This document appears to be a Twitter thread by Ray Nicholus discussing various topics related to being a software developer such as fears about college and career choices, the importance of finishing projects, testing software, finding and securing jobs, balancing work and life, and constantly improving skills. It provides advice on showing passion in interviews, not waiting to start a business, and ways to stay engaged in the developer community like meetup groups and side projects.

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4. Fears
College
Choices
Truths
Sleep
Standing Out
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6. Memorization & wheel-invention?
Unrelated requirements?
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7. Finish what you started
Think about problems
Work on teams (projects)
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9. UX
Aesthetics
Accessibility
Web: HTML/CSS/JS
Desktop: depends

10. DBs
Scale
APIs
C/C++, Java, .NET, JavaScript

11. Not just manual testing
Automate for scale
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12. Not for everyone
Developer rules don't apply
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13. Smaller projects/employers
May be part of the culture
Inevitable
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15. Ability (I suck)
Knowledge/memory (I'm forgetful)
Landing a job (No one wants me)
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16. : Finding
: Applying
: Securing
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17. Knowledge questions
Problem solving
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22. Show your passion
Research the company
Talk intelligently about the industry
Ask questions
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24. Really want to start your
own business?
Don't wait!
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26. Smart? That's not enough.
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27. Floating between projects
Answering questions
Continuing education
New stuff (innovation)
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29. Day project overflow
Side projects
Doing
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30. It's real
Balance is hard, & key
Don't be too proud
Take a break
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32. Many solutions
Which one is best?
Thinking / Coding = 3 / 1
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35. Never done this
No knowledge
Bad at this
Too busy
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37. Constant reinvention
Make your life hard
Keep up (at least)
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38. - Rudyard Kipling
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40. Join a meetup group
Get involved in a side project
Follow other developers on Twitter, GitHub, etc
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41. Ray Nicholus
Software Developer - Widen
ray@garstasio.com
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https://github.com/rnicholus