Two core thoughts that have lead me throughout my professional career is: How does what I do benefit the customer? What happens with this if I die tomorrow? Y

Two core thoughts that have lead me throughout my professional career is: How does what I do benefit the customer? What happens with this if I die tomorrow? You can code the most elegant, clever and beautiful code in your pet projects but in a professional setting major importance lies in delivering values to the customer and writing code which can be handed over to be maintained by your successor.