These Full Stack Developer Life career thoughts are based on the past 10+ years of experience in Software Development Industry. We have gone through different stages in our careers starting from Software Trainee Developer till Solution Architect. We are not going to dictate any of the points, but all the practices listed here contributed a lot in our software development careers, so if you think they make some sense for you then try to adopt it. “
To become a successful software developer, you need lot of practice, dedication and commitment
Career Planning: Today's professional life is very dynamic and to move along with it we need a proper career planning. When you start your career as a software developer, you really do not know how exactly you will perform in the industry, though you have confidence that whatever you do, will be done in the best way
While writing your software code, keep in mind that someone is going to review your code and you will have to face criticism about one or more of the following points but not limited to:
Testing is mandatory after every small or big change no matter how tight schedule you have or you just changed a small comment inside the code, you have testing due for the changed code
A smart developer keeps habit of taking daily backup of the produced artifacts, otherwise machine crash can crash you as well. You should keep your artifacts at your local machine as well as another secure machine, so that in case of machine crash, you can continue with the saved copy of the source code or documents.
If you want to sustain in the market, then you would have to keep yourself updated with latest IT tools, and technologies. Following are the few sources: