HOW TO BE A GOOD DEVELOPER?

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Advice for developers on career success: focus on motivation, reliability, accurate estimates, and understanding business value rather than constantly chasing new frameworks. Concrete recommendations include choosing one technology stack to master, practicing time-tracked estimation, using RSS to filter news, and treating videos as entertainment; also notes that mid-level English correlates with ~30% higher pay and that niche/legacy work can pay more while startups often bring overtime and risk.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 3:38Tech trends
3. 6:12Pay factors
4. 11:49Reliability vs business
5. 17:38Trends for pay?
6. 20:08English and salary
7. 23:21Programming as brain work
8. 26:36Estimates and scope
9. 28:42Study trends
10. 32:20Q&A

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