Apart from the long list of things that are great when you finally get them, here's an insight I keep seeing as valuable: Nothing is made of magic. Everyone co

Apart from the long list of things that are great when you finally get them, here's an insight I keep seeing as valuable: Nothing is made of magic. Everyone cooks with water. That doesn't mean everything has to be simple or easy, and understanding the theories behind things can be really challenging, but it shouldn't keep us from opening the lid of things once in a while. While there's a lot of people in programming that are naturally inclined to do that anyway, there are also those who don't dare venture into how something works, which is one of the biggest reason for cargo-culting in my view. Plus, if you're willing to look at how established things work at least at some level, you're pretty much guaranteed to find useful insights.