40 Life Lessons from a 40-Year-Old Developer

In step with turning 43 this year, I decided to put together a video with 40 lessons about life that I've learned through the years. The topics range from relationships to finance to programming, to career advice, and more. Let me know in the comments some key advice you've picked up or want to share! Join our thriving Coding Community - https://travis.media/community/ Timestamps 00:00 Intro -- RELATIONSHIPS -- 00:27 1 Act your age 00:47 2 Say what you mean 01:09 3 Stop wasting time -- FINANCES -- 01:45 4 Have multiple streams of income 02:13 5 Be financially literate 02:29 6 Limit your 401K -- CAREER -- 03:12 7 Turn on your webcam 03:33 8 Interviewers are human, too 03:55 9 Keep your options open 04:33 10 Be direct 05:00 11 Let interests guide you 05:36 12 Budget for education 06:07 13 Make networking a lifestyle 06:26 14 Soft skills are key 06:42 15 Be accountable 07:02 16 Seek domain knowledge -- PROGRAMMING -- 07:39 17 Learn to pseudocode 07:51 18 Merge before pushing 08:08 19 Pad time estimates 08:27 20 Read Grokking Algorithms 09:02 21 Be a problem solver 09:27 22 Know Yourself 10:03 23 Do the hard tasks 10:25 24 Build stuff 10:59 25 Stop coding all the time 11:25 26 Bugs will always exist 11:47 27 Never promise a customer 12:03 28 Make mistakes 12:25 29 Protect your time -- FITNESS - 13:06 30 Health above all 13:19 31 Chairs kill 13:32 32 Hydrate more 13:49 33 Shape or be shaped 14:18 34 Feel the burn -- LIFESTYLE -- 14:40 35 Travel 15:01 36 One hard thing daily 15:21 37 Easy comes last 15:49 38 Max our your PTO -- TIME -- 16:09 39 Prioritize people 16:26 40 Check yourself Check out the Travis Media Community - https://imposterdevs.com -- MENTIONED RESOURCES -- YNAB (you need a budget) App - https://geni.us/0rAS Travis Media Community - https://imposterdevs.com Grokking Algorithms Book - https://amzn.to/4bD5dGQ Reading Good Books Will Change Your Life - https://youtu.be/xDEP3jqj1U8 Why Great Developers Don't Create Content - https://youtu.be/-OrodVr2TKQ Your Network is Your Money - https://youtu.be/usn4siT54YA Why You'll Waste the Next Three Years - https://youtu.be/AxSK444-gnM Brand New ZTM Course - The Automation Bootcamp - https://geni.us/4vep ** My Coding Blueprints ** Learn to Code Web Developer Blueprint - https://geni.us/HoswN2 AWS/Python Blueprint - https://geni.us/yGlFaRe - FREE Both FREE in the Travis Media Community - https://imposterdevs.com My microphone - https://amzn.to/3sAwyrH ** I write regularly ** https://travis.media ** FREE EBOOKS ** 📘 https://travis.media/ebooks LET'S CONNECT! 📰 LinkedIn ➔ https://linkedin.com/in/travisdotmedia 🐦 Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/travisdotmedia 🙋🏼‍♂️ Website ➔ https://travis.media #selftaughtdeveloper #lifelessons #careeradvice #programming ** Some of the links in this description may be affiliate links that I may get a little cut of. Thank you.