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Boris Leshinsky
Boris Leshinsky

Boris Leshinsky

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From Advice From A 19 Year Old Girl & Software Developer by Lydia Hallie

it is the most important part. Research it, reach out to … try to use languages or techniques I’ve never used before, so I get more experience with them. And let’s be honest, it can be horrible! I’m not going to lie and say that if you work hard, you’ll get there (which you will but that’s not the point), but I also really want to emphasise on the fact that learning something new can be an emotional rollercoaster. You will feel demotivated, feel like you’ll never understand it, and really question your coding skills. If you do, congratulations! You’re a normal human being! Feeling these emotions isn’t the important part here: what you do about it is the most important part. Research it, reach out to people, write your own Stack Overflow questions…

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I’ve found that outside of developers this is a norm in two other areas on teams.

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