Useful article! I made the same mistakes (even that with Reddit ;)). I have also learned that good things do not happen overnight, and having only blind passion will fail you on 100% :). BR, Dimityr

Great article! "Working 80 hour weeks while maintaining 16 open source repositories might make a person's career skyrocket, but at what cost..." For me the cost was a constant panic attacks and very painful recovery. You can not know everything and you do not need to. This is a marathon not a sprint. BR, DevTalker

"Watching every tutorial won't make you a developer." That exactly on point! If you are ok with the shameless plug I would like to share with you an article I wrote recently about tutorials and tutorial hell . Also I would add: "Learn to receive constructive criticism"

"Take care of your back also" Very good point! I have worked as a developer for a 12 years. If I don't train on regular basis my back hurts as hell. So be careful guys, don't lay on the chair and have a good posture :). BR, DevTalker

I would add - focus on one thing and finish it at all cost.