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5 Mistakes I Did as a Developer During My 15 Years Career
I wish someone would have given me this type of advice before
Sticking to a Single Programming Language
The first programming language I learned was Clipper5, a very old language, however, I only used that when I was 8 years old after that I learned Java, and a year later I switched to C# and got immersed in the .NET world.
C# was the first programming language I used professionally, and it was the only programming language I was using professionally for a very long time, however, the market started to require fewer C# developers over time, and while there are still a lot of job offers for C# other languages are taking over and gaining share in the market.
An easy fix for me was to go back to Java, after all, I already knew the language, over time I also learned Python, and now I have access to a lot more job offers just because I’m proficient in more than one programming language. And in fact, I’ve got access to some really good positions due to the fact that I knew those 3 languages, which is what gave me a competitive advantage over other candidates.
