--- title: 10 regrets of experienced programmers | daily.dev description: Experienced programmers have regrets including writing too much code, not learning to code earlier, not finishing enough projects, not getting a computer... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/10-regrets-of-experienced-programmers-lxalvqpdx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 10 regrets of experienced programmers | daily.dev og:description: Experienced programmers have regrets including writing too much code, not learning to code earlier, not finishing enough projects, not getting a computer... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/10-regrets-of-experienced-programmers-lxalvqpdx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LXALVQPdX.png og:image:alt: 10 regrets of experienced programmers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 10 regrets of experienced programmers **[Fireship](https://daily.dev/sources/fireship)** · 8 min read · 633 upvotes · 52 comments ## Summary Experienced programmers have regrets including writing too much code, not learning to code earlier, not finishing enough projects, not getting a computer science degree, not buying Bitcoin in 2010, not learning lower-level languages like C, using JavaScript on the server, spending too much time on LeetCode, not prioritizing health, and questioning the value of coding itself. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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