Software Engineering Lessons Learned After 5 Years In Tech
5 years in tech taught me: nurture relationships, build resilience, tell stories, prune & adapt, and know when to let go. Each experience adds to the soil of my career growth.
July marked my fifth year in tech.That’s half a decade in a career I never imagined myself in. I came into tech via trauma, so it’s always hard to answer the question about where I want to go next. But I’ve been getting that question a lot more lately. I think to understand where I want to go next (that post is coming soon), I need to reflect on where I’ve already been and what I’ve learned. With all of the time I’ve spent in tech, I’ve accumulated a toolbox of lessons – some through hard conversations, others through pushing myself beyond what I thought I was capable – that I know are useful...