Ask HN: What do you wish you knew before starting your first developer position?
I start my first development position tomorrow, primarily working with Java. What do you wish you knew before starting at your first developer position?
You'll be running and writing bash commands, installing tons of dependencies, editing configurations in vim (.bashrc, /etc/hosts), figuring out why static assets aren't loading or some docker container won't come up. Something will go wrong and you'll need to ask for help, so find a buddy asap.
At the end of the day, look at your bash history. If you're hundreds of commands deep in setup, document it and make sure the next dev doesn't go through what you had to.
It's usually a faster path to become known as a go to person as well.