10 Habits of a Happy Software Developer

Dino Cajic
Geek Culture
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7 min readJul 1, 2022

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Dino Cajic explains the 10 Habits of a Happy Software Developer

The Software Development Industry is plagued with stress. Many will lead you to believe that that’s just how the industry is. I was a stressed out developer before I figured out how to be a happy one. Go to any social media platform and you’ll see a ton of happy software developers. That’s not how the real world is. The real world is full of unhappy and stressed out developers. While you can’t eliminate stress completely, you can work on becoming happier and a little less stressed out each day.

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1. Understand the Value Work/Life Balance

Software Developers = workaholics. You may not notice it. Even if your primary workload is light, how many developers do you know that don’t have something on the side? Some have side-gigs. Others have personal projects. It’s never-ending. It’s a curse since we understand how to solve most problems. Each problem that’s solved is a potential stream of income.

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Dino Cajic
Geek Culture

Author of An Illustrative Introduction to Algorithms. IT Leader with a B.S. in Computer Science, a minor in Biology, and a passion for learning.