* You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you spend time with, the conversations you engage in. Choose wisely what you feed your mind.
* [Lucas Medeiros Reis](https://dev.to/iamlucasmreis/the-single-most-important-driver-of-software-quality) - The Single Most Important Driver Of Software Quality
* don't change code you don't understand
* never merge a branch with known defects
* use checklists to make sure the whole problem is solved
* [Ozan Onay](https://blog.bradfieldcs.com/you-are-not-google-84912cf44afb) - You Are Not Google
* Don’t even start considering solutions until you **Understand** the problem. Your goal should be to “solve” the problem mostly within the problem domain, not the solution domain.
* **eNumerate** multiple candidate solutions. Don’t just start prodding at your favorite!
* Consider a candidate solution, then read the **Paper** if there is one.
* Determine the **Historical context** in which the candidate solution was designed or developed.
* Weigh **Advantages** against disadvantages. Determine what was de-prioritized to achieve what was prioritized.
* **Think!** Soberly and humbly ponder how well this solution fits your problem. What fact would need to be different for you to change your mind? For instance, how much smaller would the data need to be before you’d elect not to use Hadoop?
* [O'reilly](http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/Contributions_Appearing_in_the_Book) - contributions appearing in book 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know
* [MorganGeek](https://twitter.com/MorganGeek/statuses/420907517934178304) - Good programmers write code after they found the solution. Un bon programmeur ne commence à coder qu'après avoir trouvé une solution.
* Market yourself. You're putting on the effort, make sure you show it
* Go right to the point
* Ask why
* Keep your ability to be amazed by things and people, they won't last forever
* Act to fight perfectionism
* Take advantage of any opportunities that present themselves
* Physical and visual contact rather than emails, sms, chat
* Accept people as they are
* Select your friends
* More slow, minder stress
* Remain calm and quiet about everything which you will experience
* Reinvent yourself, evolve
* Grow and progress in love, work, leisure
* Be yourself, know yourself
* Be curious, observe and play (mentally, physically) with what surrounds you
* Be positive
* Be realistic, concrete
* Understand your goals and others' goals
* Taking notes, writing things down is a way to free your mind and not forget or lose anything. It's also a way to train your senses of observation and reflection