Three Things I Wish I Understood Before Starting My First Software Engineering Job

When I started my first job as a Junior Software Engineer, I was nervous. I felt pressure that this job would make or break the trajectory of my career. I also moved to a new city the day before I started, so there was a lot of change going on in my life to make me anxious. As I look back, there are several lessons that I learned since that first day of my first adult job that I wish I could go back and tell that young man.