IMO, if you're a junior developer you don't want autonomy, you want guidance and mentoring from fantastic senior programmers. I didn't realize it at the time, b

IMO, if you're a junior developer you don't want autonomy, you want guidance and mentoring from fantastic senior programmers. I didn't realize it at the time, but that was a big win when I started my career. Also, I managed a ColdFusion team. I didn't want to use it, but the company chose it before I took over because it was easy for non-programmers to pick up. Not coincidentally, I was managing developers with way more experience because I had more good practices in me after 2 years at JPL than most in that team. Smart, wonderful people! Just not serious coders. Bottom line, find a company who's development team impresses you and learn from them.