If I can define advice as lessens that I've learned over time and would give others, it would be to always say hello or acknowledge an acquaintance's presence w

If I can define advice as lessens that I've learned over time and would give others, it would be to always say hello or acknowledge an acquaintance's presence when you get the chance, even if you don't have the time or necessarily want to chat. You never know when they won't be there anymore. Another one would be to try and measure your success at something if what you want is measurable improvement, but try not to measurably improve everything, because you become hollow. Don't let "passion" for something overcome the needs that should be met by it, whether it be a lover or a company. Likewise, don't do for an employer (and maybe any other entity) what they wouldn't do for you, don't think of your employer as anything more than that, and don't make sacrifices for them if you have no clear pathway and control over how you can be rewarded for it. Promises are bullshit. Also, one that might just be for me, but I would share with someone else if they were interested, is to not bother trying to learn something unless you can close the feedback loop of practicing it. That means being able to deliberately allocate ongoing time to it and treat it like a hobby rather than just reading or just listening. I used to think that I could just read article after article and technical book after technical book, or listening to podcasts during every piece of downtime, but it more or less ended up being worthless and now I think of it as basically stupid. There has to be an output to match the input, and for you to allocate the time to that, it probably needs to be sufficiently fun or rewarding rather than arbitrary. Lastly, building on that previous one, taking vacations away from the computer and work. Take the downtime, otherwise you'll be forced to, and you might as well enjoy it before burning out.