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People who are 30+, what career moves do you regret in your 20s and/or what choices are you happy you made? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 8 months ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/cs_career_questions@programming.dev

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[–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

Bad idea: Tempted by a silicon valley startup because that's what all the cool kids were doing. They were style over substance.

Good idea: leaving my otherwise excellent first real job. I owe them ( slidebook.com ) a lot. I wouldn't be half the developer i am now if they hadn't given me the environment to approach software as a science. That said, leaving was the right call.