Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career?
by crossroadsguy on Saturday June 19, 2021 @09:31PM
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- Not leaving jobs often (even without clear immediate reasons).
- Not being aggressive about trying to get better salaries. This was mostly due to the previous point.
- Not leaving shitty managers and teams ASAP (“trying” is the biggest mistake in such situations).
But when I look real close then the single biggest mistake is:
- Having not identified early that Software/CS simply doesn’t interest me. It’s just a skill because I happened to study it and then started working. For me there’s just zero passion in it. And not trying to find an alternative career path early.
- Not being aggressive about trying to get better salaries. This was mostly due to the previous point.
- Not leaving shitty managers and teams ASAP (“trying” is the biggest mistake in such situations).
But when I look real close then the single biggest mistake is:
- Having not identified early that Software/CS simply doesn’t interest me. It’s just a skill because I happened to study it and then started working. For me there’s just zero passion in it. And not trying to find an alternative career path early.