--- title: Reflecting On My Programming Career | daily.dev description: The author reflects on their 5-year programming career, discussing the negative impacts of being a workaholic programmer, things they didn't need (such as... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/reflecting-on-my-programming-career-8tdlqqbaz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Reflecting On My Programming Career | daily.dev og:description: The author reflects on their 5-year programming career, discussing the negative impacts of being a workaholic programmer, things they didn't need (such as... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/reflecting-on-my-programming-career-8tdlqqbaz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8TdLqqBAZ.png og:image:alt: Reflecting On My Programming Career 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. # Reflecting On My Programming Career **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 6 min read · 47 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary The author reflects on their 5-year programming career, discussing the negative impacts of being a workaholic programmer, things they didn't need (such as Google Cloud Certifications and following influencer trends), and things that helped them progress in their career (communication, TypeScript, CSS/HTML, saying no, establishing boundaries). They also emphasize the importance of work-life balance and community involvement. ## 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. **@agesset** · 1 upvotes > This article has been really helpful. 🌟 It has given me a clearer sense of priorities as I work toward becoming a better developer. 💻 **@moriamakterswarna** · 1 upvotes > It is really helpful. Thanks 🎉🎉 **@arturs57** · 0 upvotes > Thanks for sharing :) > TS FTW ## 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 --- Tags: [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript), [#work-life-balance](https://daily.dev/tags/work-life-balance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/reflecting-on-my-programming-career-8tdlqqbaz) ```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":"Reflecting On My Programming Career","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/reflecting-on-my-programming-career-8tdlqqbaz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/reflecting-on-my-programming-career-8tdlqqbaz"},"datePublished":"2024-04-30T12:17:35.971Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z","description":"The author reflects on their 5-year programming career, discussing the negative impacts of being a workaholic programmer, things they didn't need (such as...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/af4bcdc25e4f0d7e461bdffdb5e8666b?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/af4bcdc25e4f0d7e461bdffdb5e8666b?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","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":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":3,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/reflecting-on-my-programming-career-8tdlqqbaz","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":47},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}],"keywords":"typescript,work-life-balance","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Reflecting On My Programming Career"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/reflecting-on-my-programming-career-8tdlqqbaz","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"This article has been really helpful. 🌟 It has given me a clearer sense of priorities as I work toward becoming a better developer. 💻","datePublished":"2024-04-30T22:55:41.162Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/8TdLqqBAZ#c-2RkzQpcjx","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Armand","url":"https://daily.dev/agesset","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Mh__cqZ0--/f_auto/v1714847481/avatars/avatar_ZRK2ol9AC58xmymdsIWWW"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"It is really helpful. 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