The compiled person
I can fix this in ten seconds. I cannot teach you how.
Career
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The side project mirror
What a side project reveals that a resume doesn't -- the part of building you'd do for free.
What compounds
Credentials got easier to claim. Artifacts didn't.
The senior who stopped coding
Pattern recognition lives in the practice. The flinch that catches the N+1 query doesn't survive a full calendar.
2010
Clean designs
The training gave me syntax. My first manager gave me taste.