CareerSenior Developer
#RI-6a7aa6f0·7 months ago·
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“Lost touch with code”
What Actually Happened
Lost instinctive understanding of codebase
What I wish I knew
"Recognized tooling impact sooner"
Advice to Someone Facing This Now
If I could tell you one thing
"Don't underestimate tooling's influence"
Regret Index
5/10
Significant downsides.
Complicated feelings about the outcome.
Complicated feelings about the outcome.
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Career Category
6,107
Career decisions logged. Avg regret 5.7/10 across the category.
Same Outcome Band
14%
of Career decisions land in the mixed band the same as this one.
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