--- title: 7 Habits that Programmers Must Have! | daily.dev description: Learn about the 7 habits that programmers must have to increase productivity and achieve success in their careers. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/7-habits-that-programmers-must-have--w1ywvltxp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 7 Habits that Programmers Must Have! | daily.dev og:description: Learn about the 7 habits that programmers must have to increase productivity and achieve success in their careers. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/7-habits-that-programmers-must-have--w1ywvltxp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/w1ywVLtxP.png og:image:alt: 7 Habits that Programmers Must Have! 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. # 7 Habits that Programmers Must Have! **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 8 min read · 2752 upvotes · 67 comments ## Summary Learn about the 7 habits that programmers must have to increase productivity and achieve success in their careers. ## 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. **@synneks** · 21 upvotes > Not sure how to understand point 5. Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood. Does anybody have some examples from their experience? **@elevenbits** · 3 upvotes > Start reading code. Start writing code. **@eulegang** · 1 upvotes > Seems like 7 habits of highly effective people repackaged **@sandeepkumarkuanar** · 1 upvotes > Wow! So much good points thrown around, NOICE **@annoyingscruff** · 1 upvotes > High quality content. Thanks --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/7-habits-that-programmers-must-have--w1ywvltxp) ```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":"7 Habits that Programmers Must Have!","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/7-habits-that-programmers-must-have--w1ywvltxp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/7-habits-that-programmers-must-have--w1ywvltxp"},"datePublished":"2024-06-12T05:22:17.277Z","dateModified":"2024-08-23T15:17:32.994Z","description":"Learn about the 7 habits that programmers must have to increase productivity and achieve success in their careers.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b4cf4a4f0cd142fb5512a27dbe279c32?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b4cf4a4f0cd142fb5512a27dbe279c32?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DEV","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DEV","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/devto","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},"commentCount":67,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/7-habits-that-programmers-must-have--w1ywvltxp","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2752},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":67}],"keywords":"career,productivity","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"7 Habits that Programmers Must Have!"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/7-habits-that-programmers-must-have--w1ywvltxp","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Not sure how to understand point 5. Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood. Does anybody have some examples from their experience?","datePublished":"2024-06-12T09:59:44.376Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/w1ywVLtxP#c-3B2Euhk60","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Denis Eneotescu","url":"https://daily.dev/synneks","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37245315?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":21}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Start reading code. Start writing code.","datePublished":"2024-06-13T17:13:36.665Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/w1ywVLtxP#c-wsvROiam4","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Elevenbits","url":"https://daily.dev/elevenbits","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19406?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Seems like 7 habits of highly effective people repackaged","datePublished":"2024-07-02T14:58:57.472Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/w1ywVLtxP#c-I6X4jVeIS","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Felgenh3","url":"https://daily.dev/eulegang","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45528211?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Wow! So much good points thrown around, NOICE","datePublished":"2024-06-13T05:16:34.663Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/w1ywVLtxP#c-T9PgIqcIZ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Sandeep Kumar Kuanar","url":"https://daily.dev/sandeepkumarkuanar","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"High quality content. Thanks","datePublished":"2024-06-13T16:35:05.389Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/w1ywVLtxP#c-8iMsAUQU6","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Pappii","url":"https://daily.dev/annoyingscruff","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--YeqEw88g--/f_auto/v1717769455/avatars/avatar_a6AdlRrNyrlmOqUemHfik"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```