One thing I've noticed:
Most beginner backend projects focus on APIs.
Most production systems spend far more effort on:
reliability
monitoring
deployments
scaling
Building features is only half the job.
What was the biggest surprise for you when moving beyond tutorials?
Trying to understand databases more deeply.
Question for experienced engineers:
What's the single database concept that improved your engineering skills the most?
Indexes?
Transactions?
Query optimization?
Data modeling?
Curious what had the biggest impact.
A lot of engineering advice says:
"Build projects."
But I'm starting to think:
"Read production code" might be even more valuable.
You learn architecture, naming, testing, debugging, and design decisions all at once.
How often do you read open-source codebases?
we can't do anything about nepotism!
if someone has build their life from scratch they will not make their kids to do the same.
accept the fact and build the network yorself!
what is the craze of unpaid intern?
don't forget your own self-worth!
at max do it only at your first year if they are teaching you something only then plss!
don't ever low your standards!!
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