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Ask Slashdot: What Do You Wish You'd Known Starting Out As a Programmer?
snydeq writes: Most of us gave little thought to the "career" aspect of programming when starting out, but here we are, battle-hardened by hard-learned lessons, slouching our way through decades at the console, wishing perhaps that we had recognized the long road ahead when we started. What advice might we give to our younger self, or to younger selves coming to programming just now? Andrew C. Oliver offers several insights he gave little thought to when first coding: "Back then, I simply loved to code and could have cared less about my 'career' or about playing well with others. I could have saved myself a ton of trouble if I'd just followed a few simple practices." What are yours?
Get out of my trade. Unions are not your friends. I've watched as union workers fucked me over at trade shows. If you feel that unionizing is what you need, then I submit that, as a developer, you aren't capable enough keep a real job.
Save the right-wing talking points for somebody who gives a shit. And stop conflating unionization with government-mandated licensing. If you're smart enough to code for a living, you're smart enough to know better.
I write sci-fi for metalheads
Apparently wisdom doesn't come with age...
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