- Not leaving jobs often (even without clear immediate reasons). - Not being aggressive about trying to get better salaries. This was mostly due to the previou

- Not leaving jobs often (even without clear immediate reasons). - Not being aggressive about trying to get better salaries. This was mostly due to the previous point. - Not leaving shitty managers and teams ASAP (“trying” is the biggest mistake in such situations). But when I look real close then the single biggest mistake is: - Having not identified early that Software/CS simply doesn’t interest me. It’s just a skill because I happened to study it and then started working. For me there’s just zero passion in it. And not trying to find an alternative career path early.