If you want a lasting career in software development, you've got to be wiser than your average coder. There's a lot of advice that promotes short-term thinking around programming, and if you aren't careful you can burn your bridges before you reach the finish line.

In this episode, I share what I've learned about why most programmers don't last in their career. There are 8 laws to a lasting career as a programmer. If you follow these laws, you'll not only move ahead much faster than most programmers - you'll be able to develop software in a healthy way!

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CHAPTER MARKERS

0:00 Introduction
1:33 8 Laws to a Lasting Programming Career
1:52 1. Embrace the Imposter
3:08 2. Make Technology Stupid Simple
4:27 3. Buffer and Delay Commitments
7:21 4. Skip the Leveling Grind
9:29 5. Pick Your Battles
11:18 6. Always Be Networking
12:40 7. Know When You're The Code Monkey
14:27 8. Get Out While You Can
17:50 Episode Groove

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