8 Years A Developer | What I’ve learned | Self-taught

This year marks my 8th year in the software industry. From freelancer to full-stack developer, to SRE, it's been a wild ride.

In these 8 years, I've made many mistakes and learned some valuable lessons. In this video, I want to share 8 tips ... 8 nuggets of wisdom, for developers, especially those starting out or working their way into the industry.

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Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:27 1. Learn to push back
01:58 2. Ask Questions
05:08 3. Learn to read documentation
06:17 4. Prep for the firehose
08:23 5. Take breaks
09:12 6. Be conceptual
10:37 7. Be humble
11:45 8. Foot in the door

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[d.batta]

Among all the youtube coders, you have this straight to the point and sincere attitude that makes you dramatically stand out from the rest. I am 33, i have been working on my coding skills for months now and videos like these are pure gold. Thank you!

[pmioduszewski]

"You don't have to prove yourself, people see it in your work"

[wayneinteressierts]

I was looking for your channel for years! Thank you so much!!!

[aamirm]

I’m self-taught as well and have thankfully been successful, whatever that means to me at least. I really enjoy your channel, and your recent DevOps vid was awesome. Thanks for the vids and looking forward to your channel being successful!

[TheSoulCrisis]

I love how humble you are and the insight you share.

[lwa.dev]

Hey Travis, really appreciate your solid advice, I find my self at the beginning of my journey as you once were and transitioning from where I am to where I would like to be… you are definitely my go to guy on YouTube for clear and definitive advice in becoming a software dev, just wanted to say thanks man ❤️👨🏽‍💻

[patientson]

Only a patient mind from a patient being like you can honestly relate the ups and downs. Your patience leaves you with the typical insight to recognise patterns software developers face on a daily basis, before they make it. You always break information down to easy connect with one another when required.
Thank you very much. I solemnly appreciate your kind encouragement and counterpatience to support upcoming developers, inccluding their ideals and manifestations. Thank you.

[jeffd]

Hi Travis, great video and good and supportive advice. Keep-em comming!

[iamkmc]

Amazing content man. I've gone down a similar journey as you, glad you've taken the dev advocacy educational route, extremely clear communication of soft and technical skills.

[valenciawalker]

Thank you for sharing your experience and advice. I def feel like this its always so much to learn being push to the next. Thank you.

[saman]

Thanks for all the tips, really appreciate it

[prakharchaturvedi]

Great video. Giving hope that It's part of the job to face all these challenges everyday. thanks a lot

[TheOfficialNickH]

Appreciate the great advice, thank you 👍

[bobdpa]

I absolutely agree with the advice on taking breaks. There were so many times things came to me while I was driving on my lunch break lol. 💯

[alialnadous]

Wow, Thank you so much for these tips

[mikefabrizio]

Just starting out - this is very helpful. Thank you,

[arifahmedkhan]

Hi Travis, very thoughtful info. regards.

[CometHajjar]

Thank you Travis for for the sincere advice. You are the best.
I am also a self-taught developer

[myst.youtube]

Thankyou 🥺, I just really need this past few days. Struggling feeling knowing everything but its difficult.

[mirasnussupov]

Asking questions often helps you in a long run. At university used to ask a lot of questions, but others was laughing at me. They though that they understand what I am asking about, but they didn't. As a result used to ace exams, when they failed.