--- title: 5 Hidden Mistakes That Can Ruin a Developer’s Career description: In this article, we look at five ways you can inadvertently pull the rug out from under your developer career. According to psychologist Kurt Lewin, people of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/5-hidden-mistakes-that-can-ruin-a-developer-s-career-2ly-2kcbe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 5 Hidden Mistakes That Can Ruin a Developer’s Career | daily.dev og:description: In this article, we look at five ways you can inadvertently pull the rug out from under your developer career. 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Peaches view them as jerks, cruel blowhards who are unlikeable. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@lonyless** · 1 upvotes > rly nice article ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/5-hidden-mistakes-that-can-ruin-a-developer-s-career-2ly-2kcbe) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"5 Hidden Mistakes That Can Ruin a Developer’s Career","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-hidden-mistakes-that-can-ruin-a-developer-s-career-2ly-2kcbe","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-hidden-mistakes-that-can-ruin-a-developer-s-career-2ly-2kcbe"},"datePublished":"2021-06-30T10:58:35.274Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T06:43:48.152Z","description":"In this article, we look at five ways you can inadvertently pull the rug out from under your developer career. 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