Don't Break Prod
Done Is Better Than Perfect
Code Is A Habitat For Bugs
Fail Productively
Seniority Is Clarity Not Cleverness
Habits Beat Motivation
Match Your Opportunities To Your Ambitions
Build Relationships
Show That Your Work Was Useful
Prioritize Ruthlessly
Find Good Problems
Handle Feedback Productively
Communicate Early and Often
Happiness Should Be a Career Goal
Revisit Your Goals Often
Figure Out How To Work Towards Your Goals
Know What Your Goals Are and Why
Make the Most of Mentorship
Know Who To Ask
Be Visible
Embrace Boring Technology
Understand Your Manager
Be Productively Pessimistic
Know The Difference Between Wartime and Peacetime
Get Good At Reading Code
Understand What Your Organization Values
Don't Overfit On Past Problems
Teaching Is A Good Way To Learn
Pay Attention To What's Easy Now
Say Yes To Interesting Things
Tend Towards Action
Learn How To Deal With Gumption Traps
Pay Down Process Debt
Figure Out What Doesn't Matter
Give People Something To Disagree With
Get Good At Learning
Empowering Others Is Impactful
Keep Up With the Industry, At Least a Little
Be Unavailable Sometimes
Sell Yourself
Be Present When Things Go Wrong
Build Tools When You Solve Problems
When You're On Vacation, Be On Vacation
Don't Over-Optimize Your Tools
Your Job Is To Solve Problems, Not Write Code
Nobody Cares About Your Career As Much As You Do
If You See Something, Say Something
Spend Your Career Capital
Make Small Changes
Documentation Is a Culture, Not a Task
Take on Projects That Push You
Don't Launch on Friday
Overcommunicate
Embrace Linters
Focus On One Thing At a Time
Celebrate Small Wins
Don't Waste a Good Mistake
Don't Burn Out
Ask Questions In Public
Don't Be Too Clever
Find Someone You Can Bring Half Baked Ideas To
Talk To People That Intimidate You
Debug Like a Scientist
When You're Stuck, Step Away
Know How Things Are Going To Break
Programming Languages Are Tools, Not Identities
Thank People
Do Momentum Building Work
Know How To Confirm It Works
Write Down Your Accomplishments
Talk To People Outside Your Department
Write While You Work
Build Something From Scratch
Watch Other People Work
You Will Break Production