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This Is How You Nail The First Years of a Frontend Developer Job
Getting the job is just a start; learn how to excel at it
Getting a job is the first step of your software development journey. The second step is becoming a great employee and growing.
It's not as easy as it sounds. I've seen many junior developers who got discouraged after a few months of work. They felt like unwanted underachievers and eventually quit.
So how do you achieve success in your first job?
You have to adapt to the workflow of your team seamlessly. Teams and companies are different, but some rules and behaviors are universal. Let's explore some of them.
Learn to Manage Your Time
Programming is all about tradeoffs. Early in your career, you'll discover you must balance different priorities — simplicity and performance, execution speed and ease of use, readability, and conciseness, etc.
But probably the most critical thing to balance is your time. Time management is one of the crucial skills in any field. Good time management is about estimating how long things will take you and setting your priorities straight. You also have to plan and foresee problems before they occur.
