The Goal is NOT to Prove You’re Smart, it’s to Make Problems Go Away

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Tip for junior devs: your primary goal is not to prove you’re smart, it’s to make problems go away.

Yes, the more knowledgeable you are, the better you’re equipped to solve problems, but if your primary focus is peacocking your intellect then you’re going to create problems instead of make them go away.

You don’t get points for creating an unnecessary problem on which to demonstrate your smarts. You don’t get points for creating an overcomplicated solution to a simple problem. You lose points for these things.

What you get points for is taking a problem and making it go poof, completely solved and easy to maintain and nobody has to think about it anymore.

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