Some things I have realised after working in the industry for around 13 years:

- I focus on my health more. So I control my screen time, my posture, I avoid sitting down too much

- Because of the point above, I do not work 8h/day, even though my contract as an employee say so. I don’t feel bad about it: I receive positive feedback constantly and raises so it’s a win-win

- I don’t give a damn about any company, but I do care about doing a good job

- Tech stacks come and go. Good computer science fundamentals are invaluable

- I don’t do on-call rotation. The money isn’t worth it at all