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Advice for new engineers (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by alphapro98@programming.dev to c/experienced_devs@programming.dev

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Hi! I hope all is well. I am loving this instance and all the communities so far! As I am a new grad software engineer who is gonna start working in the next month, I was wondering if there are some tips, advice and some nuggets of wisdom you want to pass to this clueless person making this post lmao.

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[–] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

don't objectify women. don't be afraid to ask for help. don't trust people who think meetings are work.

[–] jeff@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just moved to management and your last sentence hurts. I'm in meetings for 25-30 hours a week and I definitely think it's work. But for a dev I definitely believe in the Maker's Schedule.

[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, anyone who doesn't consider meetings as work either isn't in management, or has very bad managers.