What are the harshest truths of being a software engineer?

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  1. vijay30

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    You will be expected to write and maintain unit and integration tests, perform and receive harsh code reviews. You will move out of your comfort zone (if you are a front end developer, you will at some point be involved in back end or database work), you will need to understand software security (OWASP etc). You will have fun, learn lots of new skills and meet some interesting people. I started in software engineering back in the 80s, I now own teams of hundreds of engineers and still occasionally manage to write software sometimes
     
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    That sooner or later your software will end up on the sister site and passed around like a skunky joint.
     
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    But the worst is always to write documentation...
     
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    I was shocked to read something about my sister being passed around ...
    I need to slow down and stop trying to read sentences in one glance.
     
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    You might have better luck by posting this question on another forum / site such as glassdoor or LinkedIn, to name just two.
     
  8. Haliax

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    I remember those days. There are entire teams dedicated to that now in a lot of places.
     
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