Things I wish I would have listened to/learned better early on. 1. Don't overthink the problem. 2. Don't try to engineer for the unknown, work with what you k

Things I wish I would have listened to/learned better early on. 1. Don't overthink the problem. 2. Don't try to engineer for the unknown, work with what you know and what is specified. You can't plan for anything else, no matter how good you think you are. As stuff pops up, address it then. Be brutally clear about this to your employer/client. 3. Nothing beats experience, but execution. Even if you have a ton of experience, but don't execute it doesn't matter. In fact, experience sometimes cripples people into not executing quick enough, usually because they are trying to think through things too much. Basically, don't let your brain get in the way. 4. What zerodefex said is really pretty accurate. What a hacker would produce is a lot like what you produce when you have some experience but aren't trying to impress anyone or think through all possibilities. 5. Done is better then perfect.