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Is the developer life for me?

Is the developer life for me?

From the course: Succeeding in Web Development: Full Stack and Front End

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Is the developer life for me?

- Besides traditional job titles, developers share certain traits. Perhaps you're wondering if you'd make a good developer, so let's take a look at some common developer characteristics. Now overall, developers are pretty satisfied with their job, almost 75% are satisfied with their current position. Most of them also report that they are confident in their managers, and don't feel the need to become a manager in order to be fulfilled or to earn more money. Developers work inside and outside of teams, and in larger companies they tend to be part of larger groups which work on small parts of bigger projects. Most developers participate in code reviews, which means having other people look at your code in order to improve each other's work. The majority of professional developers also contribute to opensource projects. This means that they publish their work for everyone to see and contribute to. Although not all…

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