--- title: What I’ve learned over 3 years of writing code | daily.dev description: A junior developer reflects on three years in software engineering, sharing lessons about naming conventions, communication skills, technical debt, code... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-i-ve-learned-over-3-years-of-writing-code-bqo4rcudk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What I’ve learned over 3 years of writing code | daily.dev og:description: A junior developer reflects on three years in software engineering, sharing lessons about naming conventions, communication skills, technical debt, code... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-i-ve-learned-over-3-years-of-writing-code-bqo4rcudk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BqO4RcudK.png og:image:alt: What I’ve learned over 3 years of writing code 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. # What I’ve learned over 3 years of writing code **[Scott Logic](https://daily.dev/sources/scottlogic)** · 5 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A junior developer reflects on three years in software engineering, sharing lessons about naming conventions, communication skills, technical debt, code quality tooling, and AI-assisted development. Key takeaways include the importance of consistency in naming, treating colleagues with kindness, owning mistakes, avoiding the 'fix it later' trap, using linters and formatters, and leveraging AI tools responsibly while verifying their output. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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