--- title: "Discussion on \"10 Lessons to Help you Excel in your Developer Career\" | Hashnode" description: "Discussion on \"10 Lessons to Help you Excel in your Developer Career\". How to set yourself up for a sustainable career in engineering — lessons that have served me well so far." url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/10-lessons-to-help-you-excel-in-your-developer-career/60de5c4fd7a2b81724511fd3" --- [Feed](https://hashnode.com/feed) / Discussion # [10 Lessons to Help you Excel in your Developer Career](https://blog.anniebombanie.com/10-lessons-to-help-you-excel-in-your-developer-career?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How to set yourself up for a sustainable career in engineering — lessons that have served me well so far. Jul 2, 2021 · 16 min read · blog.anniebombanie.com Updated Jan 2, 2022 Read the article - [#career](https://hashnode.com/tag/career) - [#developer](https://hashnode.com/tag/developer) - [#general-advice](https://hashnode.com/tag/general-advice) ## Written by [Annie 🦄⚡](https://hashnode.com/@anniebombanie) @anniebombanie · Toronto, Canada [View profile](https://hashnode.com/@anniebombanie) Front-end Engineering Lead x Designer G'day I'm Annie! 👋 I'm a bootcamp grad working at a small, impactful SaaS startup. It's busy and I wear many hats, but I genuinely love my job and I'm grateful to be here! I also have a BA in Multimedia Design, my TESL certification and an advanced PADI license. I love drawing things and making CSS art, which I share on my Twitter, CodePen & GitHub. I'm an optimist, traveller, snowboarder, bookworm and superhero movies fan. I like rainy days and think people are cool 💜 ## Responses 8 Markdown supported · ⌘↵ to post [Cess](https://hashnode.com/@Cesscode) [Mar 5, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/10-lessons-to-help-you-excel-in-your-developer-career/60de5c4fd7a2b81724511fd3/comment/62238e25b9cb874b840c9980) Thanks for sharing Annie [Annie 🦄⚡](https://hashnode.com/@anniebombanie) [Mar 5, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/10-lessons-to-help-you-excel-in-your-developer-career/60de5c4fd7a2b81724511fd3/comment/62238e25b9cb874b840c9980#reply-622390f7b9cb874b840c9a2b) Thanks for reading! 💜 [Muhammad Ilham Hidayat](https://hashnode.com/@milhamh95) [Oct 5, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/10-lessons-to-help-you-excel-in-your-developer-career/60de5c4fd7a2b81724511fd3/comment/615bcb1758a5294ce01ae915) > You DON'T need to be passionate and code every weekend to be a good developer This is very important because your life is not just code. You can do other activities as well (ex: exercise, take a vacation with your family, yoga, etc). Thank you for the article Annie 👍 [Annie 🦄⚡](https://hashnode.com/@anniebombanie) [Oct 5, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/10-lessons-to-help-you-excel-in-your-developer-career/60de5c4fd7a2b81724511fd3/comment/615bcb1758a5294ce01ae915#reply-615c6c428dc8c063d56f5f78) Yes, absolutely right [Muhammad Ilham Hidayat](https://hashnode.com/@milhamh95)!!! Life is so much more than just code. Thank you so much for reading!! [Andrew Baisden](https://hashnode.com/@andrewbaisden) [Jul 7, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/10-lessons-to-help-you-excel-in-your-developer-career/60de5c4fd7a2b81724511fd3/comment/60e59d2b4aacd63048246d72) This was great article with so many good insights. Nobody likes failure but it is the only way to improve. [Annie 🦄⚡](https://hashnode.com/@anniebombanie) [Jul 26, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/10-lessons-to-help-you-excel-in-your-developer-career/60de5c4fd7a2b81724511fd3/comment/60e59d2b4aacd63048246d72#reply-60fecbe71be2da0c4ab77401) 💯💯 Honestly, another way to look at it is you haven't _really_ failed- you're just figured out another way how NOT to do something! 😂 [Tomasz Gil](https://hashnode.com/@tomaszgil) [Jul 5, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/10-lessons-to-help-you-excel-in-your-developer-career/60de5c4fd7a2b81724511fd3/comment/60e30fff03707d644a5051d8) Very well though out! 👌 Awesome tips, especially the one on "Advocate for yourself & be proactive in your career" - I need to work on this myself. [Annie 🦄⚡](https://hashnode.com/@anniebombanie) [Jul 5, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/10-lessons-to-help-you-excel-in-your-developer-career/60de5c4fd7a2b81724511fd3/comment/60e30fff03707d644a5051d8#reply-60e379894aacd630482412bb) Thanks so much Tomasz- yeah that one is a toughie! It's a work in progress for myself as well [Shantanu Nighot](https://hashnode.com/@magbanum) [Jul 3, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/10-lessons-to-help-you-excel-in-your-developer-career/60de5c4fd7a2b81724511fd3/comment/60e09d0b03707d644a501154) Great article. 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[Rutik Wankhade](https://hashnode.com/@rutikwankhade) [Jul 2, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/10-lessons-to-help-you-excel-in-your-developer-career/60de5c4fd7a2b81724511fd3/comment/60de854fd7a2b81724512243) This is the best thing I read this week. 🙌 Thanks for sharing it. [Annie 🦄⚡](https://hashnode.com/@anniebombanie) [Jul 2, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/10-lessons-to-help-you-excel-in-your-developer-career/60de5c4fd7a2b81724511fd3/comment/60de854fd7a2b81724512243#reply-60df2a874f8e376422a75a96) Ahhh Rutik! Thank you for the kind words!!! 🙏