Become a Competent Software Engineer 👨🏽‍💻

What I’ve learned from two years in the industry:

1. Ask Questions. No one knows everything!

2. Find a Mentor to emulate

3. You must be the leader of your own career. Be proactive in building relationships and asking for visible work

4. Fail Hard and Fast

5. Communicate. Communicate. Communicate.

6. Know the codebase architecture

7. Know the tools used in development

8. Learn how to research solutions on your own

9. Learn how to debug

10. Know the software development lifecycle.

11. Learn how to test

12. Put in an effective 8 hours a day

13. Teach, Give Feedback, review other’s Code

14. Propose Ideas to the team