Don't Break Prod - Bite Sized Career Advice For Software Engineers

Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers. There are currently 37 articles available, with new ones posted about every week.

Be Unavailable Sometimes
Sell Yourself
Be Present When Things Go Wrong
Build Tools When You Solve Problems
When You're On Vacation, Be On Vacation
Don't Over-Optimize Your Tools
Your Job Is To Solve Problems, Not Write Code
Nobody Cares About Your Career As Much As You Do
If You See Something, Say Something
Spend Your Career Capital
Make Small Changes
Documentation Is a Culture, Not a Task
Take on Projects That Push You
Don't Launch on Friday
Overcommunicate
Embrace Linters
Focus On One Thing At a Time
Celebrate Small Wins
Don't Waste a Good Mistake
Don't Burn Out
Ask Questions In Public
Don't Be Too Clever
Find Someone You Can Bring Half Baked Ideas To
Talk To People That Intimidate You
Debug Like a Scientist
When You're Stuck, Step Away
Know How Things Are Going To Break
Programming Languages Are Tools, Not Identities
Thank People
Do Momentum Building Work
Know How To Confirm It Works
Write Down Your Accomplishments
Talk To People Outside Your Department
Write While You Work
Build Something From Scratch
Watch Other People Work
You Will Break Production