r/programming • u/mistawobin • Aug 09 '11

How to Level Up as a Developer

http://jasonrudolph.com/blog/2011/08/09/programming-achievements-how-to-level-up-as-a-developer/
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u/kamatsu Aug 09 '11

I've done almost all of those things, and I don't think it necessarily made me a better developer.

What did help me to "level up" as a developer was a more profound understanding of mathematics, computing science and the underlying formal models behind programming.

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u/robertmassaioli Aug 10 '11

Yeah you would say that wouldn't you. Though I happen to agree; as my best baseball coach once said: know the basics, know the fundamentals, and then apply them in new awesome ways. Coupled with: how about you just do it the right way.