Develop These Habits, Developers!
April 10, 2017•153 words
- Write unit tests
- Ask others to review your code
- Review other people’s code
- Listen to programming podcasts
- Volunteer for work that makes you uncomfortable
- Learn something new every day
- Exercise regularly
- Get enough sleep
- Read a book on design patterns, code refactoring, or user experience (and take notes!)
- Have weekly one-on-ones with your boss
- Talk to your co-workers about things other than work
- Contribute to open source
- Practice mindfulness
- Use a personal task management system
- Write regularly
- Set quarterly goals
- Share new knowledge with others
- Develop a hobby outside of work-related themes
- Save at least 15 percent of your income
- Leave a file better than you found it
- Write down your strengths and play to them
- Stop watching as much TV
- Start side projects with a technology you’ve never used