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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

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   Hello. Thanks for hosting such a great podcast. I recently finished binging all the previous episodes.

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   I\u2019ve recently noticed in conversations with my team, whether synchronous or asynchronous, after I propose an idea or stake out a position, I easily get defensive if a teammate tries to give feedback on my idea.

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   I don\u2019t mean to get angry, but I sometimes don\u2019t notice until it\u2019s too late.

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   I think it has gotten to the point where my teammates might have caught on, and I don\u2019t want this to lead to a state where they never disagree with me.

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   Have you ever dealt with this, in yourself or others? How have you dealt with changing this mindset?

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   My first software developer job lasted two years. I didn\u2019t learn much.

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   • We deployed legacy Java apps with SCP
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   • We had no tests
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   • We didn\u2019t have CI/CD
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   • We were using a beta version of an old framework which we never upgraded
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   • Our repos were not in sync with our production code
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   • A lot of commented out code, dead code over the place
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   • Using multiple languages across the board. We were using Java for something, Node for some, PHP for web/api, JS for client side. Basically the devs were cowboy coding to get the stuff out.
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   I am three years into my current role & have already learned so much more than in my first role. I feel like my first job set me back. How do I overcome this?

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