What I Wish I Knew Before Graduating

Graduation feels like a finish line, but it's really the start of a different kind of learning.

I wish I'd known how much communication matters—code is only half the job. I wish I'd practiced reading legacy code and writing clear PRs. And I wish I'd been less afraid of asking "dumb" questions.

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