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Advice to new Programmers
Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software
- People early in their career should learn from computer science: meander some in your walk (especially early on), randomly drop yourself into new parts of the terrain, and when you find the highest hill, don’t waste any more time on the current hill no matter how much better the next step up might appear .
from Climbing the Wrong Hill | Cdixon Blog by Chris Dixon
- Fighting impostor syndrome: Julie had it for 8 years- start in small place- embrace the fact that you are in a place where you do not know what to do - Embrace curiosity - Everyone feels it - Repetition and seeing patterns give confidence- Build your toolkit - Share and collaborate with other people.
from Julie Zhuo on accelerating your career, impostor syndrome, writing, building product sense, using intuition vs. data, hiring designers, and moving into management by Lenny Rachitsky
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