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description: "Great article, Curtis. Coming from a traditional finance career I made the same mistakes - except I didn't work with code but Excel and financial models. Th"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/from-an-ex-amazon-team-lead-5-mistakes-i-made-as-a-junior-software-engineer/623c7a772209c88a3de8e1cd)

Comment [From an ex-Amazon team lead: 5 mistakes I made as a junior software engineer](https://hashnode.com/posts/from-an-ex-amazon-team-lead-5-mistakes-i-made-as-a-junior-software-engineer/623c7a772209c88a3de8e1cd)

[Vic Kalchev](https://hashnode.com/@vickalchev)

[Apr 2, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/from-an-ex-amazon-team-lead-5-mistakes-i-made-as-a-junior-software-engineer/623c7a772209c88a3de8e1cd/comment/624846f34b4dde0dc0be6bba)

Great article, Curtis. Coming from a traditional finance career I made the same mistakes - except I didn't work with code but Excel and financial models. The mentality though was the same.