> "What would you say to someone who's starting their career and feels they would tick most if not all of those yellow flags?" Nothing, that's expected for a j

> "What would you say to someone who's starting their career and feels they would tick most if not all of those yellow flags?" Nothing, that's expected for a junior developer. The items on the list only become a problem when a "senior" developer does them. One of the parts of transitioning from junior to senior and beyond is learning to understand the business (or other) context you perform your craft in and shaping what you do to help the business succeed. [EDIT] When I say "help the business succeed", that may sound like management claptrap (even if it happens to be true) so I'll also point out that even if you don't give a flying hoot about the business or its goals, you still do care about understanding whether it's succeeding and profitable/effective at its goals, lest you get blindsided by a layoff or cancellation of your project.