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Develop Yourself

Brian Jenney

The 3 Rites of Passage Every Developer Goes Through (And Nobody Warned Me About)

APR 6, 20267 MIN
Develop Yourself

The 3 Rites of Passage Every Developer Goes Through (And Nobody Warned Me About)

APR 6, 20267 MIN

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<p>I wrote a triple nested for loop that took down a grocery chain&#39;s ordering system. I broke buttons across multiple sites as a <em>senior</em> engineering manager at Clorox. And I&#39;ve sat in rooms feeling like the dumbest engineer there β€” more than once.</p><p>In this episode, I break down the three uncomfortable milestones every developer hits: wanting to stop being &quot;the junior guy,&quot; shipping code that breaks production in spectacular fashion, and being the weakest engineer in the room. No fluff, no motivational poster garbage β€” just honest stories from 12+ years in the industry.</p><p>AI won&#39;t save you from any of these. You just have to go through them.</p><p>If you&#39;re in one of those moments right now, this one&#39;s for you.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Want to level up? πŸ‘‡</strong></p><p><a href="https://parsity.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Coding bootcamp for career switchers</a></p><p><a href="https://dev30.xyz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Learned Javascript the right way </a></p><p><a href="https://parsity.io/ai-dev" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Break into AI engineering</a> </p><p><br></p>