These are the things I wish someone had told me earlier so I could ignore it:

What to look for in an employer What to think about in a job interview Where do you see yourself in 5 years Expert or generalist Finding your mentor Motivating yourself Working efficiently Clean code cheat sheet Shortcuts and quick wins.

About me: Worked as a developer for many years, spent the last 3 years as team lead rebuilding the backend team in 1881. Still code and try to keep myself current, but mainly spend my days supporting the team, and working long term on our technical and resource strategy.

This session was recorded at Swetugg Stockholm 2023, Swetugg is run by a group of volunteers with different IT backgrounds with a common denominator: A passion for creating good software and better software developers, no matter if you are just starting your journey or have been writing code since the beginning of unix time.