The one piece of advice I would give myself 15 years ago:
In the corporate world be very good at administration. You only need to just be good enough at programming to not get fired. Everybody has opinions on software techniques and nobody measures anything, so it’s really just a popularity/tool game. The only goals are retain employment or promote out of software, being good at software is just a distraction from the goals.
If you want to be excellent at programming do it as a hobby and set your expectations right that it’s only a hobby.
In the corporate world be very good at administration. You only need to just be good enough at programming to not get fired. Everybody has opinions on software techniques and nobody measures anything, so it’s really just a popularity/tool game. The only goals are retain employment or promote out of software, being good at software is just a distraction from the goals.
If you want to be excellent at programming do it as a hobby and set your expectations right that it’s only a hobby.