said in his famous speech at the Stanford Commencement ceremony in 2005,

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.

How computer science changed my life, is a story for another time. I wish I’d known these 10 things before I started. I would have been a better programmer by now if I did.

If you’re a new developer just starting to get your hands dirty in the vast ocean of software development, these 10 things will prepare you better for the long journey ahead. Or if you’re a seasoned developer with years of experience, I’m sure you would agree & possibly add more points.

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