Don't Break Prod

Don't Be Afraid To Be Bad At It - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

"Dude, sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something" - Jake the Dog dontbreakprod.com/posts/dont-b...

Done Is Better Than Perfect - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Done is better than perfect: dontbreakprod.com/posts/done-i...

Code Is A Habitat For Bugs - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Code is a habitat for bugs: dontbreakprod.com/posts/code-i...

Fail Productively - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Fail productively: dontbreakprod.com/posts/fail-p...

Seniority Is Clarity Not Cleverness - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Clarity over cleverness: dontbreakprod.com/posts/senior...

Habits Beat Motivation - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Habits Beat Motivation dontbreakprod.com/posts/habits...

Match Your Opportunities To Your Ambitions - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Remember, careers have both direction and speed. dontbreakprod.com/posts/match-...

Build Relationships - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Do not underestimate the power of caring about others in a way that makes them care about you. dontbreakprod.com/posts/build-...

Show That Your Work Was Useful - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

As an engineer it's not what you do, but what your work does: dontbreakprod.com/posts/show-t...

Prioritize Ruthlessly - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Reaching for increased effort or pushed timeline is often a crutch to avoid the important work of prioritization. Prioritize Ruthlessly: dontbreakprod.com/posts/priori...

Happiness Should Be a Career Goal I've written a few recent articles about goals but it's important to call out that happiness is the...

Trying out cross-posting some stuff on @dev.to : dev.to/dorkrawk/hap...

Find Good Problems - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Find good problems: dontbreakprod.com/posts/find-g...

Handle Feedback Productively - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Get good at getting feedback: dontbreakprod.com/posts/handle...

Communicate Early and Often - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Bad news doesn't age well: dontbreakprod.com/posts/commun...

Happiness Should Be a Career Goal - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Be happy. dontbreakprod.com/posts/happin...

Revisit Your Goals Often - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Revisit your goals: dontbreakprod.com/posts/revisi...

Figure Out How To Work Towards Your Goals - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Stop and think before you start working on your goals: dontbreakprod.com/posts/figure...

Know What Your Goals Are and Why - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Know yourself! dontbreakprod.com/posts/know-w...

Make the Most of Mentorship - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Make the most of being mentored by knowing a little bit about yourself! dontbreakprod.com/posts/make-t...

Know Who To Ask - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Know who to ask! dontbreakprod.com/posts/know-w...

Be Visible - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Be visible! dontbreakprod.com/posts/be-vis...

Embrace Boring Technology - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Boring is awesome! dontbreakprod.com/posts/embrac...

Understand Your Manager - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Make your life a little easier and figure out how to work with your manager: dontbreakprod.com/posts/unders...

Watch Other People Work - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

I'm at an off-site with coworkers, so this older post seems relevant: dontbreakprod.com/posts/watch-...

Be Productively Pessimistic - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Be pessimistic, but in a good way: dontbreakprod.com/posts/be-pro...

Know The Difference Between Wartime and Peacetime - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Are you at war? dontbreakprod.com/posts/know-t...

Get Good At Reading Code - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Reading is fundamental! dontbreakprod.com/posts/get-go...

Understand What Your Organization Values - Don't Break Prod Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

This week's new post: dontbreakprod.com/posts/unders...

Also today marks 50 posts for dontbreakprod.com. Not bad for something I originally built just to test out a blogging engine I was writing.

Don't Break Prod - Bite Sized Career Advice For Software Engineers Don't Break Prod provides bite-sized pieces of career advice for software engineers.

Ok, Don't Break Prod has it's own Bluesky account now! dontbreakprod.com