So, you’ve landed your first job as a software developer and you’re keen to make a good first impression. In this post, I will cover 10 tips to help you impress your new colleagues and gain their respect.
1. Start a side project
While many developers use side projects to get into a software development role, you should be using them to outperform your peers. Side projects will consistently lead to better performance in your role as a software developer.
Working on a side project:
- Allows you to use the technology that interests you
- Teaches you project management skills
- Keeps your coding skills sharp
- Allows you to work on something that you’re passionate about
2. Take notes, lots of notes
Running a successful software product is complex. There are a lot of moving parts, from the background infrastructure to design. As a junior, you’re not expected to understand all of it, maybe not even any of it.
However, you are expected to continuously understand more and more of how everything fits together as time goes on. Your senior colleges don’t want to mention something to you five times before you write it down and do your…
