--- title: How to be a cracked dev | daily.dev description: A comprehensive guide for developers working in startup environments, emphasizing the importance of technical excellence, strategic thinking, and ownership... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-be-a-cracked-dev-1i3ka0t1c twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to be a cracked dev | daily.dev og:description: A comprehensive guide for developers working in startup environments, emphasizing the importance of technical excellence, strategic thinking, and ownership... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-be-a-cracked-dev-1i3ka0t1c og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1I3ka0T1C.png og:image:alt: How to be a cracked dev 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. # How to be a cracked dev **[Saiyan Growth Letter](https://daily.dev/sources/saiyangrowthletter)** · 4 min read · 350 upvotes · 10 comments ## Summary A comprehensive guide for developers working in startup environments, emphasizing the importance of technical excellence, strategic thinking, and ownership mentality. Key principles include building extensively to develop skills, prioritizing important work, effective project communication, user engagement, and adopting a founder's mindset. The advice focuses on shipping fast while finding simple solutions, maintaining clear communication channels, and staying connected to users through regular interaction and product usage. ## 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. **@friedrich** · 10 upvotes > This guy articles are always killing it 💪 **@frankcrissalem** · 4 upvotes > Good stuff! **@iamelishhh** · 2 upvotes > Thanks for an amazing article. **@byteasf** · 1 upvotes > I like this! **@dekeoma** · 1 upvotes > do not do crack dev --- Tags: [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#project-management](https://daily.dev/tags/project-management) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-be-a-cracked-dev-1i3ka0t1c) ```json 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