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title: "Opinions After 20 Years of Software Development"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/opinions-after-20-years-of-software-development-1quzmzwnd
source_url: https://dev.to/feketegy/opinions-after-20-years-of-software-development-5cg7
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2024-06-12T10:43:26.383Z
updated: 2024-08-23T15:21:45.695Z
tags: ["career"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 80
comments: 6
language: en
---

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# Opinions After 20 Years of Software Development

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 1 min read · 80 upvotes · 6 comments

## Summary

Opinions and insights on software development after 20 years, including the importance of having an open mind, the value of strong opinions, the lack of right or wrong software, the impact of context switching, the need for work-life balance, the ever-changing nature of technologies, the significance of good tools and communication, the role of boredom in leaving a company, the importance of simplicity, and the challenges of technical interviews.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@pavelkovar\_dev** · 3 upvotes

> Thanks, Agree on all points .... after 15 years of programing

**@isaacmathew** · 2 upvotes

> "The world is built on open source: and it's hanging by a thin thread, that if breaks, will burn down this whole circus."

**@rvstydev** · 1 upvotes

> You give hope to junior developers including me ❤️

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