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My No. 1 Advice for all Programmers
What I wish I knew 10 years ago.
Time flows like a river, never resting day or night. Springs come and winters go, the earth has circled the sun ten times.
It has been 10 years, 10 years since I first printed “hello world” on my laptop in computer class.
Seeing the man in the mirror, the youthful essence has faded over.
If you had the opportunity to write a letter to yourself from 10 years ago, what would you say?
What is the most valuable lesson you learnt as a programmer or a human?
As an experienced developer, what’s your best advice to new programmers?
When I started learning programming, I thought choosing the right programming language was as important as choosing a fate. I spent much time on the Internet watching gurus debate about the best programming language.
But now, after ten years of coding, I realize that each programming language shares the same fundamentals. If you master a programming language, you can easily learn another one.
The choice of which programming language to learn first doesn’t really matter. Its importance is about the same as deciding whether to travel by plane or car — there’s some difference, but ultimately, you’ll reach the…
